Rock Era Magazine

We live in a time when strangers can witness our work, our ideas, and our most vulnerable creative attempts from thousands of miles away....

What exactly are we supposed to do with the hammer? In “Swing That Hammer,” Aaron Thompson has a pretty simple answer: pick it up...

The little imperfections are often where a song starts to feel alive. A breath left in. A rough edge in the vocal. The sound...

Would you rather lose someone completely, or keep them in your life knowing you’ll always want a little more? That’s the question sitting at...

Grief is rarely quiet. It can be obsessive, irrational, angry, repetitive. It can keep returning to the same memory long after you have convinced...

C'batch, the guitarist, composer, and producer also known as Stephen H. Cumberbatch, has a habit of turning old performances into new songs, and "Our...

"Changes" has one of the longer backstories you'll find behind a single. Dante Shivers started writing it in London after meeting a ballerina through...

Sean MacLeod has been at this for more than three decades, going back to his time as a founding member of the Dublin band...

Mark Garvey doesn't do subtle, and "Truck Fump" proves it on every level. The St Albans artist works entirely solo out of a shed,...

Belfast soul outfit The Gold Tips return with “Hold On,” a standout new single and official music video that explores the space where conviction,...