My name is Daryl, but you can call me Darko. My friends do anyway. I'm a bit of an old geezer (49 years young), and yeah, I've been a deadbeat too. I've been in love with rock music since I started listening to San Francisco's rock station KYA back in...
Retro-prog. Is there anything original left to be discovered in the world of rock ‘n’ roll? Well, if a band will write new songs with new meanings and new sounds, maybe. I want to write a positive sounding review of this really incredible album but there...
Vampire Weekend is not a Goth band. They are not a Death Metal act, either. Their songs do not employ the use of heavy guitars or lighting quick drum solos. Their lead singer, a Columbia grad by the name of Ezra Koenig, does not scream into the microphone or pen lyrics...
February – 29 – Miami, FL: Airtime Theater March – 01 – Orlando, FL – The Social 02 – Atlanta, GA – Variety Playhouse 03 – Chapel Hill, NC – Great Hall (UNC – Chapel Hill) 04 – Asheville, NC –...
It’s hard to believe that’s it’s only been 40 years since the release of one of the most influential and important albums of our time, The Zombies’ Odessey and Oracle. Well, maybe it's not that hard to believe. To celebrate the anniversary...
Virtually everyone in the music industry (including musicians themselves) agrees that there's a certain stigma attached to making guitar-dominated rock ‘n’ roll: it's painfully simple to do; it's kiddie play. While doing interviews in support of...
Danish rockers, The Raveonettes, will embark on a North American tour in February in support of their Vice Records debut, Lust Lust Lust. The jaunt will be preceded by a lone stop alongside Blonde Redhead at New York's Terminal 5 later this month. Set to kick...
Everyone’s favorite psych-and-folk-rock pioneers, Black Mountain, are back on the road for an early 2008 tour in support of their second full-length album, In The Future. The band has toured the world, playing everything from the smallest of rock clubs to the...
Johnathan Rice, the 24 year-old raspy-voiced talent out of Virgina, is still riding high on the wave of positive press he received for his recent release Further North. Despite his seeming perpetual existence within the shadow of Oberst, Rice has been winning fans...
White Denim’s newest free single, “Paint Silver Gold,” was released today on the hottest label on earth, RCRD LBL. The song sounds like a mix between early Jimi Hendrix and The Who’s “The Real Me,” and I would consider that a good...