Straddling the Line Between Alternative and Mainstream By Alan Sculley As Young The Giant starts a headlining tour this winter, singer Sameer Ghadia knows the band has come a long way since the release of its self-titled CD in January 2011. “Last year at this time we had a headlining run (of shows) and we [...]
New Album, New Musical Vision By Alan Sculley Some listeners considered The Mountain, the 2009 CD from the group the Heartless Bastards, a musical departure for the group. Yes, there were still plenty of garage-ish rock moments that carried over from the group’s first two CDs. But on The Mountain, Heartless Bastards singer/guitarist and songwriter [...]
Clint Lowery and Sevendust, rock out at McGuffy’s By Alan Sculley Clint Lowery was no stranger to carrying a big part of the songwriting load in Sevendust. When he was in the band for its first four albums, he was the main songwriter (with guitarist John Connolly and drummer Morgan Rose, also significant contributors). But [...]
DCP’s exclusive interview with Wilco guitarist Nels Cline about their new album, The Whole Love By Alan Sculley Over the course of Wilco’s seven previous studio albums, singer/guitarist Jeff Tweedy has been viewed as the musical brains behind the critically acclaimed band. But one thing that is immediately apparent in talking to Wilco guitarist Nels [...]
Okkervil River frontman discusses most recent ‘play’ of art By Alan Sculley One gets the feeling that when Will Sheff walks through a museum he doesn’t look at a painting as a “work” of art. “I’ve always felt like art should be like play,” Sheff said in a recent interview. “I remember dating this girl [...]
Seth Glier brings his unique sound to Canal Street Tavern By Alan Sculley On many days when singer/keyboardist Seth Glier is on tour, he and guitarist Ryan Hommel will go to a veterans’ hospital, children’s hospital or some other health facility to play for patients. “Mostly we’ll go for an hour or an hour and [...]
Alter Bridge comes to X-Fest at the Montgomery County Fairgrounds By Alan Sculley When Creed broke up in 2003, three of its members — guitarist Mark Tremonti, bassist Brian Marshall and drummer Scott Phillips — formed the group Alter Bridge, wasting little time in moving forward after losing the band that had made three hit [...]
My Morning Jacket performs at PNC Pavilion in support of Circuital By Alan Sculley My Morning Jacket has always had the same goal going into each of its six albums – don’t repeat what the band did on its previous CD. “You want every record to be a different experience for us and hopefully for [...]
Steve Earle By L. Kent Wolgamott The last time Steve Earle hit the road he was playing songs from his Grammy winning Townes by himself, on an acoustic guitar. He’s got company this time as he hits the road for a tour behind his new CD, I’ll Never Get Out of This World Alive. He [...]
The Chariot cleans out the Attic By Alan Sculley Vocalist Josh Scogin caught a lot of hardcore music fans by surprise when he left the band Norma Jean after that band’s first CD, Bless the Martyr and Kiss the Child. In a recent interview, Scogin said he has never felt like there was a backlash [...]
High Fructose Corn Syrup By Megan Garrison The FDA recently rejected a bid to officially change the name of high [...]
Walker was Victorious in Wisconsin Because His Reforms Worked By David H. Landon The folks at MSNBC had a bad [...]
It Takes More than a Tweet By Rana Odeh The victory of Republican Governor Scott Walker over Milwaukee Democrat Mayor [...]
What are the Consequences of Recall Election in Wisconsin? Last Tuesday, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) prevailed in an unusual [...]
Obama’s Support of Same Sex Marriage Will Cost Him Swing States By David H. Landon By Election Day, the President’s [...]
President Obama Announces Support of Same-Sex Marriage Most pundits believe that this Presidential election will be decided on the issue [...]
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