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The New Psychedelic Relix launched as the definitive magazine for Grateful Dead, Bay Area and other exploratory music in 1974, just as the dawn of the original psychedelic music was beginning to fade. Nearly 40 years later, psychedelic music is once again shining bright. From the current West Coast psych-rock revival heard in Assemble Head […]

Flaunting a mix of Southern pride, erudite lyrics, and a muscled three-guitar attack, Drive-By Truckers have become one of the most well-respected alternative country-rock acts of the 2000s. Led by frontman Patterson Hood and longtime friend Mike Cooley, the band will release its eighth and ninth albums next year along with an unflinching documentary which […]

The brainchild of The Black Keys, former Roc-A-Fella records partner Damon Dash and John Peets of Q Prime South, BlakRoc started as a studio experiment. The blues-influenced, garage-rock duo entered the studio, jammed and then brought in some of the biggest names in modern hip hop to rap over live instrumentation (no samples were used […]

It’s been a topic of debate for centuries. The forums range from bedrooms, dorm rooms, concerts and bars to television, radio and, most prominently, print. Yet the question still remains: What makes a concert great? Is it strictly the music? The venue? The context? Hindsight? They’re all valid variables and ones that will forever keep […]

Monsters of Folk is a highly-collaborative, road-tested supergroup consisting of Bright Eyes’ Conor Oberst, My Morning Jacket’s Jim James, singer/songwriter M.Ward and musician/producer Mike Mogis. The band’s new album is a storied and diverse collection of 15 tunes and is testament to the musicians’ immense talent. As the band prepares to embark on a lengthy […]

Woodstock at 40: What It Means Today This August marks the 40th anniversary of Woodstock. Now a cultural reference point, the three-day festival held in New York’s countryside quickly became a symbol of the times: the backlash against the Vietnam War, the very electric rock and roll revolution lead by artists like Jimi Hendrix, The […]