AMPED™ FEATURED ALBUM OF THE WEEK: THE WHITMORE SISTERS/GHOST STORIES
While not all music-making siblings get along – for example: Ray and Dave Davies, Noel and Liam Gallagher, and Phil and Don Everly – they nearly always make wonderful music together. More specifically, their voices [...]
AMPED™ FEATURED ALBUM OF THE WEEK: THE LUMINEERS/BRIGHTSIDE
Founded in 2005, The Lumineers has become one of the most respected Americana/Folk-Rock bands of their generation. Comprised of singer/guitarist Wesley Schultz and multi-instrumentalist Jeremiah Fraites, the duo began performing in 2002 in New York [...]
AMPED™ FEATURED ALBUM OF THE WEEK: TARU ALEXANDER/ECHOES OF THE MASTER
The son of post-bop jazz saxophonist Roland Alexander, Taru Alexander began playing drums at the age of seven. Growing up in Brooklyn, New York, he was surrounded by his dad’s friends and bandmates including Freddie [...]
AMPED™ FEATURED ALBUM OF THE WEEK: CHUCK BERRY/LIVE FROM BLUEBERRY HILL
Rock ‘n’ roll saved the world. Back in the mid-1950 when it came rumbling out of nowhere, parents tried to stop their kids from listening to this new raw, primal, and edgy music that blended [...]
AMPED™ FEATURED ALBUM OF THE WEEK: BRIA/CUNTRY COVERS VOL. 1
The COVID-19 pandemic cast a large and menacing shadow over every aspect of our lives. In 2020, families were kept apart, businesses suffered, large gatherings of people were forbidden, and it seemed as if things [...]
AMPED™ FEATURED ALBUM OF THE WEEK: JEFF ROSENSTOCK/SKA DREAM
For a musician, longevity is always the goal. No musician wants to leave their mundane day job, make a few records, and tour the country several times, only to be back working a day job [...]
AMPED™ FEATURED ALBUM OF THE WEEK: BLACK LABEL SOCIETY/DOOM CREW, INC.
Black Label Society’s Zakk Wylde is a monster. Well, not literally a monster, but if you listen to his guitar riffs – the way they slither, slide, and strike – they will haunt and enchant [...]
AMPED™ FEATURED ALBUM OF THE WEEK: COLD WAR KIDS/NEW AGE NORMS 3
Founded in Orange County, California in 2004, alt-rock band Cold War Kids was formed by Nathan Willett (vocals/piano/guitar) and Matt Maust (bass) with Jonnie Russell (guitar) and Matt Aveiro (drums). After several well-received EPs, the [...]