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3 days ago | 
medium.com | Rob Duguay |Robert Duguay
Culture Beat is an arts & entertainment blog based in Providence, RI that also covers the New England region and other parts of the globe. Follow publicationEver since their beginnings during the early 2000s, TV on the Radio from Brooklyn have been one of the premier boundary-pushing bands in the rock music realm. Their stylistic variety has had them venture into the aesthetics of punk and alternative as well as soul and R&B.
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6 days ago | 
medium.com | Rob Duguay |Robert Duguay
Culture Beat is an arts & entertainment blog based in Providence, RI that also covers the New England region and other parts of the globe. It’s often said that art is an extension of the creator, but how does that claim reach the pinnacle of validity? In one way, it could simply be when a musician releases material under their own name. The songs are more personal, there’s no one in their ear making critiques and recommendations and their artistic output is purely coming out of their imagination.
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1 week ago | 
medium.com | Rob Duguay |Robert Duguay
Culture Beat is an arts & entertainment blog based in Providence, RI that also covers the New England region and other parts of the globe. Follow publicationThere’s a really good case to be made that Ty Segall is the most prolific musician of the millennial generation. He’s only in his late 30s and the Los Angeles based rock & roll phenom has a discography that eclipses numerous artists who are twice his age.
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1 week ago | 
medium.com | Rob Duguay |Robert Duguay
Culture Beat is an arts & entertainment blog based in Providence, RI that also covers the New England region and other parts of the globe. Follow publicationAs both a music fan and a journalist who covers the artform, I’ve had the privilege of discovering new bands and musicians on an annual basis.
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1 week ago | 
medium.com | Rob Duguay |Robert Duguay
Culture Beat is an arts & entertainment blog based in Providence, RI that also covers the New England region and other parts of the globe. The 2010s was a big decade for the Providence music scene, there’s a few bands who started out during that time period that have become legitimate staples within the city’s nightlife circuit. No matter where they play, people come out to see them do their thing on stage with the result usually being a raucous experience.
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1 week ago | 
medium.com | Rob Duguay |Robert Duguay
Culture Beat is an arts & entertainment blog based in Providence, RI that also covers the New England region and other parts of the globe. While some collaborations involve two musical entities that are very different from each other, there are others that seem to come together perfectly. In this instance, both artistic visions coalesce seamlessly with the result being something amazingly brilliant.
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1 week ago | 
medium.com | Rob Duguay |Robert Duguay
Culture Beat is an arts & entertainment blog based in Providence, RI that also covers the New England region and other parts of the globe. Follow publicationThe power of music comes in many forms, with one of them being the catalyst for making the listener think. Another is the ability to relate to the person experiencing a song from beginning to end, but the spark for both comes from what the artist has to say.
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2 weeks ago | 
medium.com | Rob Duguay |Robert Duguay
Culture Beat is an arts & entertainment blog based in Providence, RI that also covers the New England region and other parts of the globe. While a lot of folks know him from the legendary Minneapolis rock act The Replacements, Tommy Stinson has made his own mark with other projects as well. There’s the music he’s released under his own name along with the bands Perfect and Bash & Pop as well as his stint as the bass player for Guns N’ Roses for nearly 20 years.
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2 weeks ago | 
medium.com | Rob Duguay |Robert Duguay
Rob Duguay·FollowPublished inCulture Beat·3 min read·--Ella Boissonnault from Lady Pills (Photo by Jordan Kraft)While the debut album serves as both the introduction to and the launch-off point for the career of a band or musician, the follow up release is even more important. It builds off the creativity of the initial recordings with progression and creative advancement being the prime catalysts for the material.
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2 weeks ago | 
medium.com | Rob Duguay |Robert Duguay
Rob Duguay·FollowPublished inCulture Beat·3 min read·--There are certain bands who consistently push artistic boundaries while creating a sound that’s undisputably their own, and Sleigh Bells are a prime example. Consisting of vocalist Alexis Krauss and Derek E. Miller on guitar, production and lyrics, this Brooklyn based dynamic duo exhibits a brand of noise pop that blends in a wide range of different elements.
