Latest Articles About Wall of Sound on OVATION![]() by Fiona Scott - October 26, 2022 Way, way back, what back feels like, many centuries ago, an all-singing, all-dancing revival of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, directed by Laurence Connor, opened at the London Palladium in the summer of 2019.... ![]() by A.A. Cristi - December 02, 2021 Known for her high-energy stage performances and best-selling recordings with such A-list stars as Enrique Iglesias, Joe Cocker, Aerosmith, Carrie Underwood, The Black Eyed Peas, Fantastic Negrito and more, as well as her own hit catalogue, international signing sensation Laura Jane has announced th... ![]() by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 11, 2022 Love in Hate Nation – Original Cast Recording is available in digital and streaming formats today, Friday, February 11. Love in Hate Nation features book, music and lyrics by Joe Iconis and direction by John Simpkins.... ![]() by Michael Major - March 15, 2023 Far From Saints – a new band featuring Kelly Jones of Stereophonics with Patty Lynn and Dwight Baker from The Wind and The Wave – will release their self-titled debut album via Ignition Records. News of the LP comes with the group’s latest single “Take It Through The Night” – a bluesy southern rock ... ![]() by Michael Major - August 30, 2022 Gloomer is the new, warpspeed shoegaze project from Los Angeles-based producer / mastermind Elliott Kozel. Mostly known for his production work for the likes of Jean Dawson, Corbin (FKA Spooky Black), Velvet Negroni (4AD) and the upcoming Yves Tumor album, Kozel recently stepped out on his own as a ... ![]() by Luke Evans - May 02, 2022 As the curtain rises in Houston Grand Opera's production of Romeo and Juliet, Charles Gonoud's 1867 adaptation of the seminal Shakespeare play, the audience is transported into a realm of romance and passion, brought to life by the soaring score and gifted performers. Though devotees of the original... ![]() by Marissa Tomeo - May 15, 2022 Murder By Death have shared the first single off of their upcoming album. 'Never Be' is out today ahead of their album, 'Spell/Bound,' which will be out on July 29th. Last month Murder by Death announced the Kickstarter campaign for their forthcoming album Spell/Bound which is being released on July... ![]() by Analisa Swerczek - August 29, 2021 Based on “The Arcadia” by Sir Philip Sidney and featuring a score made of up some of the biggest Go-Go’s hits, Head Over Heels is a show about love, acceptance, and being true to who you are.... ![]() by Michael Major - January 10, 2023 M83, aka Anthony Gonzalez, announces the details of his new forthcoming full-length album, FANTASY. M83 has shared the sweeping, transformative first cut “Oceans Niagara”. Accompanying the track is a video directed by his long-time creative collaborator, filmmaker (Knife + Heart, You And The Night) ... ![]() by Marissa Tomeo - April 30, 2022 Murder by Death have announced the forthcoming release of a new album, Spell/Bound. The LP will be released on July 29. Today they kick off a new Kickstarter campaign which is available HERE. They note: We are excited to be pre-selling our new album Spell/Bound on Kickstarter! We're self-releasing... ![]() by Kelsey Lawler - April 11, 2022 Something epic has just set sail at the Milwaukee Repertory Theater. Years in the making and the company's single largest production in their 70-year history, Titanic the Musical is every inch a spectacular, tremendous achievement.... ![]() by A.A. Cristi - May 05, 2022 The Capital Region Thomas Edison Music Hall of Fame has announced its 2022 class featuring eight legends of the local music scene. The group will be inducted during an induction ceremony at 6 p.m. Tuesday, June 7 at Universal Preservation Hall, home of the Eddies Music Hall of Fame.... ![]() by Marissa Tomeo - May 28, 2022 CaltechLive! presents Naturally 7 on Friday, June 24, at 8 p.m. PDT, outdoors on Beckman Mall, the grassy area in front of Beckman Auditorium on the Caltech campus, as part of the 2022 performance series. ... ![]() by Stephi Wild - January 17, 2021 Record producer, musician, and songwriter Harvey Phillip Spector, known as Phil Spector, has died at age 80.... ![]() by Sarah Jae Leiber - May 06, 2021 Driven by an abrupt wall of sound made by snarling guitars and jittery synths, “by myself” has a frenzied and frantic atmosphere that parallels the apprehension and anxiety the narrator experiences following an unexpected breakup.... ![]() by Sarah Jae Leiber - May 18, 2021 Chamberlain-Simon has written and recorded music as Proud Father for nearly a decade, but The View of Earth From Mars is his first project to incorporate themes from his career in space exploration.... ![]() by Richard Sasanow - October 30, 2021 Oh, sure, give us Missy Mazzoli, Nico Muhly, Laura Kaminsky, Kevin Puts, Terence Blanchard, Paul Moravec, Huang Ruo and all the other fabulous composers at work today. But let’s talk about Rossini--and it’s hard for anyone who attended the concert the other night at New York’s 92nd Street Y not to. ... ![]() by Michael Major - April 15, 2022 Touching on a range of influences plucked from literature including the fabled river Styx from Greek mythology and Murakami’s novel ‘Hard Boiled Wonderland’ and even nods to Jim Henson’s ‘Labyrinth’, “Halo” deftly blends the real with the surreal and boasts Sam and Sarah Gotley’s breadth as writers.... ![]() by Stephi Wild - January 17, 2021 Record producer, musician, and songwriter Harvey Phillip Spector, known as Phil Spector, has died at age 80.... ![]() by Michael Major - February 13, 2023 Reading like a short story from visionary science fiction author Philip K. Dick (“A Scanner Darkly,” “Electric Dreams”), the release of “No Other You” continues the album’s retro-futuristic, dystopian narrative that revolves around a fictional machine (the 'Hypnogogue') that extracts music directly ... ![]() by Michael Major - September 19, 2022 Acclaimed Japanese punk-rock-garage quartet Otoboke Beaver are embarking on their highly anticipated, and rapidly selling out, North American tour beginning next month; dates and tickets available now. The band also just shared their latest single “Chu Chu Song,” a wall-of-sound ripper about the end... ![]() by Kelsey Lawler - September 29, 2022 What did our critic think of TITANIC THE MUSICAL at MILWAUKEE REPERTORY THEATER? Something epic has set sail once more at the Milwaukee Repertory Theater. Remounted after having to close early due to a COVID-19 outbreak last April, this show has been years in the making. It's the company's single la... ![]() by Brett Cullum - February 21, 2022 It’s a chance to sit in an intimate space with artists who excel at telling a story you will never see in a large opera house or performance hall. A STEADY RAIN is tough, profane, and full of over-the-top masculinity, and yet it feels as progressive as it can be. It asks tough questions, and it ma... ![]() by Chloe Rabinowitz - July 06, 2021 bergenPAC has released another set of new shows on sale for the autumn and winter lineup, as it prepares to welcome audiences back after more than a year and a half. This week's stars are ready to bring the holiday spirit back to our stage. ... ![]() by Michael Major - August 24, 2022 The Reverberation Appreciation Society will release the next two entries in the Live at LEVITATION series, with Psychic Ills and Moon Duo. The 5th LP features New York neo-psych legends Psychic Ills’ spellbinding appearance in 2012, capturing the band’s desert-bleached psychedelia live in Ill’s home... |