In the four years since Lady Gaga released her last studio album, the singer-songwriter-cum-actress has been busy. After a brief TV stint on “American Horror Story: Hotel” and then an award-winning turn in “A Star Is Born” alongside Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga has returned to her roots to create…

While it hasn’t been long since AWOLNATION released its last album, a lot has changed for Aaron Bruno and his revolving supporting cast leading up to Angel Miners and Lightning Riders. It’s been a while since the days of breakout alt-rock hit “Sail,” but Bruno has shown no signs of…

There’s a good chance you already know who Conan Gray is, even if you’re not familiar with his name. Rising to popularity with covers on YouTube, supporting Panic! at the Disco on its most recent tour, selling out his own tours, and most recently exploding on Tis Tok with his…

Just when you thought ’80s-inspired, feel-good, pop music had been played out, Nashville’s COIN has come to correct you. On third offering Dreamland, the band’s first since 2017’s How Will You Know If You Never Try, and the first since the departure of bassist bassist Zach Dyke, COIN experiments with synthesizers, interludes,…

After two decades of highs, lows and heartbreak, Nashville quartet Little Big Town has seen both the best and the worst of what music industries has to offer. With experience under their belts, the band turned inward for its eighth studio album, Nightfall, which the members produced independently. Nightfall…

AJR performs at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco on Sept. 28, 2019. Photos: Gary Chancer. SAN FRANCISCO – AJR came out swinging on Saturday night as they transformed the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium into its own “Neotheater,” filled with brotherly love and unparalleled dance moves. As…

With a voice as powerful as singer-songwriter Tori Kelly’s, it only makes sense for it to pour out of the radio so often. She took a few months away from music due to a number of events in her personal life, which reflects on the rawness of her third…

Country singer-songwriter Justin Moore is back with Late Nights and Longnecks—his fifth album—proving that returning to your songwriting roots doesn’t always mean treading water. He gained inspiration from the same small Florida beach where he wrote his debut and it paid off. With a couple of good friends and a few…

AJR Before breaking out with their single “Weak,” brothers Adam, Jack and Ryan Met of AJR had their fair share of bad days. With many failed label meetings and empty bars under their belts, the band now looks back on those days as wonderful fuel for the future. BottleRock…

After more than a year of touring and a deluxe release of their widely successful 2017 album, The Click, AJR is back with Neotheater, a clear sign of artist maturation. It displays the hard work brothers Adam, Jack and Ryan Met put in to bring audiences a developed sound while maintaining the lively horns, heavy…