I have been tending lately to fixate on artists for a while, given the wealth of video on YouTube. I have spent time looking for new, i.e., old, material from Alice in Chains, Yes, Led Zeppelin, Miles Davis, Don Rickles, Sam Kinison and others. Recently, I researched the early 1970’s video catalog of Joe Walsh. …
Here’s the bio Brains Gad requested to promote our shows in Jamaica: Seattle songwriter Davin Michael Stedman is best known as the lead singer of The Staxx Brothers. His work with the emerging British act Sherlock Soul is also presently garnering him acclaim. But it his work in Jamaica as an emerging solo artist that …
Chi Ching Ching is this generation’s brightest talent combining his strengths: dance and vocal performance. He is gearing up for his 2018 debut album Turning Tables and dropped the LP’s first single “Rock Di World” on Friday, Dec 15th, 2017.
This year I got to host Band in Seattle‘s Christmas Special with my friend Stephanie Anne Johnson. Tune in December 23 at 8pm and 11pm on CW11 Seattle – KSTW and again on Dec 30 at 8 & 11. The Christmas Special is one hour long, as apposed to the usual 30 minute time slot… …
Hey Donny, There’s a New Santa in Town… We might not love our President this Christmas, but our Santa Claus is on point. Obama is still young, he has accomplished more than any of us, and yet…he still gives us hope we might reach our own potential as he did. I hope Obama gives the …
In light of last Tuesday’s special election results, we now know that if a Republican gets outed as a child molester in Alabama, he might actually lose an election by the landslide margin of one and a half percentage points. This was also with the Democrat, Doug Jones, running a vigorous and intelligent campaign and, …
You might have heard that I started a band in Britain called Sherlock Soul that is dropping our first single on Christmas Eve. But have you seen the Sherlock Holmes robot John Loud made to celebrate the release? John is a very talented sculptor, MC, and star of his Tales of a Time Lord radio …
NBA super teams reflect the spirit of our economy. The haves and the have nots. Like our economy the f_ckery is accelerating and it’s damaging the true competitiveness that well regulated capitalism provides when more individuals and companies can compete. I like Golden State but what a Cartel! Monopolies are emerging, even if the NBA, …
I just watched Anthony Bourdain’s Parts Unknown episode in Lagos, Nigeria as I sipped homemade Hot Chocolate on this cold December night. Lagos. This is where I will be one year from now. I am not passing up on this opportunity to visit West Africa. I have accepted that invitation. As I got a glimpse …
Do you have what it takes to be a spy? Do you have the physical ability to be completely forgettable? We are talking Spies, not the classic Military traitor like Benedict Arnold or Michael Flynn. This is 007 stuff. Can you walk into a room full of 15,000 people like Steve Miller and entertain them …
I don’t know about you, but for me this is the video for which I’ve waited all my life. “Welcome to the world of chaos! A kitschy, dirty and unglamorous plastic world. We created this video by using old plastic bags, cuddly toys from our childhood and a wedding dress. The video was recorded in …
There are two things to never ever forget about America: What America is about, and what it’s supposed to be about. You forget either one of those facts, and it’s dangerous, and so are you. I know it’s ethically and technically back pedaling, but for practical purposes can we just meet in the middle? Half …
If James Brown saw this Bruno Mars show in his prime, he would have shot his ass. James missed Joe Tex. Maybe those were warning shots. But he would have finished the job on Bruno and would have sang his pledge of guilty with his Famous Flames singing back up as the legal team. Because …
“I wanted to tackle fear. I wanted to explain it to my children with words and music that they could feel now and grow to understand later. I opened up stories of the past as they informed the future. Fear is still a powerful tool being used to either save or to tear down.” – …
Mr. Kipp – Do you have any latter-day thoughts about Guadalcanal Diary? Their music may have aged better than the REM of the same period. Perhaps I’m only enjoying it because I hadn’t heard it in 30 years and wasn’t listening closely the first time. Sincerely, Ricky in Enumclaw I’ve loved their “Always Saturday” from …
In a politically challenging era, it’s our time to stand up against the machine. Brass Against the Machine’s first and foremost goal is to make exceptional music. Yet we would be remiss to not also note the unfortunately exceptional times we live in. We want our music to not just sound inspiring; we want our …
Four Waters, the Stockholm band’s debut EP, is a striking and diverse 4-track release, one that’s set to propel the band to great heights. “Four Waters is about not being enough” the band explain. “The frustration of not being able to do more, or doing something you thought would be the right thing but turned …
The name Helen Kelter Skelter may call to mind a visionless disarray, but the Oklahoma band’s sophomore full-length, Melter, is anything but. Set to be released January 19, The aptly named album showcases what H/K/S does best—-a relentless fusion of everything good about rock ‘n’ roll. There are vintage organ flourishes over frenetic bass lines. …
Watch the Throne. They should name their first son Winston and their 4th son Churchill. Americand Mommas make British heroes. This is like Barack Obama marrying the Queen and I love it. Never forget Jenny Jérôme. America f_ck yea. Let’s make some kings. – Davin Michael Stedman
One of the many things I am thankful for is that I get to genuinely lend a hand to young bands like Brotha’ Groove, that represent the next 15 years of the scene. I am going to be a special guest like a dashing Uncle from another planet, at their show at The Vera Project …
This is the only good Blair Walsh story of 2017: my friend’s 7 year old son Max is a huge fan of The Seahawks and the Cougars. Last night my buddy looked worried at Leny’s Place as the Cougs were struggling through the Apple Cup, and I asked why a guy from Detroit was taking …
The Golden 1 Arena is still a gorgeous building, but unfortunately for Sacramento’s NBA fans, the Kings are still the Kings, and last night they lost in mostly the same way they did on the two occasions I saw them last year. They built a lead in the first half, coughed it up in the …
On the eve of Thanksgiving Eve, I headed down to the Showbox to see Newfound Glory. This tour celebrated the 20th anniversary of the band’s origins. Singer Jordan Pundik was all energy. He ran from one end of the stage to the other non-stop. Drummer Cyrus Bolooki slammed with such fury I kept expecting his …
Prediction: these driverless long haul trucks are going to get robbed and destroyed in sparsely populated areas. What are the companies going to do? Man them with security that makes less than the driver? Killer robots are going to be hopefully banned in the battlefield, so I don’t know if Walmart will be able employ …
On the eve of when we celebrate a national holiday, I would like to pass along a poem by William Burroughs called “Thanksgiving Prayer” that Ministry included during the first part of “Thankx but no Thanx” on 2013’s From Beer to Eternity. Happy Thanksgiving, Everyone!
Just listen. It’s luscious, spirited, sui generis and fantastical. The Shanghai Restoration Project (SRP) is the Brooklyn based electronic duo of Dave Liang and Sun Yunfan. Initially a solo project of Dave Liang, SRP was inspired by the 1930s Shanghai jazz scene. Having cut his teeth as a producer within the Bad Boy Records system, …
For those who love seeing their literary heroes in the flesh and obtaining their signatures on the title pages of newly purchased books, Wordstock is a paradise rivaling any other such event in these United States. This year’s festival took place the Saturday before last over a three-block area of downtown Portland, and while it …
Like the next generation of replicants, “Blade Runner 2049” has some new gadgets, but it doesn’t measure up to the previous model. It’s dialed up the dystopia and alienation to epic levels, but the heart that pounded in the original “Blade Runner” is hard to find. Brace yourself for the third movie in the trilogy. …
This says it all, applicable to so many realms. Iconic, and always my favorite AC/DC song. It’s been in my head all day. I’m still amazed by the quality of this video, as well. Malcolm had this stereotypical 70s “longhair” look to him… like every other young guy of the time who wasn’t going to …
I am so happy to be one of those bands you just might catch at Sea Monster Lounge. Catch me this Saturday with The Staxx Brothers and my 12th Street Horns. Andrew Nunez has built an Empire of funk, based on a Constitution of Jazz; founded upon on a deeply authentic Declaration of Soul, amended …