Nashville – Music City Roots is a weekly show created to bring together artists whose music carries on traditional roots music in some form. Deer Tick, Deep Dark Woods, and Tristen most recently performed quick-fire sets for the show along with a few other Nashville acts. The show is broadcast live over the radio and
Seattle – There’s Holiday music (which I do unabashedly adore) and then there’s music that just fits for the holiday season. It might not be themed, but its sound is at home with “the season.” Cate le Bon is one such artist whose music is perfectly playable during this time of year. When the Welsh
New York – Being a city filled with music and a very strong culture of it’s own, New Orleans has produced some crazy talented artists. The Revivalists, a seven piece band that’s been touring pretty nonstop for the past six years, is one of them. They draw heavily on the brass, jazz, and jam-based roots
Los Angeles – Delta Rae is named after a fictional little girl who awakens the Greek gods to save the world. The character is from a novel by siblings Eric, Brittany and Ian Holljes’s mother, and oddly enough, it is a perfect description of their band live. Playing from atop the world at member-exclusive Soho
Nashville – Chvrches debut album, The Bones of What You Believe, was released just over two months ago. In two months, word about the trio’s 80s, synthpop sound spread from the UK to the rest of the English speaking world. Nashville hopped right on the wave. Chvrches played a sold out show at Exit/In. This
Seattle – I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again – there’s nothing quite like when a new band plays a show to their hometown. There’s something, dare I say, magical about the energy of a band’s show in the place where they were born and bred. The old friends, the initial fans, the
Nashville – The Weeks don’t have a problem being compared to Kings of Leon. Lead singer Cyle Barnes told Irish Music website GoldenPlec, “If you’re going to be compared to somebody, that’s not a bad band to be compared to.” It’s a good thing they don’t mind because Barnes’ voice and his band’s wily guitar
London – Half Moon Run travelled to London for the opening night of their hotly anticipated UK and Ireland tour. After an explosive year for the band which saw some high profile festival appearances (SXSW, Glastonbury, Reading + Leeds) and massive support slots (Mumford & Sons, Metric, Of Monsters and Men) you’d have allowed the
Chicago – It was a serene homecoming for Chicago natives Smith Westerns, something that seemed to bother front man Cullen Omori. “You guys still alive out there? You look like you’re sleepy,” he quipped between songs. Perhaps the culprit behind any perceived lack of energy was the bands’ solid hour’s worth of dreamlike glam rock that produced more
Seattle – I will always love a band that can take us back to the days of high school basement shows while bringing that mature flair of high sound quality. For this reason, but not for this reason alone, I love PAWS. The Scottish trio played Barboza (a venue that’s been just killing it with