The Mountain Goats tag in many styles with “Beat the Champ”
It, most likely, would not be an unreasonable assumption to believe that someone who is a diehard fan of the Mountain Goats and who has…
Wolves Records is Weaving Together Local Artists with Authentic Ambition
Honesty, sincerity, authenticity…these are characteristics that, more often than not, are appreciated, no matter where they are applied: within an individual, in a gesture or…
Nothing But the Silence: A sophisticated debut from Striking Matches
When a band hits the point of releasing their ever important debut album, that’s when listeners – new and pre-debut fans both – get a…
Cutting Jonas Tarm’s composition: Common sense or censorship?
A bit of back story first: This morning, pockets of the social media world are buzzing with talk of a recently and hastily cancelled upcoming performance,…
Make music in (and on) doors of Sage Gateshead!
Children sometimes being the less inhibited individuals they are, can often be found doing various things like running sticks along fence posts, drumming on table…
A second serving of Honeyblood
Stina Tweeddale, guitarist of UK based, crunch pop band, Honeyblood, spoke with me at length about many of the things: about the band’s past, present and…
Striking up a conversation with Stina Tweeddale of Honeyblood
The old adage goes, “You can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.” Well, does a band catch the ears of more fans with…
Jess Ingui intends to inspire with some sincerely soulful music
The idea of a genre-less music industry is a well-worn concept and topic of discussion here in 2015. Artists are pairing instruments that were previously…
What’s the point (of no return)?
The last 24 to 48 hours have most definitely been ones of extreme ups and downs for quintessential, 90’s pop-punk band, Blink 182, the media,…
Hotel of the Laughing Tree shine light on new sounds with “New World Sundown”
There are certain instances, when significant changes to something happily routine and possessing stacked expectations, like a well established band, can transcend and glide gracefully…