#rock 'n' roll

Cocktail Slippers Celebrate First LP in Seven Years with Rowdy “Say My Name” Video

On a recent Zoom call, Silje Hope and Sugar Cane are in agreement that “Say My Name” is Cocktail Slippers’ favorite song to perform live. “It’s a lot of fun to play,” says lead singer Hope on a Zoom call from her home in Oslo. It’s a dark song, she adds, the lyrics focusing on the proverbial...

Liz Ohanesian

PLAYING ATLANTAThe Pinx Reinvent Rock 'n' Roll with Music Video for "Mercy!"

That is all. Okay, that's not all, but the Atlanta-based rock quartet truly does rock...and roll, and boogie-woogie, and power-pop all night long. Drawing on influences as varied as Duane Allman, MC5's Fred "Sonic" Smith, and the lush Stax catalog, as well as...

Luci Turner

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PLAYING ATLANTAGreco Make Magic On Stage and In the Studio

Even for a newbie in the Atlanta music scene, the name Greco is as familiar as the infamous straight-up-the-stairs load-in at Smith's Olde Bar, one of the city's most iconic haunts (don't worry, out-of-towners; there's an elevator now). The rock quartet, made up of brothers Sebastian (lead...

Luci Turner

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REVIEWHow to Be a Rock Critic

All Lester Bangs wants to do is listen to his favorite record: Van Morrison’s 1968 masterpiece, Astral Weeks. If only he could find his copy. It’s got to be around here somewhere, beneath the splayed magazines, take-out containers, and just a few thousand other LPs. Such is the inciting dilemma of...

Madison Bloom

LIVE REVIEWPeter Bjorn and John @ Webster Hall

Peter Bjorn and John, three revered names in indie music, get the crowd moving at Webster Hall.

Ysabella Monton

PLAYING DETROITBest of + Most Anticipated

wolf eyes It's New Years Eve-Eve, and I'm flooded with the sounds of the past year. 2015 saw the rise of Detroit music in an unforgettable way. Our musicians took to the stage and to the studio with an unmistakable fire under their asses, in turn producing one of the most emotive soundtracks for...

Jerilyn Jordan

LIVE REVIEWImelda May @ Irving Plaza

Imelda May radiates light when she’s on stage--and not just because of her bright red lipstick. The Irish rockabilly singer brought an ebullient grace to her set last Monday at Irving Plaza, beginning with the immaculate-as-always platinum blonde quiff set on top of her dark ponytail, and ending...

Carena Liptak