Album Review: Matt Jaffe and the Distractions

March 27, 2017 Gonzo Today 0

  by: Doc Jeffurious Higgason Band: Matt Jaffe and the Distractions Album: California’s Burning Label: Elm City (ECI) Rating: 3.8/5.0 Occasionally I will poke my head above the surface to see what is happening out among the littered wasteland of today’s rock music scene. Mostly, I retire back unimpressed. Everything […]

Music Review: Candy Cigarettes Self-Titled

February 27, 2017 Kidman J. Williams 0

  by: Kidman J. Williams This Portland, Oregon one-man band creates a sound that you would swear was being played by a six piece. Candy Cigarettes is headed by the highly talented singer/songwriter Lane Mueller and has earned a lot of praise and love in the highly proclaimed Portland music […]

Seeing Hendrix on Acid

January 30, 2017 Kyle K. Mann 0

By Kyle K. Mann The trick to coming on to LSD as you walked through the front door at Winterland was to take it at the perfect point on the drive in, which for us was the middle of the Golden Gate Bridge. We made it a bit of a […]

Grateful for Grateville Dead Louisville

August 5, 2016 Clayton Luce 0

[tribulant_slideshow gallery_id=”13″] By: Clayton L. Luce Slideshow and cover photo by: Michael Palmer Videography by: Steve “Shooter” Russell They did it again! Those sneaky, dirty hippies converged once more onto the pristine grounds and picturesque vistas of the Louisville Waterfront Park to commence a weekend of drinking, laughing, probably smoking […]

Kidman Williams on the New Music Section

July 15, 2016 Kidman J. Williams 0

By: Kidman J. Williams Why should you care what I think about music? Should you? Probably not.  No more than you would listen to any other music journalist. You should probably trust me more than anyone at Rolling Stone. That stone has been rolling down the side of a steep […]

GonzoFest 2016 Preview: Bottom Sop

April 14, 2016 Lara Kinne 0

Photo: (from left) Amber Nicole, C.B. Mauldin , Nick Beach, Matt Thomasson, Derrick Manley If you haven’t heard about Bottom Sop, or seen them live, you’ve likely never been to GonzoFest, or gone out at all for the last six years. Since forming in 2010, the band released two full-length […]

GonzoFest 2016 Preview: Frederick the Younger

April 13, 2016 Lara Kinne 0

Jenni Cochran is an ESL classroom assistant/tutor by day, and wicked singer/keyboardist for Frederick the Younger by night (unless otherwise asked to perform during the day, such as last week at the mayor’s music & arts series). In such a short time, the band managed to catch the attention and […]

Cold Wind Calling – Circadian – album review

June 24, 2015 Kidman J. Williams 0

By: Kidman J. Williams Using music with spoken word poetry is not a new concept in the music world, but some people just do it better than others.  So is the case with Cold Wind Calling’s Circadian.  Sometimes this music can come off very pretentious and self-absorbed.  Alex Zarek’s lyrics […]