Los Angeles – While at this very moment Kat Dahlia may not be at the top of the mainstream consciousness, her time out of the spotlight is waning incredibly thin. The genre-hopping singer-songwriter is prepared to release her debut studio album, My Garden, which will be available January 13 on Epic Records imprint Vested in
Brooklyn – In order to really appreciate tUnE-yArDs, you have to see them play live. Only after you witness with your own eyes the layered madness that leading lady Merrill Garbus sets into motion will you really value what her band does sonically. The clockwork of drumbeats and looping vocals is impressive when you listen
Nashville – For those of us already fed up with colder temperatures and shorter days, the latest release from Cristobal and The Sea is finally here. The group’s characteristic warm, summery sound is showcased beautifully on their Peach Bells EP (out this week on City Slang), and if tropical vacations emanated a sound, this is
Nashville – There’s a high demand for good, live R&B in this music-rich city, but unfortunately, it’s met with limited supply. Enter Mocha: possibly the youngest, funkiest, and most energetic R&B group to hit the Music City scene in a long while. Led by enigmatic vocalist Sakari Greenwell, Mocha is an eight-member ensemble complete with
With the release of PRhyme’s self-titled debut, 2014 will undoubtedly go down as the year of the rap “super-duo.” The two-piece hip-hop project joins critically acclaimed duo Run The Jewels in releasing one of this year’s most anticipated albums. Consisting of Royce Da 5’9” rapping over DJ Premier’s instrumental tracks, PRhyme, self-released this week, shows
Los Angeles – Catfish and The Bottlemen is an indie garage rock band hailing from Llandudno, North Wales. The quartet has been piloting the U.K. indie rock circuit for several years with a few EPs under their belt. This past year, Van McCann (lead vocals), Johnny Bond (lead guitar), Benji Blakeway (bass guitar) and Bob
Seattle – Canada’s indie dream-pop outfit Alvvays graced Capitol Hill’s Barboza the other night, filling the basement with breezy melodies, fuzzy guitar, swirling keyboards, and cheeky lyrics. Having earned placement on many year-end lists with their debut eponymous album (on Polyvinyl Records)—Best New Bands called it “a contagious work of art”—Alvvays captures an impressive, balanced
Best New Bands and Epic Records are offering the chance for you and a friend to see any U.S. date on Kongos’ 2015 tour* and receive a meet-and-greet with the band! Following up highly successful stints on the road in the U.S. with Kings of Leon, Young The Giant and Alice In Chains and in
Nashville – It’s been nearly a year since the last time I saw the Justin Kalk Orchestra live, but I remember the show vividly. A string section accompanied Kalk’s lead guitar and vocals, and the result was a positively stunning combination of classical notes and raw blues elements. Fast forward: this past Wednesday, Kalk performed
New York – Milky Chance is an explosive electro-folk duo out of Germany that welds genres together to produce a sound that’s uniquely theirs, and the work is absurdly and arrestingly good. In fact, this band’s rise to international visibility is equally as halting a thought, considering the group began two short years ago. Since