Video Premiere: The Venus Flytraps – “Ghost on the Phone
Just when you thought Halloween couldn’t get any stranger, Cleveland band The Venus Flytraps is releasing a visual single featuring…
Maria McKee Announces La Vita Nuova
Lead single “Effigy of Salt” is...gorgeous. Listen. It’s gorgeous.
ALBUM REVIEW: THE LOCALS, “Minutes, Seconds, Degrees”
The rock/pop mix of Chicago’s The Locals is instantly appealing on this new album, Minutes, Seconds, Degrees – a clean…
Review: BATTLES – “Juice B Crypts”
BATTLES’ syncopated loops may circle triumphantly around the drains of the mind but its lineup has not fared as well.…
Review: Tomeka Reid Quartet – “Old New”
Most of us know or associate with the cello as a staple of the classical and post-classical world, an instrument…
RE: Visit — Van Halen, “Women and Children First” (1980)
Van Halen sidelines pop to get their rocks off on "Women and Children First."
The MusicTAP Guide To Record Store Day Black Friday 2019
The list for 2019 displays a few prominent trends: (1) Christmas music (of course), generally in the form of a…
ALBUM REVIEW: POPULUXE, “Beauty In The Broken Place”
This is not a band to be taken lightly – the name “Populuxe” should be self-explanatory. While the melody and…
Video Premiere: Rachel Grimes – “For So Long”
Rachel Grimes is a Louisville-based musician who was a founding member of post-classical chamber ensemble Rachel’s (incidentally, not named after…
Review: Brat Curse – S/T
Brat Curse writes in earworms. That’s the only logical conclusion you can come to after listening to the Columbus, Ohio…
Definitive Mick Ronson Collection On Only After Dark – The Complete Mainman Recordings
When you think early David Bowie, especially The Spiders From Mars. it’s nearly impossible to separate Mick Ronson from the…