It's difficult to imagine that there might be anyone on Earth more genuinely happy with where he's at in life than Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker (aka USS) singer/guitarist Ash Buchholz. While he and turntablist/hypeman Jason Parsons may have started making noise...
Funny thing about the stylistic disparity that accompanies gender in rock n' roll, while men will curse and bitch an unhinged blue streak about the injustices perpetrated on them by the fairer sex and done so with platinum-coated success for decades (just look what...
I saw My Brightest Diamond a year ago in the Hotel Café with a crowd of about fifty people, which turned out to be a very nice and decidedly indie-urban-outfitters-flannel-shirt-wearing kind of night. This was kind of the same thing except with more like seven...
Over the last few years, as economies have flagged and cast into question the futures of so many people, it has become very common for people to conveniently “forget” about the debts and favors they owe to others. It's easy enough to cite distraction or...
It sounds like a cliche now – particularly because so many artists make similar claims only to only come halfway through when they finally do present new work – but The Sadies truly are one of the hardest working bands in show business. The Toronto-based...
Over the last couple of years, a lot of hot air has been blown and ink spilled declaring that folk is the new punk. To be fair, it's a fair assertion to make (within reason); as some punks have advanced in years of experience (Greg Graffin's a good example, as...
Transitioning between musical styles can be a risky prospect for a player in the public eye. After a band breaks out, it doesn't take long for the group in question and its members to become associated with a scene or sound and, when that happens, there's...
As exciting as a new, forthcoming release can be for a band, there's something special about the prospect of a vinyl release. Part of that certainly must have to do with the fetish quality inherent to a 7” single or a full-length, 33RPM album; CDs are...
Ever seen an opening band almost sacrifice the headliner? On a seasonably (and completely expected) cold and windy Friday night in Philadelphia, my friends and I are on the top floor of Johnny Brenda’s thinking just that. We were there to see Kurt Vile, and it...
It's a good time to be into punk rock. Oh sure, the scene is still dishing out the goods like it always has, and yes, the vinyl is as plentiful as in the 'golden years,' but those tuned into the scene right now get to experience something altogether...