Justin Nixon: Inside My Art of Making Music Videos
Watch the Premiere of Some Kind of Animal's New Video For "Dead Man Walking" My Background: I got my start in film studying at Point Park University in Pittsburgh, PA. I concentrated in cinematography, so I was always hands on with cameras and lights. My education...
Timbaland Reflects on His Chris Cornell Collaboration ‘Scream’, 10 Years Later
One of most unique records of the past decade March 10, 2009: Chris Cornell officially releases his third solo record, Scream, where he teamed with renowned hip hop producer, Timbaland. Those that truly understood Scream were rewarded by listening to the record from...
One More Time Around: 25 Years of Soundgarden’s ‘Superunknown’ in 10 Stunning Lyrics
I woke the same as any other day except a voice was in my head. It said seize the day, pay tribute to Soundgarden, honor 25 years of Superunkown and remember Chris Cornell. March 8, 1994: Pale in the flare light, the scared light cracks and disappears and leads the...
The Mysterious Beauty of “Black Hole Sun”
Its resonance on the 25th anniversary of Soundgarden's Superunknown “I was in a car driving home at like 4am when I wrote that song ("Black Hole Sun"). I tried to keep it revolving so I wouldn’t forget, went inside kind of whistled it into a tape recorder which I...
KO’d by Dropkick Murphys St. Patrick’s Day Tour
The pictures tell the story, this life has many shades Feb 25th Tulsa, OK - We caught up with the Dropkick Murphys early on in their 2019 St. Patrick's Day Tour as they shipped some working class, bare knuckle, South Boston style rock & roll down to Tulsa's...
Interview: KT Tunstall – The Journey of ‘WAX’
Lighting a Candle with KT Tunstall: I know you know…this tiny love. Above, you have the first and last thing you hear KT Tunstall say on her latest record, Wax. You can argue that love with all its complexities serves as a foundation for the record, and perhaps it’s...
The Passion of Matt Nathanson
Interview: Going 'Way Way Back' with Matt Nathanson Fall 2002: I by chance, open for Matt Nathanson at Bentley University. Each month an artist would play our local pub, which was really a hollowed-out classroom with Budweiser on tap. As I’m sipping my dollar draft...
Interview: Defying Gravity with The Elovaters’ Jackson Wetherbee
The Elovaters - Living By The Day, Loving By The Night What an extraordinary and well-deserved 12 months it has been for Boston-based reggae band, The Elovaters. Their sophomore record Defy Gravity, was released on October 26th - before a packed crowd at Levitate...
Behind the Lens: Dorothy’s ‘Freedom Tour’
Dorothy, Spirit Animal and local support take the 'Freedom Tour' to new heights: Dorothy’s 'Freedom Tour' wraps up this week in Los Angeles. The 30-date trek across North America included supporters, Spirit Animal and a handful of local acts. We were on hand in...
5 Life Lessons From Bruce Springsteen on Broadway
A Long and Noisey Prayer with The Boss What did Bruce Springsteen do with the first guitar he ever owned? Well, after one day, he returned it. What was a kid deep in the heart of New Jersey going to do clunking around on an instrument he didn’t know how to play?...