More Dread Zeppelin than BR5-49 or the Cherry Poppin’ Daddies, in that they seem to know it’s a joke, Hayseed Dixie are about as unlikely a bunch of country stars as you could imagine. But there it is: The group’s recently released sophomore album, A Hillbilly Tribute To Mountain Love, debuted in the Billboard Top […]

There is something hilarious about the mere mention of the word “laser” — the way Mike Myers’ Dr. Evil torturously elongates it; its delightful use as a proper noun on American Gladiators. It is both harshly futuristic and disarmingly retro at the same time. “Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation.” I used to repeat […]

I could write a surrealist opus about the divinely hallucinatory effects of The Warlocks‘ new album, Rise and Fall, but space forbids. If Syd Barrett had collaborated on Mercury Rev’s Yourself Is Steam, injecting each track with the breathy pop of “Carwash Hair,” it would have sounded a lot like Rise and Fall. Following a […]

Immersed as much in Howlin’ Wolf as Stevie Ray Vaughan, the Atlanta-based Sean Costello may be the most respected of the last decade’s young white blues phenoms. Costello made his rep wowing crowds at Helena’s King Biscuit Blues Festival as a 16-year-old. Finally legal, Costello released his third album last year with the fine Moanin’ […]

I would be remiss in my duties if I did not implore you to leave work early on Friday, June 7th, go directly to the Young Avenue Deli, and begin to slam beers in order to enhance your enjoyment of Dayton’s finest rockers, Guided By Voices. In the opinion of this diehard fan, GBV have […]