It has been a great start to the new year for the EDM scene that we all live and breathe; heavy bangers officially dropped in Steve Aoki's Wonderland, and the genre blending geniuses behind Big Gigantic are releasing Nocturnal for free tomorrow afternoon. However, it's time to take a more laid back approach to the start of this [...]

Guest post: Treadmarkz is my brother-in-law, a Human Beatles Encyclopedia and the author of the weblog Treadmarkz.wordpress.com . Some Country music purists would probably say that anything that warrants the name "Alternative Country" is not really Country. But ultimately it is the domain of the fan to judge what an artist is or is not, to them. Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you Jennifer Dixon . A little country sensibility with a style that hovers along the cusp of blues, pop, jazz owing to a [...]

I normally don't review multiple bands from the same record label but when I stopped by the Small Stone Recordings website , I was side tracked for a few hours and ended up burning up about thirty bucks on downloads, so I figured why the hell not . Here's a word or two about a label and a few of the bands that you should check out. The Label Based out of Detroit, Small Stone - for the most part - represent bands that are of the stoner rock ilk, [...]
If you are anything like me, then you know that there is nothing like the feeling - a small buzz even - that you get when you pop in a new CD and realize immediately that you have stumbled onto to something that you just have to share with everyone. That is what happened to me today. Early this morning, like any other morning lately, I reluctantly drug my ass out of a warm bed, shuffled my son through our pre-dawn sleepwalk and then headed out the door to what was looking like a long day at work. [...]

I was flipping through eMusic the other day when I noticed a new release by an old favorite of mine, Extreme. I was a little apprehensive at first but figured what the hell, I'll download it. Boy am I glad I did. Here is a quick review. The title of the release is " Saudades De Rock ". In the opening line on the track "Slide" Gary Cherone sings "Find a groove and then drop the hammer." That pretty much sums up most of the tunes on the release. One of the reason [...]

I was flipping through eMusic the other day when I noticed a new release by an old favorite of mine, Extreme. I was a little apprehensive at first but figured what the hell, I'll download it. Boy am I glad I did. Here is a quick review. The title of the release is " Saudades De Rock ". In the opening line on the track "Slide" Gary Cherone sings "Find a groove and then drop the hammer." That pretty much sums up most of the tunes on the release. One of the reason [...]