Another week in music has passed. I recently had the opportunity to see Chris Stapleton live at the legendary Ryman Auditorium, with up-and-comer country singer Maren Morris opening. As with any seated venue, there were several people sitting down during the show. But even that being said, the show still had many people standing up the whole time. I don't think I've ever been to a show where so many in the audience were as excited about an artist as this I did that night. Stapleton and his band, which included his wife Morganne, played a great 90 minute long set. The set included a surprise appearance from his old band the Steeldrivers, who did "Ghosts Of Mississippi" and "Sticks That Made Thunder", as well as a cover of Tom Petty's "Free Fallin'" with opener Maren Morris singing along. But enough of that. Let's do some reviews!
The past year or so have been quite tumultuous for one Mr. Kanye West. After releasing a beautiful ode to his mother and daughter North that featured Paul freaking McCartney on keys, making some waves at last year's Grammys with some stupid comment about Beck, and just recently having a mini-meltdown backstage at the Saturday Night Live studio, we have to kind of wonder where it'll end. Well, my friends and I have had some theories about this, which will be included in this review.
Hello all, and welcome to the first new set of reviews this year! While I don't know if 2016 will be nearly as exciting as 2015 was for music, I can definitely say that there will be some interesting releases this year. With new releases already from David Bowie (RIP), Megadeth, Ty Segall, and others, as well as new tracks by Beyonce and Death Grips all being released recently, I'm as excited as ever for this year in music.
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Review ScheduleApril 15: Deftones, Tim Hecker, the Lumineers, M83, Parquet Courts Archives
April 2016
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