Reviews

Cende #1 Hit Single Reviewed by: Max Miller Nowadays, as independent rock music has increasingly reverted to its status as a niche genre, the role of indie labels as curators has once again risen to prominence. Among the most reliable modern indie labels, in a class that includes Read More

Justin Townes Earle Kids In The Street Reviewed by: Jane Roser After earning street cred on his six previous albums, Justin Townes Earle (country music icon Steve Earle’s son) has found a solid, clear vision on his latest and perhaps best album to date. Kids In The Street Read More

Skye Steele All That Light Reviewed by: Lauren Rosier The release of 2015’s Up From The Bitterroot from singer/songwriter, Skye Steele, was a story about his failing marriage. Now Steele returns with the brilliant follow-up, All That Light, about his journey and readiness for Read More

by Matt Kelchner Acts old and new graced both stages at World Cafe Live Friday night for the final night of this year’s NON-COMMvention. Hosted by local radio stalwart WXPN, the music industry focused event celebrated it’s 17th year with performances from some of the latest Read More

-Brenda Hillegas For Day 2 and Day 3 of NonCOMM, I was only able to attend the Free at Noon shows. I sent our writer Matt to attend Day 3 though, and you can check out his recap next. If you aren’t familiar with Free at Noon, it’s a wonderful music program from WXPN and recorded Read More

-Brenda Hillegas NonCOMM, produced by WXPN-FM, was founded by WXPN’s Music Director Dan Reed. The quick background of the event is that Dan Reed wanted to create a meeting of the minds to discuss the unique concerns of public radio stations. Since 2000, Dan and WXPN have Read More