GOO GOO DOLLS FRONTMAN ON CHALLENGING HIMSELF ON THE BAND’S LATEST ALBUM, MAGNETIC, WRITER’S BLOCK, THE CUSTOM T-SHIRT HE WORE TO THE GRAMMYS IN 1999, AND BUILDING FURNITURE June 19, 2013 — 1:30 pm PDT Nick Krewen / GRAMMY.com More than two decades into a career that has evolved from a punk-inspired garage band to Adult Top 40 bastions, the Buffalo, N.Y.-bred Goo Goo Dolls have returned with their latest…
The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here is only the fifth full-length album from Alice In Chains since 1990’s debut, Facelift By: Nick Krewen Music, Published on Tue May 28 2013 Rock Alice In Chains The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here (Capitol/Universal) 3 stars After 2009’s Black Gives Way To Blue confidently placed Seattle’s Alice In Chains in that rarefied company of bands surviving — and flourishing — following the death of…
Fall Out Boy put on a high-octane performance at the Sound Academy in the Chicago rockers’ first Toronto appearance in four years. By: Nick Krewen Music, Published on Sat May 25 2013 Fall Out Boy 3.5 stars Sound Academy at May 24. Fall Out Boy dished some unexpected razzing at Mayor Rob Ford at the Sound Academy on Friday night. Six songs into their taut 90-minute set, the Chicago rockers’…
Canadian musical clan that includes Sadies and Good Family drawing comparisons to the Carter Family By: Nick Krewen Music, Published on Wed May 08 2013 The debut album from Canada’s equivalent of the Carter Family has been a long time in the making . Although they’ve performed live together in different configurations, The Good Family, which collectively includes veteran country and bluegrass legends The Good Brothers and the torrentially industrious,…
Artists have successfully transformed their careers and lives as transgendered musicians NICK KREWEN GRAMMYS MAY 15, 2017 – 2:36 AM GRAMMY.com To say that Laura Jane Grace has had an eventful year would be an understatement. Until May 2012, she was known to the world as Tom Gabel, lead singer, songwriter and guitarist for Florida punk band Against Me! Then she openly announced her name change, that she…
