Interviews
MAY 2013 COVER STORY- Mudhoney: They’re Still Sick; An Interview With Dan Peters
Photo Credit: Emily Reiman Some things are just meant to be together -peanut butter and jelly, Tango and Cash, Bo and Luke Duke, Scooby and Shaggy and Sub Pop Records and Mudhoney. Sub Pop (co-founders Bruce Pavitt, ...Read More
Paula Cole: Strong Beautiful Woman
Picture it: it’s the mid 1990’s and the soil of American pop music has been seeded by the ubiquitous and varied voices of women. The songs of Joan Osbourne, Sarah Mclachlan, and Natalie Merchant have ...Read More
Skinny Lister: Make Their Debut With ‘Forge and Flagon’
London’s Skinny Lister seem to have more than a little in common with their most recent tour mates Flogging Molly. Both bands play a brilliant blend of punk rock and traditional folk music, both play ...Read More
Mia Dyson: Seizing the Moment
Mia Dyson has worked her ass off the past decade to be heard on the Australian continent, and break into the U.S market. Writers gush about her whisky-tinged voice and she is likened to Lucinda ...Read More
Old Man Markley: Up Side Down
Is there anything punk rock can’t make better? Old Man Markley is a pretty damn fine Bluegrass band, but with punk elements and attitude mixed in, they just happen to be one of the best ...Read More
Terminus Victor: The Evolution Continues
I don’t know what the record is for the longest time between releases for a band, obviously Guns ‘n’ Roses are at the top of that list as well as Def Leppard. Now you can ...Read More
APRIL 2013 COVER STORY – The Redwood Plan: They Go Something Like This…
Seattle-based The Redwood Plan laid the groundwork for the band with their infectious 2010 long player Racing towards the Heartbreak. With enough energy to power the city, the quartet won fans over with ease thanks ...Read More
Authority Zero: Get It Right with Less Rhythm More Booze
Just a year and a half shy of their 20th anniversary, Arizona punks Authority Zero certainly have no problem changing up their sound a bit. Their fifth and latest full length++, The Tipping Point, digs up ...Read More
K’s Choice: How Simple It Can Be
Photo Credit: Frank Clauwers For almost over twenty years now, K’s Choice, the versatile rock group from Belgium, has been playing a range of music that has wooed the world. Tinkering with both their sounds and ...Read More
Latest news
Riot Fest Announces Two New Cities:
Riot Fest & Travelling Exposition – Aug. 24-25 (Toronto, ON)
Riot Fest & Side Show – Sept. 21-22 (Denver, CO)
Riot Fest 2013 just got even better, as Denver and Toronto are added to the slate in …
Northside Festival Adds Dozens of Artists to Lineup
Northside Festival, Brooklyn’s largest annual discovery festival with over 80,000 attendees, is thrilled to announce additional talent, including Chance the Rapper, Majical Cloudz and Body/Head (feat. Kim Gordon and Bill Nace) on top of the …
Social Distortion Kicks off Hootenanny July 6
Los Angeles, CA – Southern California’s most anticipated music and kustom car festival The Hootenanny will return to Oak Canyon Ranch in Orange County on July 6th for its 19th annual festival with some of …
Latest Feature
Innocent Words Exclusive Concert Review: Dwight Twilley @ Off Broadway, St. Louis, May 18
I have a special place in my heart for “power pop,” a term originally coined by Pete Townshend in 1967 to differentiate what The Who and others were doing compared to more pop-oriented groups. It’s …
Innocent Words Premiere’s the New Single From System and Station ‘Sell us the senseless’
“Sell Us the Senseless” is taken from the recently released self-titled album. Below is exclusive editorial about the song written by RFK Heise (vocals/guitar/keys).
Artist: System and Station
Album: Self-titled
Track: Sell Us the Senseless
This song has become …
Innocent Words Exclusive Premiere: Duniven “Wouldn’t You Know” Video
LA rock and roll troubadour Patrick Duniven who is frequently referred to simply as “Duniven” will release his 3rd record in less than two years this summer. The EP titled ‘Answers’ was produced by Jason …
Tom Keifer: The Way Life Goes
When you think of Cinderella frontman Tom Keifer you think big hair 80s metal, and rightfully so. Have you seen the cover of Cinderella’s Night Songs?
Step away from the haze of aqua net and spandex …
The Sessions: Provocative Film By Ben Lewin Starring Helen Hunt
I will be the first to admit that the initial reason for seeing “The Sessions” was because Helen Hunt did her first nude and first sex scene. What’s even more peculiar is I am indifferent …
Album Reviews - New Releases
John Amadon: The Bursting Sheaf
John Amadon
The Bursting Sheaf
(Hirngespinst)
Sounding eerily similar to Alex Chilton and at times Matthew Sweet, Portland singer/guitarist John Amadon makes the kind of music that will likely classify him as a “musician’s musician.”
That’s not to say …
Aina Haina: Self-Titled
Aina Haina
Self-Titled
(Badman)
As a person who plays guitar, it is the six-string instrument I always listen to when receiving a new release. But to be honest, there hasn’t been much “guitar rock” to listen to with …
Album Reviews - Once more with feeling
Pat Benatar: Icons
Pat Benatar
Icons
(Capitol)
Though her success came in the 1980s with the MTV generation, singer Pat Benatar has consistently released 11 studio albums over her storied career. Her last studio album was 2003′s Go and there is …
Everclear: Icons
Everclear
Icons
(Capitol)
I have to admit, when I first heard Everclear’s sophomore album Sparkle and Fade in 1995, I loved it. From top to bottom the album was filled with slick rock songs like “Heroin Girl,” “Santa …
Book Reviews
Clive: Working for the Man in the Age of Vinyl By Don Silver
Clive: Working for the Man in the Age of Vinyl
By Don Silver
(Holloway Press)
Not to be confused with the just-released memoir by Arista Records legend Clive Davis (“The Soundtrack of My Life”), Don Silver’s …
Detroit: An American Autopsy By Charlie LeDuff
Detroit: An American Autopsy
By Charlie LeDuff
(Penguin Press)
“Detroit: An American Autopsy” is a not only a fantastically addictive read about how corruption and incompetence is killing the once majestic city of Detroit (okay, “majestic” may …
DVD and Movie Reviews
Joe Bonamassa: An Acoustic Evening at the Vienna Opera House
Joe Bonamassa
An Acoustic Evening at the Vienna Opera House
(J&R Adventures)
Few artists reach the pinnacle in their career where self indulgence becomes high art and their fans eat it up with vigor. Joe Bonamassa has been …
Bob Dylan: 1966-1978: After the Crash
Bob Dylan
966-1978: After the Crash
(PRIDE)
There are very few modern musicians whose lives are as well documented as Bob Dylan’s. There are libraries filled with biographies on the man, and his own memoir is split into …
Blog
The Influence of Steve Clark
In 1981 my very own personal wave of British heavy metal came crashing through my television when I saw the video for Def Leppard’s “Let It Go” on a new video music channel called MTV.
Already …
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