ONEREPUBLIC: LIVE IN SOUTH AFRICA (2018) Featuring Ryan Tedder, Zach Filkins, Drew Brown, Eddie Fisher and Brent Kutzle. “Don’t Look Down” written by Sam Dunn. Directed by Scot McFadyen & Sam Dunn. Distributed by Eagle Rock Entertainment. 119 minutes. Not Rated. OneRepublic rarely gets much credit as a rock band, beyond their fan base. Perhaps … Continue reading
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Secondhand Serenade – Taking Your Call
Secondhand Serenade Taking Your Call By Deborah Wagner If you want to launch a music career in this very tough industry, it used to be about who you knew. However, John Vesely – the solo artist who calls himself Secondhand Serenade – is changing all the rules. Vesely is rocketing his own career towards stardom. He … Continue reading
Ingrid Michaelson – The Way She Is
Ingrid Michaelson The Way She Is by Jay S. Jacobs It used to be in order to get your songs heard; you had to hope that somehow radio would catch on to you (often through payola). The whole business has changed, though, and Ingrid Michaelson is riding the wave of the new world order of … Continue reading
The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus – Not Faking It
THE RED JUMPSUIT APPARATUS NOT FAKING IT by Jay S. Jacobs You may have thought that you were catching something brand new when the passionate anti-domestic violence song “Face Down” started taking the music world by storm this summer. With its disgusted and angry lyrics (“Do you feel like a man when you push her … Continue reading
Matt White – Best Days… and Getting Even Better
Matt White Best Days… and Getting Even Better by Ronald Sklar How’s this for destiny’s child? At five-years-old, Matt White spots and says hello to Bruce Springsteen in a Jersey diner. The meet-and-greet is totally by chance, but contains powerful, earth-shaking, life-changing impact. Not that White needed anyone to be The Boss of him – … Continue reading
Pauley Perrette – NCIS Punk
Pauley Perrette NCIS Punk by Jay S. Jacobs When you think of scientists in the Naval police corps, do you picture someone in pitch-black retro clothes, with goth boots, spider-web tattoos and with a serious caffeine addiction? If you do, chances are that notion is thanks to Pauley Perrette. Perrette plays Abby, the overstimulated-but-quite-brilliant lab worker on … Continue reading
Josh Kelley – Life in the Pop Game
Josh Kelley Life in the Pop Game by Jay S. Jacobs Back in its heyday, lots of musicians had a problem with the peer-to-peer file sharing program Napster. Josh Kelley was not one of them, though – it was through the site that he was discovered. Through Napster, Kelley was able to get his music to … Continue reading
The Lashes – Get What They Want
The Lashes Get What They Want By Jay S. Jacobs Seattle is known as a hotbed for music mostly because of the grunge bands of the early 90s. There is a whole world of musicians from the city who never wore flannel, though. Jimi Hendrix, Heart, the Posies, MxPx – lots of talented artists have flourished … Continue reading