It has been quite a decade for the music industry. We have stepped into the information age, the era of technology where we are bombarded, inescapably, by new ideas and development. The invention of the internet in particular played a huge role in turning the music industry on its head. By the time the 90’s … Continue reading
Last weekend, a band by the name of ‘Pigeons Playing Ping Pong’ turned Toad’s Place, a small New Haven venue, into an energetic, groovy dance party. Originally from Maryland, Pigeons Playing Ping Pong – we’ll call them Pigeons for short – is a four-piece funk band that hails from the likes of Phish. Their music … Continue reading
Located in the heart of Burlington, Vermont, and about the same size as my bedroom, Radio Bean is the smallest venue I have ever been to. Officially dubbed a coffeehouse, the 3-foot by 3-foot stage shares floor space with a small bar and several mismatched sets of tables and chairs. It’s dimly lit by the … Continue reading
Believe it or not, one of the safest places in the world is in the midst of a punk show. No, I don’t mean the most tranquil or peaceful place in the world – necessarily – and I don’t mean you won’t get any bruises. But that’s all part of the fun. Underneath the aggressive, … Continue reading
A day before Green Day’s newest album, Revolution Radio, was set to come out, I was handed the opportunity of a lifetime. An acquaintance of mine, Steve, had found out about an exclusive album release party for Green Day’s album, which was set to take place at a record store in Brooklyn, New York. Tickets … Continue reading
It’s been a long time since 1986. 30 years ago, the band we know as Green Day was just a couple of snotty-nosed, misfit high school stoners with a little bit of talent and a lot of ambition. A few years later, the trio, which then consisted of Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, and an … Continue reading
In February 2015, Elle King came out of nowhere with a fiery debut LP. The 25-year old singer/songwriter – who is the daughter of comedian Rob Schneider, but we don’t have to talk about that – spent several adolescent years wandering from club to club in the midst of New York City, listening to music … Continue reading
It’s not easy to have a killer show on a Monday night. Especially in a small town like Burlington. I’ve been to a few weeknight shows in my day, each with varying amounts of audience. There’s the occasional full house, typically associated with a bigger name, but more often than not it’s a band playing … Continue reading
I live and breathe music. I’ve always said that it’s music that runs through my veins: it’s my drug of choice; an addiction that has become the essence of who I am. Music holds my fascination because it is amazing to me that something as simple as sound waves can invoke… Continue reading
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