Chicago – This summer a sweet little number has been dominating the airwaves. Perhaps you’ve heard of it: “Riptide” by Vance Joy. The curly haired Australian James Keogh, who goes by the moniker Vance Joy, wrote this beauty while finishing up law school. Thankfully for music lovers, the 26-year-old decided his true passion was in
Los Angeles — When Karen O steps on the stage as the frontwoman for Yeah Yeah Yeahs, she is the epitome of feminine ferocity. All that power isn’t without a little glittery razzle-dazzle, grating her bowing fans with a convincing argument to live life in anarchy. Her solo debut album, Crush Songs, is far from
New York – Wisconsin’s PHOX are excited to announce that they have confirmed a run of tour dates with Paolo Nutini, followed by a string of dates with The Head and The Heart. After dazzling audiences on a largely sold-out US headlining tour this summer, this new excursion will find the band playing legendary rooms like
Chicago – Over the past month, Jesse Marchant has been surfing U.S. highways in his Audi station wagon, drifting from one city to the next, putting on a one-man show, with songs new and old. Thursday night Jesse Marchant found his way to Schubas, where an admiring Chicago audience took in his bewitching performance. The
New York – Soft Friday is the debut album of England’s psych-rock duo Coves. John Ridgard (he) and Beck Wood (she) wrote a thorough history of recent heartbreak for their first record. Soft Friday (Nettwerk Records) is a break-up album sung with a soft voice. There are no screaming vocals like in so many post-relationship
Los Angeles – Jamestown Revival are excited to announce the details of their upcoming North American tour this fall. The band are playing coast-to-coast in many major markets, including the Bowery Ballroom in New York City on November 10, the Double Door in Chicago on November 16, and the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco
San Francisco – Experimental Brooklyn-based trio Bear in Heaven hit the stage for a thoroughly enthralled audience this week at The Independent in San Francisco. This brainchild of vocalist/multi-instrumentalist/composer Jon Philpot is on the road in support of the band’s fourth album, Time is Over One Day Old, released last month via Dead Oceans, and
Los Angeles – New York City band SKATERS are gearing up to hit the road for a national fall tour with The Orwells, kicking off Sept. 8 in Columbus, OH, and including stops in San Francisco, LA, Philadelphia, DC, and their hometown of NYC. See below for a full list of tour dates. SKATERS have been hard at work
Seattle – Last week, Los Angeles psychedelic rockers The Entrance Band played to an enthusiastic crowd at Seattle’s all-ages venue, The Vera Project. The trio’s groovy distortion, hypnotizing bass, and overall energy kept bodies swaying and heads bobbing all night. Though the musicians of The Entrance Band have been on the scene for quite some
Washington, DC – The punk, fuzz rock band Potty Mouth played H Street’s Rock & Roll Hotel this past Saturday to a crowded house. The all-female quartet left little room for banter, jumping right into a mix of Sun Damage and 2013’s Hell Bent (Old Flame Records) as soon as they took the stage. Audience