It’s a special thing when a band starts out in an organic way where it’s originally a singer-songwriter getting other musicians to join them for a few songs. Then the music grows akin to a flower blooming while maintaining its roots. There’s more of a sonic body that’s present in…

Very few bands can take a certain music style, have questionably comical subject matter in the lyrics and somehow maintain some credibility. Achieving this takes some talent, creativity and a knack for not taking yourself too seriously. This can be said for the English hard rock act The Darkness who…

Idles is a band that’s getting tired of the classifications. Numerous folks say they’re punk or post-punk, hell it even says that on the tags on their Bandcamp page, but if you tell this to frontman Joe Talbot he might yell at you. Without using these terms, how does one…

Very few bands can pull off a combination of styles as seamlessly as Denver’s Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats. Their blend of singer-songwriter genuineness with bombastic Motown soul creates a stellar rock & roll sound. There are also the rhythms and progressions adorning their music that exudes some joyously…

Over the past 30 years, it’s hard to name a more talented and legendary guitarist than Jerry Cantrell. With the late Layne Staley on vocals, Mike Inez on bass and Sean Kinney drums, Cantrell was part of the early ’90s grunge craze as the man behind the riffs for Alice…

Just when you thought the art of the double LP was a thing that belonged in the long-winded rock era of the ’70s, Mastodon puts one out. Their eighth album, Hushed and Grim, that’s being released via Warner Records on October 29 is an ambitious effort with the best of…

Just like the songs within them, albums in a discography also have a sequence. They show the evolution of a band, which usually goes from something raw and electric to something more polished only to eventually return to their roots. For Brooklyn indie rock act Parquet Courts, they’re in the…

While possessing a sound that’s rooted in jazz, BadBadNotGood is one of those rare acts that go beyond their respective style. The Toronto based trio of drummer & percussionist Alexander Sowinski, bassist & keyboardist Chester Hansen and multi-instrumentalist Leland Whitty incorporate imaginative structures and pacing rhythms into their music. They’ve…