For post-punk scholars, Tommy Stinson will be forever fused to his infamous 12-year stint with Minneapolis garage-rock overachievers the Replacements. These days, the 45-year-old journeyman and doting dad is playing bass for Guns N’ Roses and Soul Asylum and has released his second solo album (and first in seven years), the well-crafted, bluesy and robust One [...]
For post-punk scholars, Tommy Stinson will be forever fused to his infamous 12-year stint with Minneapolis garage-rock overachievers the Replacements. These days, the 45-year-old journeyman and doting dad is playing bass for Guns N’ Roses and Soul Asylum and has released his second solo album (and first in seven years), the well-crafted, bluesy and robust One [...]
Thanks to Andy Shernoff for guest editing our website all week. Be sure to check out his new single, “Are You Ready To Rapture?” Watch the video for the song below.
Andy Shernoff was always the main creative force behind one of New York’s best bands ever, the Dictators. He wrote the material and sang the leads. In the royal line of succession for NYC bands in the ’70s, they came along right after the birth of the New York Dolls. Every bit as raw, noisy [...]
Drawing comparisons to the great songwriting teams of the ’60s and ’70s, Family Of The Year is an L.A. band with style. Biding time until the group’s tinyOGRE Entertainment full-length debut in early 2012 is the St. Croix EP, featuring the title track as its first single. “St. Croix” has a light, breezy feel, showing off [...]
Hold Steady frontman Craig Finn is releasing his debut solo album, Clear Heart Full Eyes, via Vagrant on January 24. He recorded the 11-track LP in Austin with Mike McCarthy (Spoon, Trail Of Dead) and plans to support it with a tour … The new Cursive album, I Am Gemini, is out February 21 via [...]
Andy Shernoff was always the main creative force behind one of New York’s best bands ever, the Dictators. He wrote the material and sang the leads. In the royal line of succession for NYC bands in the ’70s, they came along right after the birth of the New York Dolls. Every bit as raw, noisy [...]
Boots Electric has just released a video for “Complexity,” off latest album Honkey Kong (Dangerbird). The clip features frontman Jesse Hughes surrounded by half-dressed girls, kaleidoscope views and a whole lot of shaking it around. Says Hughes of the video, “”It was our attempt at remembering the future and that it’s easier to look at [...]
Andy Shernoff was always the main creative force behind one of New York’s best bands ever, the Dictators. He wrote the material and sang the leads. In the royal line of succession for NYC bands in the ’70s, they came along right after the birth of the New York Dolls. Every bit as raw, noisy [...]
The Phenomenal Handclap Band, which recently toured the U.S. with Bryan Ferry, has just released “Following,” the first single off sophomore album Form & Control (out January 31 via Tummy Touch Records). “Following” is a slinky, disco-esque number, with a European dance-club feel. With its new LP, the six-piece band is poised to become a household [...]
