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Album review: Finding solace in the simple, brilliant anthems of Ethers' self-titled debut
Culled from the scrapyard of Chicago bands that called it quits, Ethers is a quartet that nails the ragged glory of rock ’n’ roll on its...


'Rift' in the scene: Forming the Void talks new album and national tours
James Marshall is trying to make sense of what happened last weekend. “It’s been insane,” the guitarist/singer of Forming the Void says....


Album review: BODEGA injects new blood into punk rock on 'Endless Scroll'
Everything is at your fingertips. It's scary, surreal and super-connected. It's life in the social media age. Some bands have tried to...


Top 25 concerts to see this summer in Baton Rouge and Lafayette
Now that the Fourth of July holiday has passed, you might wonder what you're going to do the rest of this hot summer. You could buy stock...


Album review: After trauma, Melody's Echo Chamber releases a wonderful trip of a record on '
To say that the last five years have been tough for musician Melody Prochet is a contender for the laziest take in music criticism. After...


10 rejected headlines about Kanye West's 'Ye'
Michael Che of "Saturday Night Live" had the best line about Kanye West: "Pass." West, the rapper who in mid-May said 400 years of...


Album review: Father John Misty puts his heart on a platter on 'God's Favorite Customer'
A year removed from the maddeningly ambitious "Pure Comedy," Josh Tillman, or Father John Misty, has turned in a more focused, 10-song...


Page Hamilton of Helmet discusses Beethoven, jazz and and hard rock
If someone brought up Page Hamilton and his rock band Helmet and you didn't think about jazz or classical music, he wouldn't blame you....


Wye Oak is at its most confident on 'The Louder I Call, The Faster It Runs'
Anyone who has recorded music knows the process is humiliating. After a few takes, you listen back to what you did and immediately start...
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