Flipping through a variety of newspapers and reading a wide selection of music rags, I keep coming across reviews of Elliott Smith's posthumous collection, New Moon—each one invariable tagged and dragged by some sort of personal reminiscence. Windswept, rainy...
It seems like more times than not in my life it’s by the seat of my pants that I fly. This night would be no exception, and as a result I’d like to thank everyone involved at the onset. You know who you are, all five or so of you. Thank you. When the...
Back once again for an evening of kick-ass music and awkward banter, it's Ground Control Radio. Be sure to check it out next Tuesday night at 8pm PST on www.littleradio.com. For now, listen to the podcast and peep the playlist: Ground Control Radio 5/15 Playlist:...
Listen up (literally)! Every Tuesday evening at 8pm PST, catch the editors of Ground Control as we spin the latest and greatest music on Ground Control Radio. Broadcast over the internet by our friends at www.littleradio.com, we'll play music, talk about music,...
At the heart of a good cover pulses synthesis. Requiring more than just fidelity to note, timbre, and technique, a few good covers exceed their predecessors (dare I suggest The Byrds' version of "Hey Mr. Tambourine Man"?) but most re-workings of widely...
On October 18, 2000, Zack De La Rocha announced that he was leaving Rage Against The Machine. Less than a month later, in a storm of irony that not even Oscar Wilde could have dreamt up, our current president won his first presidential election. Rage had always flown...
Almost a year-and-a-half after releasing the darkly mellow album Makers, Rocky Votolato is heading in a new direction with his soon-to-be-released The Brag and Cuss. He is still the same singer/songwriter whose raw vocals evoke real emotion, but this time he's with...
Just when you thought you’ve outgrown heavy metal, along come a band called Mastodon. Their name alone evokes a primal, prehistoric struggle for survival in a world that can be both dangerous and healing. The growling wails of vocalists Troy Sanders and Brent...