Happy 35th Anniversary to A Tribe Called Quest's The Low End Theory

Happy anniversary to A Tribe Called Quest's best album, The Low End Theory, which turns 35 today. 

This record is a personal favorite of RtBE's and the highlight of ATCQ career.  

New Single/Video from Dinosaur Jr. "Several Got Away"

RtBE Favorites, Dinosaur Jr. have a new album and headlining tour coming later this year. The first single from the record (which is titled there near) is "Several Got Away" and it arrives with a fun video attached.

Good to see J sporting a Tipitinas t-shirt in this one. Check it out below:

New Single/Video from Frank Migliorelli & The Dirt Nappers "Michigan"

The Hudson Valley based Frank Migliorelli & The Dirt Nappers have a new single out "Michigan". The song includes a guest appearance by Soozie Tyrell and Lisa Lowell, who now tour with Bruce Springsteen as part of the E-Street Band.

About the song Frank states:

2025 Recap: Favorite Albums, Shows etc.

With all the hectic happenings at the end of the year, things can be missed. This is a catch-up post to point out a few of our favorite things from 2025 that shouldn't go unnoticed.

What a year! Lots of reviews and live shows attended. Thanks for reading and following along on Instagram and Bluesky or wherever

Also thanks to Shane and the whole Glide team for allowing me to continue to write for them, working on a wide variety of reviews.

Now...in case you missed it here are our Best of 2025 series of posts:

Happy 20th Anniversary Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

Happy 20th Anniversary to the Arctic Monkeys debut album, Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not. 

The debut was a rocket blast in England, then took over the world, as it is one of the better rock albums released this millennium.

Celebrating Veterans Day, NYHC Style

Veterans Day is an important one in the USA's history, read more about it here.

Since this is a music site we will pay homage in that way. 

Happy 25th Anniversary to Outkast's - Stankonia

Happy 25th Anniversary to Outkast's Stankonia. 

The album proved to be the Atlanta, GA duos crowning achievement. 

Happy 40th Anniversary Tom Waits Rain Dogs

Today marks the 40th anniversary of the release of Tom Waits best album, Rain Dogs.

 

A wide ranging set from the troubadour/found sound musician. To RtBE, this is album Waits' crowning achievement.

Happy 30th Anniversary to Sonic Youth's Washing Machine

Sonic Youth celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the 1995 release of the excellent Washing Machine today. 

Sonic Youth were moving into their adult stage and this album signaled that anything was on the table for them.  

Happy 35th Anniversary to Neil Young & Crazy Horse's Ragged Glory

Happy 35th Anniversary to Neil Young & Crazy Horse's 1990 noise rock banger, Ragged Glory.

Uncle Neil was back on high in 1990 and Ragged Glory still sounds great today...

Happy 60th Anniversary to Bob Dylan's Highway 61

Today marks the 60th anniversary of the release of Bob Dylan's classic album Highway 61.

  

A titan of a rock record. 

Two New Singles from Spoon "Chateau Blues" and "Guess I'm Fallin In Love"

The Austin, TX indie rock outfit Spoon have just released two new singles off an upcoming (yet to be named) album. They also just kicked off a tour with the Pixies which you can catch. 

Happy 30th Anniversary to Rancid's ...And Out Come The Wolves

Happy 30th Anniversary to Rancid's career high point ...And Out Come The Wolves

The merging of punk, ska and rock on this album still holds up to this day...

Sazerwrap 2025

In years past we have delivered a Sazerwrap to catalog our personal New Orleans Jazzfest experience, so we will continue this year. 

We have reviewed some of the shows we caught already and it should be stated: Jazzfest in New Orleans is RtBE's absolute favorite time of the year. 

Happy 20th Anniversary to Sleater-Kinney's The Woods

On this day 20 years Sleater-Kinney released The Woods, an amazing album of ripping rock and roll.

This was the last album the band would release before a ten year hiatus when the excellent No Cities To Love emerged (which made our list of best albums of the 2010's). The Woods just may be RtBE's favorite SK album, so let's look back at it...

Live Review: Threadhead Foundation "Patry" 4/29/25 Deutsches Haus New Orleans, LA

Hey all, got a review up @glidemag which you can read Right C'here:

It is of the Threadhead Foundation annual "Patry" held on Tuesday 4/29/25 at the Deutsches Haus in New Orleans. A wide ranging offering of local talent made this a highlight of RtBE's annual Jazzfest trip.

Read the review, support the foundation and peep some video below as RtBE created a playlist:

 

Album Review: Jason Isbell - Foxes in the Snow

Jason Isbell

Foxes in the Snow

**** out of *****

For his most recent effort, Foxes in the Snow, the singer/songwriter Jason Isbell stripped down to as basic as it comes. Isbell set up shop at Electric Lady Studios with just an all-mahogany 1940 Martin 0-17 acoustic guitar and his impressive vocals. Working with producer Gena Johnson over the span of just five days, Isbell's open, raw and hypnotic tunes are enchanting. 

Full Show Friday: Dwayne Dopsie & the Zydeco Hellraisers - June 12, 2022

We search the murky back waters of youtube to find full concerts and post them to the site weekly, come back every seven days to help us celebrate Full Show Friday's. These shows are of varying quality and may not be here for long so enjoy them while you can...As always, please support the artist every which way, but especially by seeing them live (if they are still playing)...This week...Dwayne Dopsie & the Zydeco Hellraisers!

Every April (and first week in May) we have a special showcase for bands who are playing this years Jazzfest in NOLA. Today we will focus on Dwayne Dopsie & the Zydeco Hellraisers who will be playing at the Festival next Friday, April 25th

Here we go with some zydeco! Put on your dancing shoes for Dwayne Dopsie & the Zydeco Hellraisers from Louisiana Cajun-Zydeco Festival on June 12, 2022 at Armstrong Park in New Orleans. This is a special Full Show Friday, because RtBE and family were in the house (well Armstrong Park) for this concert. 

Pro shot, pro sound, enjoy!

Happy 35th Anniversary to Public Enemy's Fear of a Black Planet

Today is the 35th Anniversary of Public Enemy's, Fear of a Black Planet.  

This is one of PE's best albums, a sonic tour-de-force from The Bomb Squad and one of RtBE's personal favorites. 

Happy 60th Anniversary to Bob Dylan's Bringing It All Back Home

RtBE celebrates Bob Dylan every Monday with our cover series, but today happens to be the 60th Anniversary of the release of his classic Bringing It All Back Home so we wanted to give it a shout out. 

A historic and amazing album.