Jason Pettigrew

First-person music journalism has always made this writer’s teeth grind. Most of the time the narrators don’t add anything to the story beyond the self-absorbed realm of mere attendance. (Read: “I’m here, you are not.”) But when it was anno...

On July 19, actor Rutger Hauer passed away at the age of 75. There were plenty of highlights in his career, but there’s one role that continues to resonate: His portrayal of Roy Batty, the alpha-leader of the replicants in director Ridley Scott’s uber-futurist dystopic masterpiece Blade Runner.  When t...

Most listeners know Tilian Pearson from his vocal charms shipping against Dance Gavin Dance’s post-everything metallic madness. On his third solo album, The Skeptic, he’s equally urban and urbane, armed with a pop sensibility JT couldn’t convey, but with enough character to reconcile both his fans and DGD diehards. Ask him about his fav...