#rock and roll

Amy Darling Does Rock 'n' Roll Justice With "Nasty Habits"

A native of the Bay Area in California, the Nashville-based rockstar was raised on a nourishing '60s musical diet, where early inspiration came from the likes of Jimi Hendrix, The Beatles, Janis Joplin and...

Cillea Houghton

PLAYING ATLANTAHalf Hot Go All The Way with Debut LP 'Whiskey Tango'

Flair, hair, and all things rock 'n roll. It's a simple statement, impactful and to the point... and it describes Half Hot perfectly. The Atlanta-based rock quartet - made up of Andrew "Goose" Hughes on guitar and vocals, Tyler Messer on guitar and backing vocals, drummer and percussionist Jacob...

Luci Turner

PLAYING DETROITWolf Eyes "I Am A Problem: Mind In Pieces"

Wolf Eyes reemerges with their Third Man Records debut (the label created by Detroit’s own prodigal son, Jack White) with I Am A Problem: Mind In Pieces. After an aggressive and perplexing takeover of Third Man’s Instagram account last week (they lost over a thousand followers as a result, which...

Jerilyn Jordan

INTERVIEWHappy Fangs

Anyone that's been likened to Bikini Kills lights up our radar. The Bay Area-based scuzz rockers Happy Fangs consists of Rebecca Bortman, Michael Cobra (Mr.Cobra), and Jess Gowrie. A name of dichotomy, Happy Fangs recently released their debut LP, Capricorn to critical acclaim. It's the sort of...

Sophie Saint Thomas

ARTIST OF THE MONTHBRONCHO

Dream-pop, garage-rock, black-punk. In an era where the blogosphere battles to name genres, sometimes it's nice to simply return to rock 'n' roll, which is just what we have for you in the first Artist of the Month profile of the new year. "As cliche as that is, I think that’s what we’re going for....

Sophie Saint Thomas

ALBUM REVIEWThe Great Escape "The Great Escape"

I have spent my last few years trying to dissect New York City. And while I was learning that a train schedule isn’t as accurate as it ought to be, I was engulfed in the music culture that the city is notoriously known for. The sheer amount of bands that come out of New York is incredible, so...

Jamila Aboushaca

ALBUM REVIEWFoxygen "…And Star Power"

When I was in college, I spent a lot of time dating musicians, which meant I spent a lot of time sitting in on band practice. By "dating," I guess I mean puttering around somebody's basement, falling asleep on an old, bottomed-out couch, my French homework in my lap. Or being invited over to "hang...

Carena Liptak

TRACK OF THE WEEKDAMEHT "The Greek"

Only New York City could have produced DAMEHT. This is a trio of musical omnivores, and they've soaked up influences in new-wave, electronic, top-40 radio, house and classic rock. Even elbows-deep in a dirty punk guitar riff, their songs ooze Michael Jackson-esque, big-stage pop glamour. In a nod...

Carena Liptak

INTERVIEWDan McGee of Spider Bags (+ Track Review "Japanese Vacation"!)

Dan McGee, of Chapel Hill garage rock band Spider Bags, does not have time to grow orchids or build model ships. He works triple duty these days, with a family, a job, and a brand new record, Frozen Letter, due to come out on August 5th via Merge Records. When I called McGee last week, though, he...

Carena Liptak

TRACK OF THE WEEKThe Black Angels "Diamond Eyes"

As if you needed another reason to be excited about Record Store Day (which is NEARLY UPON US, coming up April 19th!), Austin psych trip The Black Angels have announced that their 10" clear vinyl Clear Lake Forest EP will drop the same day. It'll be the third in a rapid-fire round of releases since...

Carena Liptak

LIVE REVIEWNicole Atkins @ Bowery Ballroom

By mid-February, NYC concertgoers have grown just about impervious to the slushy trek from subway to venue. Anyway, I wasn't about to miss Nicole Atkins' set at the Bowery Ballroom on Thursday on account of what I'll optimistically say was a “wintry mix.” It rained, it snowed, it rained again;...

Carena Liptak

INTERVIEWThe Wild Feathers on musical process and their US tour

The Wild Feathers kicked off their 2014 tour in Texas. But they’ll soon be making their way up the East Coast to Washington D.C., New York, Boston and even Montreal. This “four-headed monster” of a southern rock band takes inspiration from all across the musical spectrum. They released their debut...

Alexandra Freeman