Song of the Day: Royal Headache, “Never Again”
The Discover feature on Bandcamp is really great. It allows users to sort music by genre, release date, best-selling etc. and for fans of independent music that enjoy virtually leafing through the site’s huge jukebox of tunes for sale, it’s an awesome resource for finding new music that one might never hear otherwise. There’s also […]
Song of the Day: Mariachi El Bronx, “Holy”
The Bronx are a loud, raucous rock band from Los Angeles. They play music that’s at once fierce, angry and anthemic, with the speed of Black Flag and the swagger of the Stooges. I caught them live last night at the Electric Factory along with Bad Religion and Polar Bear Club. They were incredible, […]
Song of the Day: Charles Bradley, “The World is Going Up in Flames”
Here’s yet another artist that was doing a showcase at SXSW last week, and one of the music business’ great stories of the past ten years. This is Charles Bradley with “The World is Going Up in Flames.” Charles toured for 20+ years as a James Brown cover act before hooking up with the […]
Song of the Day: FELA, “Water No Get Enemy”
This week, Philadelphians are in for a real treat. The musical FELA opens for a one-week run at The Merriam Theater. I saw it last year and it was hands down the best play I’ve ever seen. Run, don’t walk to the ticket office to secure your seats. The music was absolutely amazing, the dancers […]
Song of the Day: Bob Marley, “All Day All Night”
I’m starting a new tradition at Hashtag, Fridays will now be known as Reggae Friday. Every Friday, I will choose a different reggae song to send you into the weekend with some positive vibes. Of course I couldn’t start this tradition with anyone but the greatest reggae artist of all time and arguably the […]
