Picture Book: Thursday at The Masquerade, February 25
By Jenna Hughes Full gallery after the jump
Picture Book: Buckcherry, Hell Yeah at The Jagermeister Music Tour at The Tabernacle, February 24
By Susie Ceruto (www.sassy1photography.com) Full gallery after the jump
CD Review: Greymarket — Some Orbits Will Never Decay; Playing Under the Couch, March 11
Greymarket Some Orbits Will Never Decay By Al Kaufman L. Cave McCoy has had his share of moonage daydreams concerning David Bowie. McCoy, the songwriter, guitarist, vocalist and programmer behind Greymarket (which also includes drummer Michael Gargiulo) is fascinated with space, as the bird-winged space shuttle on the front cover will attest to. McCoy also […]
CD Review: David Dondero — A Pre-Existing Condition; Playing The EARL, March 5
David Dondero A Pre-Existing Condition Ghostmeat Records By Eileen Tilson If you could hear a an adult-version of a kids album, what kind of artists would be on there? Bob Dylan? Neil Young? Woody Guthrie? Jawbreaker? OK, cue record scratch, Jawbreaker? On A Pre-existing Condition, the ninth full-length solo effort from highly-acclaimed singer/songwriter David Dondero […]
CD Review: Bright Eyes — The People’s Key; Playing the Tabernacle, March 4
Bright Eyes The People’s Key Saddle Creek By Al Kaufman “How sad it is to know I’m in control,” sings Conor Oberst on “Triple Spiral,” a melancholy song of loss with an upbeat melody. Indeed, Oberst and his accomplices, Mike Mogis and Nate Walcott, have never sounded more in control than they do on this, […]
Picture Book: Wild Nothing at The Drunken Unicorn, February 8
By Matthew Smith (www.shadowboxerphoto.com) Full gallery after the jump
CD Review: Seth Glier — The Next Right Thing; Playing Eddie’s Attic, February 22
Seth Glier The Next Right Thing MPress By Al Kaufman The late Chet Baker and Jeff Buckley had them. Rufus Wainright and KD Lang have them. We’re speaking of voices that transcend gender in their beauty. They are gorgeously androgynous voices that make you want to sleep with their owners regardless of your gender or […]
CD Review: Eddie Spaghetti — Sundowner; Playing Smith’s Olde Bar, March 25 and 26
Eddie Spaghetti Sundowner Bloodshot By Al Kaufman You can tell spaghetti is done by throwing it against the wall and seeing if it sticks. Eddie Spaghetti takes the same approach to his music. He grew up in the south where his parents listened to a lot of country. Eddie found solace in punk rock and […]
Picture Book: Flogging Molly at The Tabernacle, February 14
By Ken Lackner Full gallery after the jump
Live Review: Jimmy Eat World at 40 Watt, February 7
By Dan Adams It would be fair to wonder if a band like Jimmy Eat World, who has been making music for more than a decade, would have lost a proverbial “beat” in their live performance. It was in fact just the opposite when skinnier, younger-looking frontman Jimmy Adkins walked on the stage at 40 […]
Picture Book: Broken Social Scene at Buckhead Theatre, February 10
By Matthew Smith (www.shadowboxerphoto.com) Full gallery after the jump
CD Review: Jeff Talmadge — Kind of Everything
Jeff Talmadge Kind of Everything Berkalin Records By Al Kaufman While he may currently call Roswell, Ga. home, Jeff Talmadge’s heart and head reside in the small towns of Texas where he grew up. In that time, Talmadge served as a janitor, a lawyer, a press secretary to Congressman Bob Krueger, a seminary student, and […]
CD Review: Wild Nothing — Gemini
Wild Nothing Gemini Captured Tracks By Al Kaufman Jack Tatum, the man behind Wild Nothing, loves his anguished ’80s synth-pop. After disbanding his punk band, Facepaint, he made a bit of a splash as Wild Nothing covering Kate Bush’s “Cloudbursting.” On Gemini, he digs a little deeper and unearths the likes of New Order and […]
Picture Book: Dr. Dog at The Masquerade, February 4
By Matthew Smith (www.shadowboxerphoto.com) Full gallery after the jump
CD Review: The Booze — At Maximum Volume; Playing Star Bar, March 12
The Booze At Maximum Volume Underrated Records By Eric Chavez Good music not only requires amazing influences, it demands it. With such influences as The Rolling Stones, The Kinks, The Faces and The Jam, it is only destined that The Booze become a noteworthy rock band in their own right. And so they do. With […]
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