01/21/22
by Zachary Corsa As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to ebb and flow with each new variant, the profound impact of our strange new way of life is felt in changes large and small. Aside from masks and vaccines, services we rely on for day-to-day living have taken a hit; mail and parcel delivery is slow…
12/23/21
by WAMM Staff For your year-end reading and listening pleasure, a little round-up of some of our favorite EPs and albums by Memphis artists released in 2021. Lukah – Why Look Up, God’s in the Mirror With two of this year’s most critically acclaimed albums under his belt, South Memphis rap revivalist Lukah had one…
12/15/21
by WAMM staff Omicron and Delta be damned, live music did return in 2021 and, at least in Memphis, in triumphant fashion. Maybe it’s just the post-quarantimes reentry talking but we had some of the most transcendent live music experiences of our lives this year. So what did we do with all those feels? Wrapped…
12/14/21
by Zachary Corsa Son.person wants to relate to you, to share something bigger through his art than just a sense of fleeting, shallow entertainment. Drawing liberally from nu-pop and hip-hop traditions, the humble Memphian is rooted in weighty concepts of home and familial connections, young love and growing up. Best of all, you can catch…
12/10/21
Did Christmas come early? New lush music from Kelsey Taylor, her album The Frost, dropped December 3 and we’re obsessed – so we asked Kelsey to share the story behind the creation of the record. Here’s what Kelsey shared – keep scrolling to stream the album in full! “The Frost is a concept work about loss,…
12/01/21
We want to make it easy for you to discover something new, so each month we put together a Spotify mix of some of the artists playing live around Memphis in the next few weeks. Press play whenever and press pause when you hear something you love – if they’re on this list, you’ll be…
11/18/21
We’re mourning the loss of the self-proclaimed “King of Memphis” Young Dolph. A creative, an executive, an artist, an entrepreneur, but most of all – a Memphian who had so much love for his city and showed it every day. We’re listening to his last album, Paper Route Illumnati, on repeat. More from The Commercial…
11/16/21
By Zachary Corsa When I relocated to Memphis in the summer of 2016, one of the very first clubs I found myself checking out was The Lamplighter Lounge Memphis at 1702 Madison. At the time, the clearly little hideaway met every possible definition, colloquial or terminological, of the term ‘dive bar’. Beneath pallid lighting, through…
11/08/21
B-Side 9 p.m., Friday November 12 In a city packed to the rafters with accomplished musicians, Alicja Trout’s track record still has the ability to amaze. Over the years, the guitarist and singer has often been the lone woman in a male-dominated scene, performing with some of Memphis’ most seminal bands of the past 20+…
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