Imagine having your own dream sequence, and being pulled into this ethereal haze, full of light but with dark visceral undertones. Atlanta-based dream pop band Mood Rings’ set at Cameo was a lot like that. There was so much dreaminess that a girl in a long, flowing white dressed stepped forward around the middle of
Dearest Sup Pop Records: Happy 25th Birthday. You throw one hell of a party. On July 13, Sub Pop hosted its own Silver Jubilee in the Georgetown neighborhood. It was an all day party with food, drink and, of course, tons and tons of live music. It was a time for us to celebrate some
Toro y Moi in a nutshell: A voice like velvet with beats that make you dance hard. Look up any live video of a Toro y Moi performance, and it’s a crowd of people dancing with hands in the air. That’s what this show at House of Vans was like, but in the huge event
Not much could make me want to leave a cool Seattle summer for the grueling humidity and heat of the American southeast. I was just about ready to pack up my stuff and travel back to Athens, Georgia when Futurebirds played Barboza on July 10. Nestled cozily underneath the more prominent Neumos, Barboza hosted the
Today, there is a reason to illuminate your airwaves with a potent introduction. Yes, we’ve taken an original, unconventional route to follow the bizarrely brilliant six-piece, soul-shaking masterpiece known as Flow Tribe to an eight-mile long beach town in the panhandle of Florida just to snag these masters mid-tour. As New Orleans natives, Flow Tribe is the
Such a perfect day, I’m glad I spent it at 4Knots Music Festival. The weather was gorgeous, as was the backdrop, the music was ace, the people were congenial, and there was never a dull moment. There were two stages, with sets timed one right after the other, so there were super minimal pauses between
The Blank Tapes are spectacular and dare we say, just in time for the warm weather. That’s all that can be said of the trio after we caught their show on Atlanta’s East Side at The Earl for their afternoon show. We grabbed a bite to eat with the band where Matt Adams, the mastermind
London’s Treetop Flyers have already had a mention on one of our mixtapes, and Thursday night I got to see the five piece who sound more like kindred spirits of ’70s Laurel Canyon rock in action at Glasslands. Reid Morrison, Tomer Danan, Laurie Sherman, Sam Beer, and Matthew Starritt all displayed brilliant musicianship, and the
Stepping out from behind the shadow of a well known act is not always easy, and it took some time for Javier Dunn to be confident enough to leave behind his role as a touring guitarist with Sara Bareilles and release his own material, but I think it’s safe to say he made the right
Sonic Boom Records in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood is a pretty small record store filled with more new albums and CDs than your average Seattle shop. Although highly reputable, it’s a very small space so when new band Rose Windows announced its album release show at the venue it was as if they were selling themselves