Glow Sticks and Goat’s Blood: AG Writers Pick their Voodoo 2014 Favorites

October 2014

Glow Sticks and Goat’s Blood: AG Writers Pick their Voodoo 2014 Favorites

The Voodoo Music + Arts Experience has always served up an eclectic conflict of sound, whether it’s been Neil Young vs. Metallica, Rage Against the Machine vs. M.I.A., or this...

Alex Taylor, Anna Gaca, Erin Hall, Jenn Attaway, Jules Bentley

September 2014

Reviews, September 2014

CORY BRANAN NO-HIT WONDER (BLOODSHOT) Cory Branan’s latest effort, No-Hit Wonder, is a simultaneously summery and sullen showcase of Branan’s immense talent as a writer and...

Anna Gaca, Bill Arceneaux, Dominique LeJeune, Kevin Comarda, Rev. Dan Jackson

July 2014

Reviews, July 2014

Books DAVE EGGERS YOUR FATHERS, WHERE ARE THEY? AND THE PROPHETS, DO THEY LIVE FOREVER? (KNOPF/MCSWEENY’S) Eggers’ latest effort is a series of conversations. Each...

Alex Taylor, Anna Gaca, Carl Elvers, Dan Fox, Leigh Checkman, Lou Thevenot

June 2014

Reviews, June 2014

THE BALLY WHO? A PILFERER’S PATIENCE (SELF-RELEASED) Of all the places for a band to find inspiration for an album, a puppet show is probably down toward the “unlikely” end...

Anna Gaca, Carl Elvers, Erin Hall, Jenn Attaway, Leigh Checkman, Rev. Dan Jackson

May 2014

Kids in a Candy Store: AG Writers at Record Store Day 2014

As a print publication, it’s easy to find solidarity with an event that celebrates another outdated but beloved medium, the vinyl record. Every year, Record Store Day promises...

Anna Gaca, Bill Heintz, Kevin Comarda, Robert Offner

May 2014

Reviews, May 2014

Books AMY WUELFING, STEVEN DILODOVICO NO SLAM DANCING, NO STAGE DIVING, NO SPIKES: AN ORAL HISTORY OF THE LEGENDARY CITY GARDENS (DIWULF PUBLISHING) To create a...

Alex Taylor, Anna Gaca, Brandon Lattimore, Leigh Checkman, Lou Thevenot, Mike Rodgers

March 2014

Reviews, March 2014

Books MIKE KENNEDY KNOCKOUT: A MANUAL FOR SUCCESS (CRUSHED MEDIA) Filmmaker Mike Kennedy is a case study of local guy made good; but at one time in his life, he was over $400,000...

Anna Gaca, Carl Elvers, Dan Fox, Erin Hall, Leigh Checkman, Michael G. Bateman

November 2013

Reviews, November 2013

Books RAY DAVIES AMERICANA: THE KINKS, THE RIFF, THE ROAD: THE STORY (STERLING) Ray Davies has made a career out of a vaudevillian sensibility for mining the lives of various...

Anna Gaca, Kevin Comarda, Leigh Checkman, Mike Rodgers

October 2013

Reviews, October 2013

BANTAM FOXES TRIUMPH (INDEPENDENT) To pigeonhole the music of Bantam Foxes into a niche known as ‘90s rock is to miss how far brothers Sam and Collin McCabe, in league with...

Anna Gaca, Christie Sentner, Jenn Attaway, Kevin Comarda, Leigh Checkman, Mike Rodgers

September 2013

Reviews, September 2013

ALEX CHILTON ELECTRICITY BY CANDLELIGHT/ NYC 2/13/97 (BAR/NONE) One February night at New York City’s Knitting Factory, the power went out. An Alex Chilton solo...

Anna Gaca, Jenn Attaway, Kevin Comarda, Leigh Checkman, Mike Rodgers