New York – “Get these rocks out of my mouth,” Chris Porterfield pleads on “Wings,” a brand new song off of Field Report’s forthcoming Marigolden, which premiers today. This line echoes a theme that runs throughout much of the new album — Porterfield’s complicated relationship with alcohol, sobriety, and reflection on his new life as a touring
Chicago – It was a beautiful, breezy afternoon, perfect for Chicagoans’ favorite summer past time: strolling through street festivals. Just about every weekend throughout the warmer months, you can saunter through a mesh of beer and food tents – featuring fried anything and everything – and catch live music in some corner of the city.
Portland – Everybody loves an album with a back-story; Bon Iver’s For Emma, Forever Ago emerging from Justin Vernon’s three months of post-breakup solitude in a snow-bound Wisconsin cabin, and John Coltrane, kicked out of Miles Davis’ group as a junkie, experiencing a life saving spiritual awakening and setting it to tape in the form of A Love
Chicago – Perhaps it was fate that brought Tony Oller and Malcom Kelley together because although their Nickelodeon show was short lived, MKTO was born. In 2010 the two actors met on the set of Giganticand instantly connected over a mutual love of music. Inspired from a variety of genres, from hip-hop and Motown to pop
New York – My Iron Lung’s Relief, a follow-up to their 2012 record Grief, is an album that promises more of a maturity in sound, songwriting ability, and complexity than anything we’ve heard from the band before. Their new record comes across, as expected, as a relentless torrent of screaming vocals and rolling drums, but not in
Seattle – There was no better spot to beat the heat on Friday than Capitol Hill’s underground venue Barboza, where Peter Matthew Bauer delivered a heavy indie rock performance. The Walkmen bassist/organist (who has affirmed that the group is on “extreme hiatus”) has kicked off a summer tour to promote the release of his debut
Nashville – Roadkill Ghost Choir, a six piece indie alt rock band, has so much going for it that the band was invited to Bonnaroo with only one, awesome EP on the books. Andrew, Zach, and Maxx Shepard (a trio of brothers) and three other band members cozied up on the stage at the New
NEW YORK, NY – Ireland’s rock ‘n’ roll stalwarts THE STRYPES return with their second EP, 4 Track Mind, available digitally on August 19th, 2014. This makes for their first release under the new partnership between Photo Finish Records and Republic Records. The EP will feature 4 tracks previously not available in the US including “Hard to Say No”, “So They Say”,
Los Angeles – Detroit duo Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. have announced the routing for their upcoming fall North American tour, which kicks off on October 17th in Seattle and concludes with two hometown shows at Detroit’s Crofoot Ballroom on November 22ndand 23rd. The band, which is Josh Epstein and Daniel Zott, are touring in support of their
Austin – Many kids try to form high school bands, despite the fact that many end up dissolving due to the perils of high school or the travails of trying to navigate adolescence. This isn’t the case for Goodnight Tonight, recent high school graduates out of Kent, Ohio. The band has seen success in their