A Tool show is so much more of a visual experience than a Sonic one. I thought they sounded better on their albums but couldn’t take my eyes off the stage.

In my opinion it’s the perfect weekend. You can be whoever you want, whatever you want, and however you want to be. You make the rules.

Grace Potter and The Nocturnals prove that amazing showmanship and substance go hand in hand. The woman powerhouse that is Grace Potter lacks neither with eight years of touring experience under her mini-skirt.

As a friend who grew up in the early 80′s in the Bronx says, “We did hiphop for need, not the greed–it made us stronger people back then.”

Paul Shugrue names George Thorogood & the Destroyers’ “2120 South Michigan Ave” the CD of the Week.

Circuital’s ten tracks provide an incredibly diverse and complete effort from a band firing on all cylinders

Grammy recap and local shoutouts and Bonaroooo!

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse Soundtrack… with a video by the local, lovable TwiCurls.

Jack Johnson | To the Sea

The Black Keys | Brothers

The National | High Violet

Anders Osborne | American Patchwork

Gogol Bordello | Transcontinental Hustle

David Byrne & Fatboy Slim | Here Lies Love

The Living Sisters | Love to Live

The Whigs | In the Dark

I won’t call them punk-country or “cowpunk” because both of those terms are stupid and conjure images of bands that just suck. Let’s just call it Lucero.

Drive-By Truckers | The Big To-Do

Broken Bells | “Broken Bells”

John Hiatt | The Open Road

Ben Sollee and Daniel Martin Moore | Dear Companion

Massive Attack | Heligoland

Duke Robillard & Sunny Crownover | “Tales from the Tiki Lounge”

Paul Shugrue reviews “Downtown Church” by Patty Griffin.

Paul Shugrue reviews “The Fall” by Norah Jones as his last CD of the Week for 2009.

Plus an interview with Robert “Bucket” Hingley of The Toasters as a preview of tonight’s Ska Is Dead IV show @ The NorVA.

Paul Shugrue reviews Weezer’s latest, ‘Raditude.’ With video and interesting aside from actor Rainn Wilson.

What’s up dudes,   As most of you know I do a local radio show on 100.5 Max FM every Sunday night called the locals lounge.  A few months ago I had a couple of guys by the name of Pete Desnoyers and Kelly Miltear who had ties to the tidewater music scene back in [...]

What’s up dudes,   The Pawnshop Lifters have arrived and they brought a bottle of whiskey, a couple of shot glasses and all the attitude that only a mixture of old time rock and roll and outlaw country could create. With the release of the follow up to the incredible 5 song ep, Whiskey Lane, [...]

A specific group has caused as much harm as 30 Iran Contra scandals: ballers.

Saadiq has essentially recaptured the magic that made House of Music such a piece of work, while drenching The Way I See It even more in his innate, delectable soul syrup.

You may not know that my involvement in this brand new publication stretches back months, encompassing many clandestine meetings cleverly disguised to look like I was casually sharing a few (several) beers/coffees with friends at popular Norfolk watering holes. Anyway, I have several music reviews that I composed over the previous autumn and saved just [...]