INTERVIEW: THE FALLING BIRDS (NEW YORK CITY, NY)
I recently sat down for a drink with Stephen Artemis of The Falling Birds. A band that has fired off the first in what seems to be a series of incoming warning shots alarming the press world to the return of raw rock n roll to New York City. While we uncoded his band name over […]
REVIEW: THE GASLIGHT ANTHEM – B-SIDES (2014)
The Gaslight Anthem’s newest release, B-Sides is a collection of 11 tracks recorded between 2008 and 2011 including: the studio track ‘She Loves You,’ and rare acoustic takes on some of the bands’ biggest songs as well as an inspired version of The Rolling Stones’ ‘Tumbling Dic
REVIEW: PIQUED JACKS – JUST A MACHINE (2013)
Piqued Jacks are a relatively new group of native Italians who have recently set up shop in Austin. After releasing two EP’s in their homeland the boys have made it stateside; delivering another EP of brand new material entitled Just a Machine. Just a Machine opens up with the
MIKE’S TOP ALBUMS OF 2013
10. The Growlers – Guilded Pleasures There is something instantly likable about The Growlers new album. The recordings are pleasurably low fi, the songs are catchy and cool, and the writing is funny and alarming. Vocalist Brooks Nielsen spins a doped up dream of Laurel Can
INTERVIEW: ELEPHANT STONE (MONTREAL)
Elephant Stone, the psychedelic rock outfit based in the bustling city of Montreal, offer up a transcendental blend of Eastern psych-rock on their strongest release yet. Their new self-titled LP is a clear and concise 10 song set that revives that allusive fusion of mystic scales and weste
REVIEW: THE GROWLERS – GILDED PLEASURES (2013)
There is something instantly likable about The Growlers new album Gilded Pleasures. On a surface listen it sounds groovy as hell. The recordings are pleasurably low fi, the songs are catchy and cool, and the writing is funny and alarming. Vocalist Brooks Nielsen spins a doped up dream of Laurel Ca
INTERVIEW: DOG SOCIETY (NEW YORK, NY)
Please extend a warm welcome to Mike Olinger (Musically Mad Mike to you) our newest writer out of Southern California! Mike is completely “batty” over music and in his spare time is found catering to his record collection (in the thousands!), digesting through dozens of music magazi