By Matthew Martin To be honest, I had only really just heard of Ward Davis.  I knew that he was a helluva songwriter and was always...

By Matthew Martin West Virginia ends up being the butt of a lot of jokes. There's poverty.  There's wide-reported drug ab...

By Robert Dean When Austin Lucas made his way through Austin for his annual South by Southwest show, he was not fucking around. P...

by Robert Dean If there’s anything you can say about the band Cult Leader, it’s that they’re absolutely unrelenting. Without a doub...

by Matthew Martin Something that really grabbed me about Ryan Culwell's latest album,  The Last American, was his voice.  His vo...

Photo by Darcy Ferris by Matthew Martin  I'm going to do something a little unusual here.  I'm going to tell ...

by Robert Dean At last week’s show at Mohawk, in Austin, Texas, it was probably my 15th time seeing Glassjaw. I’ve been with the band...

©Fernando Garcia by Robert Dean Despite my friend’s Doug’s best efforts to give me alcohol poisoning last night at The Scoot Inn, I...

by Robert Dean As a dude who’s in the twilight of his 30’s, I’ve got beef with some of the reviewers out there and how they’re appr...

by Scott Colvin As much as I like to think of myself as someone adept at “discovering” new music, it never hurts to have friends and ...

by Scott Colvin Over the years, I’ve been to a handful of Sunday matinee shows at Annapolis’ Ram’s Head on Stage and one thing I’...

by Scott Colvin There’s something to be said for ritual. Oftentimes ritual becomes an “obligation,” like holidays with family or schoo...

By Scott Colvin Lindi Ortega’s penultimate concert on the U.S. leg of her world-wide Liberty Tour came to the intimate Ram’s Head On ...

by Robert Dean  If there’s anything you can count on when seeing Sleep plow through their songs live, it’s that you’re going to g...

by Robert Dean When The Relationship of Command came out, it changed my life. The jangly guitars, the chaotic vocals, mixed tightly wit...

by Robert Dean Twenty years ago, when Sepultura released Roots , it was a milestone in heavy metal. On the surface, it was unique to...

Craig Finn- Pittsburgh Living Room Show 01/20  by Matthew Martin On January 20th, 2017, the day our new President was inaugurated...

Live Review: BJ Barham, Jammin' Java, 12/3/2016 By Matthew Martin If you don't know who BJ Barham is, I'll go ahead and get t...