Rock

When new projects are discussed, I sometimes hear a disclaimer along the lines of, 'this band isn't reinventing the wheel,' to which I want to know what's everyone's so apologetic about. The wheel was a pretty good invention-good luck getting anywhere...

When Molly Nilsson began recording her second album Europa in 2009, the world seemed to be at a turning point and she along with it. In the aftermath of a global financial crash, at the dawn of a new decade, the Stockholm-born, Berlin-based singer was...

When Mf Ruckus hits the stage, a nexus in the universe forms, creating a place where all is in perfect harmony, war ceases, poverty becomes abundance and all the starving children of the world dance and sing. Mf Ruckus is a turbocharged Rock n Roll...

When Lonnie Mack's treatment of Chuck Berry's 'Memphis' broke into the US Hot 100 on 8 June 1963 and peaked at #5 during it's 13-week stay, he was initially pigeonholed as an instrumental artist. This perception was heightened by 'Down In The Dumps' on...

When Leslie West passed away in December of 2020, he left behind a towering legacy of epic recordings that few rock guitarists can match. But there was more to West than great songs (although, to be sure, he created a ton of them); there was his...

When Legends Rise (5th Anniversary White Vinyl-Limited Edition)1. When Legends Rise 2. Bulletproof 3. Unforgettable 4. Every Part of Me 5. Take It to the Edge 6. Under Your Scars 7. Someday 8. Say My Name 9. Just One Time 10. Let It Out 11. Eye of the...

When L.A. Takedown hovers over one's ear hairs for the first time, so much is communicated without a word-there are patient, capable hands at the wheel as one phantoms through a neon Los Angeles of the mind, a Los Angeles that only three harmonized...

When Juana Molina - the unrivalled master of mysterious, sophisticated experimental pop- arrived with her band on the site of the Roskilde festival in July 2018, they found that the airline had misplaced their backline, all they had with them was Juana's...

When Jesse Ahern walks onstage, he looks like a regular guy - albeit one with a Gretsch guitar strapped across his body and an anchor tattoo under his right eye. As he tears through his set, easily rousing brand new crowds to shout his choruses back in...

When Jerry Fuchs joined Maserati in 2004, he initiated a complete overhaul of the group: old songs were dropped, tempos were drastically sped up, and the budding psych-rock impulses of guitarists Coley Dennis and Matt Cherry were given room to grow...

When Janis Joplin died in October 1970 at the early age of 27, thus involuntarily confirming the beatnik adage -live fast, love hard, die young«, it was only a matter of time before she was crowned the "Queen of Rock". Of greater importance than this...

When Italian composer Bruno Bavota and Dutch songwriter Chantal Acda first met several years ago, they knew almost instantly that they wanted to make music together. Bavota was already a fan of Acda's dreamy, orchestral folk, and in Bavota's intimate,...