Tribute albums are usually bland, uneven ego trips. Record labels like to put them together to pay homage to a particularly influential band or artist – and hopefully sell records on the back of that artist — but the resulting albums rarely tend to match whatever makes the covered artist interesting. There are rare exceptions [...]

Every rock musician wants street cred (well OK, maybe not Daughtry, but still…). It bolsters your reviews, adds weight to your message and enforces the fantasy that you are one badass mofo. Sure, you could pick up a heroin addiction, but that’s so cliche. Why not take things one step further? Johnny Paycheck, the singer [...]

What’s not to love about a good power pop band and what’s not to love about Jukebox the Ghost, a power pop trio from Washington D.C. who up and moved to Philly on a whim just prior to the recording of their recently-released second LP, “Everything Under the Sun” (Yep Roc). The band sounds like [...]