MusicfestNW has been a Portland staple since its creation in 2001. In the following decade, both the local community and international music scene have helped MFNW evolve into the third largest indoor festival in the United States. More than 30,000 music lovers descend on the City of Roses for the six-day fest, which hosts more
How great is Craigslist? You can find anything you need – housing, event tickets, knick-knacks, and apparently band members. Four years ago, Thor Nguyen was bored of his routine in pharmaceutical research and decided to take a chance with his real passion: music. After self-releasing an EP, he decided to recruit a whole band and
Monthly residencies have become somewhat of an institution in Los Angeles’ thriving Echo Park/Silver Lake music scene. Every month, a local band headlines a venue like The Echo or The Satellite and plays a free show on Monday nights. In August, Cotillon took over The Echo and on Monday night, the garage rockers closed out
Electronic acts are a dime a dozen these days, but there’s something to be said for the groups that incorporate this genre with another one, and that’s just what Gil Wojcik and Justin Victoria attempt and succeed with their music. The duo have known each other since high school but came from two different musical
Nikki, Matt and Eric are Little Daylight. Don’t ask for any other information about the members, because we don’t know and neither does anyone else in the music biz. And the band would like to keep it that way, at least for now. In a world that is so fascinated with celebrity, it’s a bit
It wouldn’t be out of line to assume that you have heard or at least heard of a band called Dum Dum Girls, but what about SISU? Chances are this name may be a little less familiar to you, but band founder Sandra Vu is trying to change all that. The multi-instrumentalist caught her big
Seattleites Atomic Bride are known for their interesting blend of hazy psychedelia and crunching garage rock, and their latest offering,Electric Order, may be the band’s best collection yet. Though the upcoming EP only consists of four songs, they hold their own and whet the appetite for a new full-length. The self-released album is slated to
Though the members of San Cisco claim that the band’s name means nothing – it is not a real place and has no definition, it just kind of came to be – the Australian-based quartet seems to transport its listeners to a far off land with its dark indie pop covered in a sugary sweet
Don’t let the name fool you, there’s nothing pitiful about Pity Sex. The Ann Arbor-based quartet creates lush, shoegaze-inspired songs that founding member/drummer Sean St. Charles’ admits is because of the love he and guitarist/vocalist Brennan Greaves have for the guitar driven pop of the ‘90s. This admiration is evident on the band’s
The ‘80s-influenced dream-pop trio Superhumanoids has become a staple in its hometown of Los Angeles, and after successful tours with Local Natives and Cold War Kids earlier this year, the band has created the right amount of national buzz to successfully release its debut LP, Exhibitionists, via Innovative Leisure. Singer Cameron Parkins recently told Billboard