Rock Era Magazine

Pete Keating has spent years moving through Pacific Northwest bands like The Dandelion Greens, Wild Man Cooley, and Coyote Band before landing on his...

Rebecca Dow and David Sloan’s “War Against Emptiness” is the kind of alt-rock track that doesn’t try to disguise its darker instincts. It brings...

With its melodic rock foundation, layered textures, and cinematic instincts, “Marching Orders” by Sharpshooter Soundworks sits comfortably between indie rock and atmospheric pop. Chicago-based...

There is a difference between being lost and feeling lost. The former suggests a destination, while the latter is much harder to locate. Horizon...

The 1980s never really left. They just keep finding new ways to come back — sometimes through fashion, sometimes through film, and sometimes through...

The most interesting part of an ending is often not the ending itself, but the person you become afterwards. Brett Ashby’s “Over,” featuring Queenie,...

Two beams of light once rose above the Manhattan skyline where the Twin Towers had stood. From that haunting image came Dr. Judy Kuriansky...

A crown can mean power. It can mean achievement. It can mean sovereignty. It can also become a very convincing way of hiding the...

There is a strange sense of distance running through Reetoxa’s Double A Side 2 (Akaroa / Erica And The Stars), as though these songs...

Zach Montana grew up in a small western town with a deep reverence for purist songwriting and old-fashioned rock and roll, but his music...