Some of MisterWives at Outside Lands 2015. I interviewed many talented musicians in 2015, so this list is not based on who gave me the best quotes or who is most-talented. This collection is based more on who I connected with the most and who I felt tried hardest…

Roman Gokhman’s Favorite Concerts of 2015 This is the final part in a three-part series. Read how I’m scoring my list and find out about my “special consideration” acts in PART 1 and 10 through 6 in PART 2. 5 – MISTERWIVES at the Fillmore – Oct. 19. The first time…

The Sonics perform at the Fillmore on May 8, 2015. Roman Gokhman/STAFF. I count myself lucky that I can still be surprised by a live performance. The Sonics truly blew me away. To think I was worried for a few hours prior to the show because so few fans…

The Sonics, Courtesy. The band often credited for creating garage rock, influencing punk and inducing grunge has spent the better part of the last five decades as an insurance adjuster, a schoolteacher, a paver, an airline pilot and a car salesman/bartender. The Sonics, Barrence Whitfield & the Savages 8…

The Sonics, Courtesy. Do you know The Sonics? How about Nirvana? The Cramps? Pearl Jam? The White Stripes? All of those other artists know the Sonics and would likely not exist if it were not for their influence. The seminal, and possibly first, garage band has returned from a…