Pearl Jam's 'Lightning Bolt' fizzles out
Thursday, 31 October 2013, 16:49
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Pearl Jam, "Lightning Bolt" (Monkeywrench/Republic) Pearl Jam's "Lightning Bolt" is a rock jukebox set to shuffle. The Seattle survivors' 10th...
Mackelmore & Ryan Lewis lead with 6 AMA nods
Wednesday, 30 October 2013, 16:48
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Newcomers Macklemore & Ryan Lewis are the top contenders at the 2013 American Music Awards. The rap duo is up for six awards, including artist, new artist and single of the...
Kenny Rogers takes chances on new album
Tuesday, 29 October 2013, 16:47
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Kenny Rogers, "You Can't Make Old Friends" (Warner Bros.) Kenny Rogers enters his 75th year with an album that blends the familiar with the challenging, seeking new hits and...
Joe Nichols changes direction, not quality
Monday, 28 October 2013, 16:45
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
After eleven years as one of the most effective traditional country singers of his generation, Joe Nichols crosses over to rocking contemporary songs, most of them about seducing young women and...
Blues museum to call St. Louis home, sweet home
Monday, 28 October 2013, 16:36
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Die-hard music lovers, casual fans and globe-trotting tourists readily embrace Chicago as the home of the blues, spurred in large part by the Great Migration northward of Southern blacks in...
Taylor Swift opens $4M Country Hall of Fame center
Sunday, 20 October 2013, 16:30
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
It might as well be Taylor Swift weekend in MusicCity. The pop star opened her $4 million Taylor Swift Education Center at the CountryMusic Hall of Fame and Museum on Saturday...
Sleigh Bells miss mark on 'Bitter Rivals'
Saturday, 19 October 2013, 16:27
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Sleigh Bells, "Bitter Rivals" (Mom + Pop) Brooklyn noise pop duo Sleigh Bells' new album, "Bitter Rivals," is an unfortunate thing. Perhaps singer Alexis Krauss and...
Pusha T's raps superb. Album? Not so much
Friday, 18 October 2013, 16:25
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Pusha T proves he is one of hip-hop's most skillful lyricists on his debut album, "My Name Is My Name." The rapper is hardly new. He rose to prominence as half of the grimy...