Los Angeles – The Echo boasted an incredibly stacked lineup on Wednesday evening, hosting two of the Pacific Northwest’s hottest new indie bands: Deep Sea Diver and Radiation City. Seattle, Washington’s Deep Sea Diver technically served as the opener for Portland, Oregon’s Radiation City, but the club in Echo Park was packed from the moment Jessica Dobson
Austin – From the moment the doormen checked IDs and stamped hands, music fans knew that The Parish was throwing a party. Austinites, of course, will find any excuse to celebrate, and Thursday’s call for merriment boomed louder than the bass vibrating the speakers. February 18th wasn’t just the date of another concert. It was the birthday of
Los Angeles – Like all good New Jersey boys, Brian Fallon grew up with a love of Bruce Springsteen. The searing commentary and bittersweet melodies of The Boss have captivated the entire nation, to be sure. But folks from Jersey share a special bond with the rock and roll icon, a more intimate understanding of the locations, principal
Bristol, UK – This is the third year now that the 6 Music Festival has taken over a city – a different one each time – and got a certain type of music fan, in that city, very excited. Well, momentarily excited anyway, before then feeling crushingly depressed because they’ve failed to get tickets to a hugely popular
Los Angeles – Need Your Light, the new record from indie-pop vanguards Ra Ra Riot, is the band’s brightest and most inspired work yet. The once baroque-pop, Brooklyn quintet is now utilizing synthesizers more than ever before. This was quite apparent on their 2013 record Beta Love, a rapid change in direction for a band with such
Chicago – Back in 2014, Best New Bands had the privilege of getting to know an up and coming band from Milwaukee by the name of Vinyl Theatre. VT was then a four-piece, comprised of Keegan Calmes (lead vocals, guitar), Chris Senner (keyboard), Nick Cesarz (drums), and Josh Pottier (bass), and had recently signed with
Berlin – For those that were on the fence on the survival of electro-punk rock, fret not. The music industry – and many of its genres – is always subject to peaks and valleys. For fans of a certain sound, there have been questions as to who would arrive on the scene to save rock – specifically the
Los Angeles – Atlas Genius, led by Australian brothers Keith and Michael Jeffery, will be hitting the road this spring for a U.S. headline tour, kicking off March 31 in Portland and including stops in Chicago, Nashville, Boston, and Los Angeles. The tour, presented by Journeys, will also feature five-time GRAMMY-nominated singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Skylar Grey, as well as special
Los Angeles – These days, it is a pretty tall order for an indie rock band to create an original sound. It seems like every single combination and crossover that can be thought of has been done ad nauseum. There are folk songs with electronic dance breaks and country duets with rappers, just to name a few
Chicago – LA trio LANY creates catchy electro-pop with 80s vibes and hints of R&B. Catchy is perhaps an understatement; LANY is set to be your latest obsession! That is, unless you’ve already discovered the sexy, seductive tunes of LANY. Then you know and are in the know. When LANY first began releasing music online, in