CD Review: Alice Peacock — Love Remains

CD Review: Alice Peacock — Love Remains

Alice PeacockLove RemainsRocket Science/Adrenaline By Al Kaufman After 2005's introspective and piano-laden Who I Am, Alice Peacock moved to Nashville from Chicago and reinvented herself as a country girl with rock tendencies. There's plenty of twang on Love Remains. And there's plenty of Peacock's vocals. Strong, sexy and soulful sum them up quite well, but […]

CD Review: Chris Knight — Heart of Stone

CD Review: Chris Knight — Heart of Stone

Chris KnightHeart of StoneDrifter's Church By Al Kaufman Chris Knight should be doing Chevy Truck commercials. He's that type of guy. He's one of those straight ahead Americana type of singers; a little too country for rock radio, and way too rock for country radio. He falls into the cracks where Steve Earle and James […]

Jimmy Buffet’s Guitarist Ilo Ferreira and Special Guest @ Vinyl, April 15

Jimmy Buffet’s Guitarist Ilo Ferreira and Special Guest @ Vinyl, April 15

Ilo Ferreira, guitarist and recording buddy of Jimmy Buffet, is playing at Vinyl on April 15, and he's bringing along a very, very special guest. Ferreira is currently on tour with Buffet, and the Margaritaville singer himself is playing in Atlanta the very next night. So… we wonder who on earth this special guest could […]

Show Preview: Richard Lloyd @ The EARL, April 26

Show Preview: Richard Lloyd @ The EARL, April 26

By Scott Roberts “It was like having two Ferraris on stage. You knew what they could do; why stare at ‘em? They’re not a painting.” This is one of the descriptions guitarist extraordinaire Richard Lloyd, founder of legendary ‘70s New York band Television, used to describe the twin guitar attack of himself and fellow Ferrari Tom […]

CD Review: Alligators — Piggy & Cups

CD Review: Alligators — Piggy & Cups

Alligators Piggy & Cups Appplehouse Records By Julia Reidy Washington State quintet Alligators’ name might be misleading. While possessing musical chops as sharp as the namesake reptiles’ teeth, the sounds they create wholly lack the suggested spiny skin and claws. Their national debut, the puzzlingly named Piggy & Cups, is pop as immaculately clean as […]

CANCELED: Omar @ Sugar Hill, April 4

CANCELED: Omar @ Sugar Hill, April 4

For those of you who somehow didn't know, Omar's show at Sugar Hill was canceled this past Saturday after his flight got canceled. We got the information at the latest moment possible, so we couldn't put up a post before the show. Luckily, we had the power of Twitter to inform our followers, as well […]