Playlist that Smells like Grass: Dewy & New.

Alt-pop, alt-rock, mostly new. Push2theFront is back: vaccinated, boosted, masked, and hitting live music venues once again with a vengeance. To celebrate, I made an awesome playlist of mostly new stuff. Alt-rock, alt-pop, alt-whatever. I started when it was really cold here, like below zero nonsense that makes one dream about beach vacations and you …

One Love: Talkin’ ’bout a Highwomen Revolution

The Highwomen singing women’s stories. They’re not haters. It’s all about inclusivity and love. Country music radio loves its bros: young, white, tatted, gym-jacked, dirty pick-up with a bottle of something brown under the seat guys that sing about spring break and their ex's with a heavy snap track on loop. Lyrics are mired in …

Spacy Symph-Pop is a Livin’ Thing: Jeff Lynne’s ELO

An Electric Light Orchestra concert has been sitting on people's bucket lists for 38 years (the last time they played the Twin Cities). The band stopped touring and recording in '86. Thankfully, co-founder Jeff Lynne brought his Jeff Lynne's ELO to Saint Paul's Xcel Energy Center on July 25. It was everything that the near …