It was an uncommonly cool evening outside, when as part of Lincoln Center’s Out of Doors 2013 free summer concert series, Emily Wells clearly conveyed that she was well versed in her craft. Playing between Kronos Quartet with special guest Mariana Sadovska, and My Brightest Diamond, she fit right into what Lincoln Center described as “Art song
Skaters are those kids that crotchety old men like to shake their fist at and yell, “You PUNKS!” Or at least that’s how they look on stage. They sound like it too sometimes, but their version of punk is a melodic garage variation that pulls from bands like Mission of Burma, Devo, The Cars, and
The general public’s thoughts and perceptions of modern dance music have become utterly misconstrued. With the booming popularity of EDM, acts like Skrillex, Deadmau5 and Kaskade have become the forerunners in what we think of as “electronic” music. Ecstasy, visuals and bass drops are the three main ingredients for any dance tent or extravagant electronic
Foxygen lead singer Sam France prowled the stage like the drunken bastard child of Jim Morrison, climbing up the stage rafters after just the first song while smashing his head with a microphone at any opportune moment. He desperately wanted our attention, and needless to say it was hard not to give it to him.
Many bands bred in Los Angeles don’t stay local for long. Striving to broaden their fan bases, these dedicated acts work hard in order to tour the States and beyond, allowing people all over the globe to catch a glimpse of their musical prowess. Of the SoCal up-and-comers, not many have been as successful in
Let us ask… 1. What would happen if Bob Dylan met MGMT? 2. Would we like this union or it is just too shocking to dream up? 3. Will we ever be prepared for the precarious alliance? Folks, it has happened. And we dig it. The result henceforth comes – the blessed odyssey of Night
White Lung kicked off what would be a mostly punk Saturday at Union Park. It only took one song to settle in until the mosh pit broke out, but basically the kids were looking for any excuse to pummel into each other under the blistering sun. The Vancouver rockers kept things simple, essentially offering two-minute
There is a place called California where people still believe in world peace, essential Oneness, and love. I wouldn’t believe it either if I hadn’t recently lived there and met many a genuine hippie. The dream of the ‘60s lives on and beats in the hearts of the flower children’s children. Of these free spirits
“Why, it’s hotter than a two peckered goat today!” Daughn Gibson’s observation was spot on as he kicked off the festival on the red stage. With his 6’5’’ frame, black tank top and black jeans with a black handkerchief hanging out his back pocket, Daughn would have looked right at home at the shitty dive
Brooklyn’s Parquet Courts set was a combination of poppy slacker rock frequently interrupted by sporadic punk riffs and completely necessary distorted feedback. The gentle head banging to two minute odes of intoxicated boredom stretched into fried out noise jams provided a perfect antidote to a scorching Chicago summer day. The looseness of fuzzed power