REVIEW: COLD WAR KIDS – LA DIVINE (2017)
LA Divine is the product of a band that still has energy and ambition, momentum and creativity. For the Cold War Kids to still be channeling those forces on their sixth album is an admirable feat, but by no means unexpected. Since their promising 2006 debut Robbers & Cowards, the
PHOTOS + REVIEW: PORTUGAL. THE MAN AT SUNSHINE THEATER (ALBUQUERQUE, NM)
Portugal. The Man (Wasilla, Alaska/ Portland, OR) and HDBeenDope (Brooklyn, NY)March 18th, 2017Sunshine Theater in Albuquerque, NM Last Saturday night psychedelic indie-fusion group, Portugal. The Man brought their spring tour to downtown Albuquerque’s own Sunshine Theater. The event kic
PHOTOS: MIRANDA LAMBERT AT THE XCEL ENERGY CENTER IN ST PAUL, MN
Miranda Lambert (Lindale, TX), Old Dominion (Nashville, TN) and Aubrie Sellers(Nashville, TN)March, 17th, 2017Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, MN What happens when you combine Friday night, a huge Country Music tour, and St Patrick’s Day in Saint Paul? You get one extremely excited mass of p
REVIEW: FOXYGEN – HANG (2017)
Hang is an album of hope: stay strong, follow your dreams, believe in yourself, don’t give up– hang in there. The lyrics to Hang closer, “Rise Up,” say it all: “It’s time to wake up early/ Start taking care of your health/ And start doing all the hard things/ And believe i
Dan’s Top Albums of 2016
Much like its predecessor, 2016 went by in a flash; a humbling reminder of how quickly life goes by. If nothing else, music helps preserve the memories. Here are a few of the albums that accompanied my thoughts, feelings and experiences from the past year. 10. Radiohead –&
REVIEW: MADJO – EP (2009)
This originally appeared in the fall issue of The Journal of a Musician, run by George Lepauw, a world-renown classical pianist in Chicago. A renaissance man when it comes to music, the Journal seeks to provide remarkable insight into culture and music. I still am humbled to have been asked to
PHOTOS: JINGLE BALL AT THE XCEL ENERGY CENTER (ST PAUL, MN)
Alessia Cara (Toronto, Canada), Backstreet Boys (Orlando, FL), Diplo (Edgewater, USA), Fifth Harmony (Miami, FL), G-Eazy (Oakland, CA), Gnash (Los Angeles, CA), Hailee Steinfeld (Los Angeles, CA), Jon Bellion (Long Island, NY), Lukas Graham (Christiania, Copenhagen) and Tove Lo (S
REVIEW: TITLE TRACKS – LONG DREAM (2016)
John Davis isn’t going anywhere. Debuting in 1998, Davis and his DC dance-punk trio Q And Not U explored the spastic, synthy, sweaty sound that seemed all the rage around the millennial year, quietly disbanding seven years later. Georgie James, Davis’ charming indie pop duo with Laura Berhann, d