photos & words by Austin Spruill As the blistering summer of 2022 winds down into the cooler weather of fall, musicians and fans alike are treated to a number of high-profile festivals raging across the country, from Welcome to Rockville and Inkcarceration to Rocklahoma and Louder Than Life. However, few were as highly anticipated as this year’s incarnation of Blue Ridge Rock Festival, taking place from September 8–11. Hosted at the world-renowned Virginia International Raceway in Alton, VA, hopes were high for the relatively young festival, as the successes and challenges of 2021 propelled the event further into the spotlight… Read more »
Today we talk about The Super-Mario movie cast, Coldplay and BTS’ “My Universe”, the latest on Gabby Petito, and a body found in the llinois River identified as Jelani Day.
I wish I had more bands filled with artists who look like me growing up, but I’m not letting that stop me from being that person for the next generation of creators.
Featured this week: Waffles + Mochi, Staged, grown-ish, Zack Snyder’s Justice League, Nate Bargatze: The Greatest Average American, The Falcon and The Winter Soldier, Country Comfort, Calls
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A remix of the High Fidelity story for the millennial generation.
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What exactly makes an artist a certain genre? Here’s a handy guide to help you figure it out.
Record-store owners owe Apple iTunes a tremendous debt of gratitude for being an uncaring, scatter-brained, inhuman little jukebox: It’s saving their skin right now.
The running narrative in the music world during the past decade is that the physical album is dead, and file-sharing, downloads and, most notably, Apple’s iTunes killed it. Yes and no.
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