Singles Bar: Weezer, “The End Of The Game”
The supposed simple charms of "The End Of The Game" just don't hang in there.
Review: Taylor Swift, “Lover”
She may never be America's Sweetheart, but Lover at least signals a desire to move away from tabloid sensationalism into other areas.
Co-Op Communique Volume 5 Now Available On Bandcamp
The fifth installment of the music discovery series is now available for free at Bandcamp.com.
Review: Tool, “Fear Inoculum”
The new Tool album is good, but is it thirteen years good?
Review: The Successful Failures, “Saratoga”
The terms “honest” and “true” are most often prescribed to the following: When the situation and/or products are clearly neither, but the marketing team wants you to believe otherwise Foods…
Review: The Vapour Trails, “See You In The Next World”
Name off a list of the most influential bands ever. I’m sure you started with The Beatles. The Beach Boys? Agreed. How about The Velvet Underground and Black Sabbath? In…
Ed Sheeran, Sia, Rihanna, and the Other R-Word
Accusing Sheeran and Sia of the r-word. No, the other r-word.
RE:Visit – Robert Plant, “Now And Zen” (1988)
Dw. Dunphy takes a deep dive into Robert Plant's career redefining solo album Now and Zen.
Review: The Flaming Lips, “King’s Mouth – Music and Songs”
Arriving in 1983, the band The Flaming Lips was already an anachronism, unapologetically psychedelic, and prone to agitating against the mainstream even as it longingly gave it some side-eye. That…
RE:Visit – John Fred and His Playboys, “Judy In Disguise (With Glasses)” (1967)
How one misheard song title led to a hit that sounded nothing like the mistaken song.
The MusicTAP Interview: Amy Petty
After two profound records, Mystery Keeps You (2008) and House of Doors (2010), musician Amy Petty seemed to fall off the face of the earth. Aside from a very well-crafted…
GARDEN STATE HIP-HOP & MAKIN WAVES PRESENTS SUMMER RAP N’ ROCK TOUR THIS SUMMER
10 rotating music acts & two DJs at seven dates in six cities includes stops in Philadelphia, Jersey City, Trenton, Brooklyn, New Brunswick and two in Asbury Park.