Getting to Know: Matt James, Blacktop Mojo

by Linda Carlson - November 9, 2020November 9, 2020

Article & Photos: Linda Carlson If you don’t know Blacktop Mojo, get yourself out from under that rock! This East Texas band, formed in 2012 by lead singer Matt James and drummer Nathan Gillis, fills an underserved rock niche that infuses classic southern rock with metal and grunge overtones, sprinkled with

BILL & TED FACE THE MUSIC – Ed Solomon Reddit AMA Recap

by MonkeyGoose - September 1, 2020November 9, 2020

Orion Pictures recently (and finally!) released BILL & TED FACE THE MUSIC, which brings back the beloved duo of William "Bill" S. Preston Esq. (Alex Winter) and Theodore "Ted" Logan (Keanu Reeves) as the best friends set out on a new adventure to find a song that will set their world

Damn you, Coronavirus… I Miss Live Concerts!

by Linda Carlson - May 28, 2020

Article & Photos by: Linda Carlson As a concert photographer, I regularly attend live performances, photographing nearly two hundred bands last year alone. Then all of a sudden… Boom! NO LIVE PERFORMANCES, thanks to the coronavirus. Like most concert-goers, there is a hole in my life, and I am a bit

Streaming In The Time Of Corona: A Suggested Viewing Guide for Strange Times

by Anthony Florez - May 28, 2020June 5, 2020

Article by: Anthony Florez How weird is today, right? I'm writing this from the past, technically, I have no idea what is actually going on while you're reading, but I'd be willing to bet that something bizarre just happened, and if it hasn't... give it a second. If the law of

Interview with THE DODIES

by Jason Robey - May 9, 2020May 9, 2020

Quarantine interview time! MonkeyGoose contributor Jason Robey had a Zoom chat with The Dodies, a young garage rock duo from the southern desert of Israel. Check it out: THE DODIES songs jump head-first into depression, alienation and rage, contrasted by hooky riffs and catchy melodies. They are completing their new album

Album Review: Yuki – Be Free

by Charles Yamabe - May 8, 2020May 9, 2020

Article by: Charles Yamabe Chicago, IL -- It's not often I get sent an album that I immediately fall in love with, let alone a freshman album by an artist that, for all intents and purposes, is relatively unknown. The album Be Free by nineteen-year-old New Zealand native Yuki is

The Steel Woods – Review and Interview // Live @ The Blind Tiger // 2.29.20

by Melanie Leonard - April 8, 2020

Article By: Amanda Leonard // Photos By: Melanie Leonard Greensboro, NC – A relatively new band coming out of Nashville, The Steel Woods released their debut album in 2017. Their second album Old News, released last year, was recorded in Asheville within an old church turned studio and was completed within

Album Review: Matt Mann & the Shine Runners – Anytime but Now

by Bylle Breaux - March 10, 2020March 10, 2020

Article by: Bylle Breaux Matt Mann and the Shine Runners are releasing a new album next month and it’s their finest yet. Lead singer/songwriter, Mann, moved from Los Angeles to Nashville just over two years ago and it’s proving to be the right choice. His budding friendship with new lead guitarist,

Reel Big Fish // Live @ Neighborhood Theatre // 2.28.20

by Jason Robey - March 5, 2020

Article and Photos by: Jason Robey Charlotte, NC -- Friday night in the NoDa district of Charlotte was hopping with the sights and sounds of ska punk, as heroes of the '90s ska revival brought their Life Sucks...So Let's Dance tour to town. The venue was getting packed before the first

Movie Review: The Call of the Wild (2020)

by Alice Ginevra Micheli - March 5, 2020March 5, 2020

Article by: Alice-Ginevra Micheli The Call of the Wild is the most recent iteration of Buck’s story, a pampered pooch who gets sold as a sled dog and ends up having to survive many perils along the way, including the wilds of the Yukon. Based on the pre-eminent Jack London novel