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Home›Author: Brett Callwood (Page 2)

Author: Brett Callwood

Brett Callwood

  • 7.4

    New Music Critique: Jim Bush

    Magazine, New Music Critiques, Reviews
    March 27, 2026
    by Brett Callwood
    Contact: jbush001@neo.rr.comWeb: jimbushmusic.comSeeking: BookingStyle: Singer-Songwriter Based on immediate impressions of “The End of Me,” Jim Bush is hugely influenced by The Beatles. Yep, that’s a bit of a “well, duh” ...
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  • Album Review of "Play Me" by Kim Gordon (8/10)

    Album Reviews, Latest, Magazine, Reviews
    March 27, 2026
    by Brett Callwood
    Matador RecordsProducer: Justin Raisen Former Sonic Youth member and alt-rock icon Kim Gordon is now on her third solo album (not including the various collabs she’s released with the likes ...
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  • 7.3

    New Music Critique: Carlo Muscat

    Magazine, New Music Critiques, Reviews
    March 27, 2026
    by Brett Callwood
    Contact: info@carlomuscat.comWeb: carlomuscat.comSeeking: BookingStyle: Jazz According to his online biography, saxophonist and composer Carlo Muscat is “recognized as one of the most promising voices on the European jazz scene,” and ...
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  • 7.2

    New Music Critique: Gishiki-P

    Magazine, New Music Critiques, Reviews
    March 27, 2026
    by Brett Callwood
    Contact: ritualguyofficial@gmail.comWeb: SpotifySeeking: Label, Film/TVStyle: Electronic There’s a lot to unpack here. Gishiki-P is a Vocaloid producer, which essentially means that he composes, writes, and produces music using Yamaha’s Vocaloid ...
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  • 7.6

    New Music Critique: Trevor Renteria

    Magazine, New Music Critiques, Reviews
    March 27, 2026
    by Brett Callwood
    Contact: ts@trevorsrenteria.comWeb: trevorsrenteria.comSeeking: Film/TVStyle: Dance-Pop, Indie Oklahoma-born, Texas-based Trevor Renteria uses words like “house” and “dance-pop” to describe his music, but don’t make the mistake of thinking that he’s primarily ...
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  • 7.8

    New Music Critique: Teo Tala

    Magazine, New Music Critiques, Reviews
    March 27, 2026
    by Brett Callwood
    Contact: taylor@trendpr.comWeb: linktr.ee/teotalamusicSeeking: BookingStyle: Singer-Songwriter Teo Tala describes himself online as a “SoCal indie artist and grandpa sweater enthusiast.” While the first half of that statement is a simple fact, ...
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  • Album Review of "Closer to the Sun" by Tyketto (7/10)

    Album Reviews, Magazine, Reviews
    March 27, 2026
    by Brett Callwood
    Silver Lining MusicProducers:Danny Vaughn, Chris Childs There was a point in the early ‘90s, when East Coast hard rockers Tyketto were releasing their awesome first two albums Don’t Come Easy ...
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  • Album Review of "Savage Imperial Death March" by The Melvins with Napalm Death (8/10)

    Album Reviews, Magazine, Reviews
    March 27, 2026
    by Brett Callwood
    Ipecac RecordingsProducers: Toshi Kasai, Melvins, Napalm Death Not a split release, this is a genuine collaboration between two of rock/metal’s more uncompromising groups in sludge-punks the Melvins and death-grind vets ...
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  • Industry Profile: Mike Gitter is BLKIIBLK with New Label

    Industry Profile, Magazine
    March 27, 2026
    by Brett Callwood
    The name Mike Gitter is one that is familiar to most industry folks who work on the heavier side of music. Previously an A&R man with Century Media, Roadrunner, Razor ...
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  • My Favorite Album: Mel Denisse Loves Mew

    Latest, My Favorite Album
    March 27, 2026
    by Brett Callwood
    Mew Frengers (Sony) Nashville alt-rock/shoegaze artist Mel Denisse told us about her love for a Mew gem... Mel Denisse: Frengers is an album that I always return to for inspiration ...
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  • DIY Spotlight: Claudia Hoyser

    Content Slide, DIY Spotlight, Magazine
    March 26, 2026
    by Brett Callwood
    Country singer-songwriter Claudia Hoyser has been writing and singing for as long as she can remember. “It started as little rhymes in diaries and journals, performing on the karaoke machine ...
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  • Book Store: "Live at McCabe’s Guitar Shop" By Peter Alan Lesser

    Book Reviews, Magazine, Reviews
    March 26, 2026
    by Brett Callwood
    McCabe’s Guitar Shop in Santa Monica, CA is a beloved local store, and it’s been hosting live shows since 1969. Their room is just spacious enough to not feel cramped ...
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  • Book Store: "Slow Stories" By Bette A.

    Book Reviews, Magazine, Reviews
    March 26, 2026
    by Brett Callwood
    Dutch artist, activist and author Bette A. has released this book of short stories, simultaneously dropping a vinyl record 2 Short Stories that sees the writer reading two of her ...
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  • Book Store: "Pete's Beat" By Matt Robinson

    Book Reviews, Magazine, Reviews
    March 26, 2026
    by Brett Callwood
    Drummers like to get young drummers drumming early, or at least that’s what we can take from Matt Robinson’s Pete’s Beat, a children’s book about a boy who can’t stop ...
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  • Book Store: "Raised On Radio: Power Ballads, Cocaine, and Payola" By Paul Rees

    Book Reviews, Magazine, Reviews
    March 26, 2026
    by Brett Callwood
    Paul Rees has penned well-received biographies of Robert Plant, John Entwistle, John Mellencamp, and Elliott Smith, and he was previously the editor at Kerrang! and Q in the U.K. He ...
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  • Book Store: "Tastykakes, Soul Songs & Shining Stars" By Joe McEwen

    Book Reviews, Magazine, Reviews
    March 26, 2026
    by Brett Callwood
    Industry veteran Joe McEwen has long had a passion for all things jazz, soul, and R&B, and that calling led him to write for the likes of the Village Voice ...
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  • Book Store: "Screen Gems: Pop Music Documentaries & Rock and Roll TV Scenes" By Harvey ...

    Book Reviews, Magazine, Reviews
    March 26, 2026
    by Brett Callwood
    Frequent MC contributor Harvey Kubernik is a well-respected music historian across the genres, a scholar with a firm grasp for what makes these characters, the work of whom we adore ...
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  • Coachella 2026

    Content Slide, Feature Articles, Magazine
    March 26, 2026
    by Brett Callwood
    The dawn of spring brings with it Coachella, arguably the most globally talked about festival on the calendar. Music lovers and culture hounds enjoy waxing lyrical about the lineup, and ...
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  • Cardboard Chaos: First Acoustic Guitar Made From Cardboard

    Latest, Music News
    March 25, 2026
    by Brett Callwood
    According to news which broke this week, "Cardboard Chaos is back and never truer to their name, because chaos is an understatement when you set out to make an arch-top acoustic guitar ...
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  • The Bass Line That Blew My Mind: Eric Hilton on "Stratus"

    Blew My Mind, Latest
    March 25, 2026
    by Brett Callwood
    Thievery Corporation man Eric Hilton told us about his love for Leland ‘Lee” Sklar’s bass on "Stratus"... Eric Hilton: One bass line that particularly influenced me is Leland ‘Lee” Sklar’s ...
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