jane roser

by Jane Roser Dodging rubber bullets while participating in Occupy Oakland in 2011, performing a concert in a cave in Germany, touring with Dropkick Murphys and getting banned by Disney (“the best fucking show I never played”), folk-punk musician Bryan McPherson is one bad ass Read More

by Jane Roser “Snake Farm, it’s just sounds nasty/snake farm, it pretty much is/snake farm, it’s a reptile house/snake farm…oooogh.” Drive-By Truckers artist Wes Freed sang this tune when his band The Mag Bats performed at Cary Street Cafe in Read More

Ray Wylie Hubbard The Ruffian’s Misfortune Reviewed by: Jane Roser     Ray Wylie Hubbard is sort of like outlaw country music’s James Bond in the sense that nobody does it better and makes me feel sad for the rest (I’m looking at you bro-country). Read More

by Jane Roser Few bands have the drive and continuous passion to stay together for a decade, let alone a quarter of a century, but that’s just what New York roots band Donna the Buffalo has done. They passed that mile marker and kept on truckin’. Their loyal fans even Read More

by Jane Roser Reel Big Fish, you could say, is one of the few ska-punk bands that broke into the mainstream early on and were able to stay there. Hailing from Orange County, California, Reel Big Fish were able to gather an underground following in the 90s due to word of mouth Read More

by Jane Roser Asheville, North Carolina is considered one of the coolest towns in America, if not one of the most creative. With it’s quirky shops and cafes, the breathtaking Biltmore Estate, gorgeous scenery used as backdrops for Hollywood blockbusters (like The Hunger Read More