Artists Archive
Album Review: Glen Hansard ‘Rhythm and Repose’
August 4, 2012
The album opens in a dark place with ‘You Will Become’, a song that feels very resigned and dejected. Glen seems to be looking back on love not with regret that a relationship has ended, but with sadness for the fact that it happened at all. This is the gloaming of Rhythm and Repose, served
Jay-Z Brings Aboard Drake, Chris Cornell to Made in America Festival
August 1, 2012
Jay-Z announced back in May that he will be bringing a new festival to the Philadelphia-area Labor Day weekend. At the time, he’d wrangled marquee talent like Pearl Jam, Skrillex and D’Angelo to support his new musical adventure. Now he’s released the full line-up that will flesh out the inaugural festival. Added to the bill
Album Review: Flo Rida ‘Wild Ones’
August 1, 2012
I remember reading about Flo Rida many years ago when he was an up-and-comer, profiled in numerous big-name magazines, which foretold his near certain rise to the pinnacle of his craft within the next week or two. It has been many years since then, and while Flo has certainly left a mark–and had a big
Hootie & the Blowfish Reunion Coming with New Album, Tour
July 31, 2012
Darius Rucker, first known as the frontman of Hootie & the Blowfish, has established himself as one of the top country music acts over the past for years, but he says that his first band hasn’t broken up, and they will record and tour again, though he didn’t give a specific timeline. “There’s one more
Album Review: Eric Benét ‘The One’
July 31, 2012
Eric Benét has long held firm to his vintage R&B style, but he has said that his latest record is a very contemporary offering, which should be a great thing because this kind of music has certainly seen a lot of advancement over the last twenty years or so and it’s high time that Benét
Album Review: Chris Brown ‘Fortune’
July 30, 2012
So, Chris Brown is an interesting person, but we’re not going to deal with that too much. No matter what you or I might think of the guy, an album is only a body of work, and it should be treated as such. If you loathe Chris Brown as a man and choose not to
Album Review: Fiona Apple ‘The Idler Wheel’
July 29, 2012
Fiona Apple albums come few and far between, and each appears to have its own growing pains– though we’re judging by a small sample size; she has released just four albums in total. It seems as if the process of releasing an album is a painful and labored one for Apple, even though the act
Album Review: Linkin Park ‘Living Things’
July 29, 2012
Linkin Park have been making subtle adjustments to their formula from day one, evolving noticeably over time without ever leaving behind their radio-friendly rap/rock roots. Living Things is an album that is hyped to include all of the lessons they have learned along the way, while bringing back the energy of 2000’s Hybrid Theory. One
2012 Vans Warped Tour: A Review
July 27, 2012
It’s that time of year when the next wave of punk, rock and metal invade amphitheaters across the nation. Yes it’s the seventeen-year strong Vans Warped Tour, and it found its way to Atlanta’s Lakewood Amphitheatre on Thursday. While a weekend stop may have been more convenient, the teenage to early-twenty something crowd didn’t have
Concert Review: Flaming Lips at Firefly Music Festival in Dover
July 23, 2012
We have come to the end of a fantastic weekend at the Firefly Music Festival. Its been a busy day of musical acts ranging from the Cold War Kids and AWOLNation to Fitz and the Tantrums and The Head and the Heart, and its safe to say that nothing quite prepared the audience for what













