It's springtime in Memphis, which means that we're gearing up for our free annual day party honoring the memory of former owner and fearless leader, Jared McStay. Each year we aim to include a number of bands and musicians who were contemporaries of Jared (aka Jughead), as well...

Mention the words “School of Rock,” and most people will conjure a singular image - that of a certain Hollywood star known for comedy-rock and cartoon panda films. “Of course people walk in and ask where Jack Black is,” says Landon Moore, the longtime GM and new co-owner of the three School of Rock locations in the Memphis area. “But that quickly goes away when the parents and kids walk the halls on a tour of the school. The Hollywood version goes away and the Memphis version starts.”

As a band/entity, HEELS has always stuck to its guns - until now. Founded as an all-acoustic duo in 2015, guitarist/vocalist Brennan Whalen and drummer Josh McLane defiantly chose to eschew the convention of having a bass player from the very beginning.