Borrowing talent from New Hampshire and Texas before calling Florida home, Madeira is a young alternative-rock band hiding the experience of prior bands and a love for music under their hood. Tyler Duncan, Andrew Mack, Cameron Rhome and Skylar Martin have been honing their skills crafting infectious pop-rock, but also experimenting with elements of heavy
It was only one day after the blizzard that chilled the Northeast, blanketing some boroughs of New York with upwards of 1 foot. But the kids arrived—and kids they were—at the Highline Ballroom for the 9pm doors, with opening performances by G.Riot, followed by hometown favorite (he’s from Long Island) Hoodie Allen, and then the
Earlier this month, I interviewed unsigned Troop 41, representing North Carolina. Their single “Do the John Wall,” continues to build momentum in the iTunes Top 100 singles chart, usually reserved for mainstream and Top 40 hits played in supermarkets and malls around the country. The group explained to me that their mission (you can read
Austin, Texas’ StumbleDrunk is a rock ‘em, sock ‘em, all-American rock n’ roll band. Derek Pope, brothers Carter and Tucker Francis, Josh Massey and Wayne Zingery drink to excess and jam even more excessively. In preparation of the physical release of their debut record, Monday Evenings, available January 22nd, 2011, I talked with frontman Carter
Hurray for the Riff Raff are not your average folk band, and the story of how they came to be is certainly everything but. Alynda Lee Segarra was a 17 year-old girl fascinated by punk rock and the world outside of the Bronx in New York. She ran away from her aunt and uncle’s home
Billed as the “next big thing to come out of the Carolinas” Troop 41 are Tristian Brown (T-Breezy), Lelynd Darkes (Lil Lee), and Dakare Wilder (Lil Inferno). The trio met in 2005 during middle school in Raleigh, North Carolina and shared a love for rap music and basketball, as well as a real flair for
The Brooklyn tripod formerly known as Lights (not to be confused with the Canadian version, which can be found here: LIGHTS) reemerged as Cliffie Swan last night at Union Pool in Williamsburg(h), Brooklyn and brought some of Brooklyn’s Finest along for the ride: TEEN and Pablo Picasso. At ten past ten, TEEN took the stage.
The Drums is an indie-pop band, by way of Brooklyn, New York. Influenced by bands like The Smiths and Orange Juice, Jonathan Pierce and Jacob Graham met at summer camp and formed a mutual interest in music. The pair formed Goat Explosion, before separating and succeeding in different bands. Reforming in 2006, they added drummer
Last night, former (current, perhaps, as their Christmas single was released this week) frontman of The Killers and now solo act, Brandon Flowers graced the stage of New York’s Hammerstein Ballroom last night for a sold-out and I mean, SOLD-OUT show. As in, the upper balcony was packed. Fans waited in the cold, some since
Yesterday, I was able to talk on the phone with Christopher Mansfield, aka Fences. The Seattle-based singer-songwriter has put out some of my favorite records in the last two years: The Ultimate Puke EP and the Sara Quin (of Tegan & Sara)-produced Fences. Hot off the airplay of “Girls With Accents,” the rest of the