Robbie Pfeffer’s TikTok triumph
By Jason Kron In the midst of the global health catastrophe/nightmarish Stephen King novel that we’ve found ourselves in over the last year, the most persistently creative [...]
Music
Recordings: An intimate review of Dale Crover’s latest
By Tom Reardon Music is often about relationships. If you’re in a band, for example, you have to deal with the other people in the band in almost every way you have to deal [...]
Mainstream country music star T.J. Osborne comes out
By Timothy Rawles Coming out is difficult already, but when you’re a celebrated mainstream country star, that process might be even worse since you’re in the eyes [...]
Ultra Naté puts a new spin on an old Pride anthem
By Timothy Rawles It’s been 20 years since clubhouse songstress Ultra Naté hit the dance floor with the LGBTQ anthem “You’re Free (Live Your Life).” [...]
Recordings
By Tom Reardon; photos by Maria Vassett To put it plainly: 2020 has been a motherfucker. When it comes to music and 2020, it’s been that and then some, as we’ve been [...]
Danny Zelisko delivers the goods in All Excess.
By Tom Reardon Phoenix rock and roll impresario Danny Zelisko has a new book out, and it’s a must-read for both fans of local music lore and rock and roll lovers in [...]
Cliquey Bitches
By Tom Reardon, January 2021 issue Talking to musicians Alice Bag and Allison Wolfe of Cliquey Bitches is like having coffee with a couple of long lost and very smart [...]
Recordings
By Tom Reardon, December 2020 issue. Oh, dear, music loving friends, it is that time of year again. Perhaps you want the perfect album to share with a fellow fan of rock and [...]
Any way he wants it to
by David-Elijah Nahmod The young man runs through a graveyard in slow motion and enters a crypt. He opens a coffin. The body interred inside the coffin opens its eyes, bares [...]
Kristen Ford: A queer alt-rocker driving forward in uncertain times
By Timothy Rawles, November 2020 Issue. How does an energetic rock musician like Kristen Ford stay sane during a pandemic? She makes music of course. But that’s the easy [...]
Recordings
By Tom Reardon, November 2020 issue. The name of the game this month is survival, I think, for all of us. Each of the songs below touch on some type of quest for [...]
Denise Kaufman of Ace of Cups says “Put a woman in charge”
By Tom Reardon, October 2020 issue There are certain people that when you listen to them, their world opens up before your eyes and, if you allow yourself to do so, you can [...]
Recordings
By Tom Reardon, October 2020 issue. Just two offerings this month for review, but wow, what great offerings they are! For more information on our second review, please check [...]
Save Our Stages: A movement striving to keep music venues open
By Tom Reardon COVID-19 has changed the landscape of the music industry in many ways, but for many of us, it has also changed the way we live and breathe artistically and [...]
Recordings
By Tom Reardon, September 2020 issue. Some say music heals the soul. Sometimes I wonder if this is really the case. Or is it that musicians are the ones who need to heal, and [...]
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