Where Artists Come To Shine
By Sam Frank: My favorite video game as a child was always Street Fighter 2. All the characters had their own special moves that, once mastered, would enable you to beat unsuspecting opponents. Immediately following the moves were sound bites like Ryu's famous "HA-DOU-KEN" after his fireball or … [Read more...]
By Lindsay Wallace Director Ridley Scott is the visionary genius behind such classics as 'Thelma and Louise", "Gladiator", "Alien" and "Blade Runner". If you haven't already heard, he is now in the midst of re-making the classic Robin Hood story, which stars Russell Crowe as Robin Hood and Cate … [Read more...]
By Lindsay Wallace I first discovered Flight's Kool when I picked up my new best friend, Maddie. Or I should say, when I went to get my new puppy from guitar player Brendan Ell. He knew I was a journalist in the music world, so I was given a CD to listen to from his band, Flight's Kool. I liked … [Read more...]
By Lindsay Wallace The Entrance Band released an album from Ecstatic Peace/Universal Records that is sheer genius in the most provocative sense. This psychedelic rock vibe is alluring and different from the everyday norm in psych rock. Blake plays his guitar wildly and purposefully in his solos, … [Read more...]
By Sam Frank Back in 1996, I was a high school junior obsessed with two genres of music: Rock and Rap. If Alice in Chains' thrashing sound wasn't inciting head-banging madness then Tupac Shakur's poetic "Thug Life" anecdotes grabbed my attention. While kids today learn about up and coming artists … [Read more...]
With the cool mid-October air showing signs of a early winter in Manhattan a Caribbean breeze swept through the city as Universal Motown’s charismatic new singer/songwriter, Shontelle Layne, performed her hit single, “T-Shirt” to a packed crowd at Club Twelve 21. A month before the release of her … [Read more...]