Nashville – I’m just going to lay it out there: roots/bluegrass/folk music is not my thing. If I had to pick one genre to avoid, this would typically be it. However, when I saw that Whiskey Shivers was playing at the Basement, I decided to give the genre a shot. I have never been so
Seattle – Wednesday night at Seattle’s Neumos, the audience was treated to vibrant, energetic sounds of psychedelic pop rock and post-punk, thanks to Temples and Drowners. Coming from an afternoon of KEXP live studio sessions, the groups were warmed up and ready to take the stage with their too-cool-for-school attitude and infectious swagger. As Temples
Austin – The duo of Lizzy Palpinger and Max Hershnow, better known as MS MR, has been creating music together since 2012 though both are no strangers to the music industry. Palpinger as the founder of Neon Gold Records and Hershnow as a producer. Sharing a love of music and creative energy, they came together
Austin – I’m standing on the top floor of the three-tiered Mohawk. From my vantage point, you can see straight down Red River, past the neon Cheer Up Charlie’s sign, past Stubbs BBQ, all the way past The Swan Dive, where 6th st. meets Red River. The Mohawk sits at Red River and 10th, so
New York – Sylvan Esso was not meant to be a band. Rather, Amelia Meath had written a song called “Play It Right” and sung it with her trio Mountain Man. She’d met Nick Sanborn, an electronic producer working under the name Made of Oak, in passing on a shared bill in a small club
Nashville – What do you get when you get when you combine a pop vocalist and an 80’s musicality? Out of the musical depths of Los Angeles emerges Jill Lamoureaux and Dan Mufson of Scavenger Hunt, a musical duo that has recently released their debut self-titled EP on April 8. The six songs that the
Brooklyn – For a band that built its brand on evocative and sentimental lyrical narratives, we would expect nothing less than for The Antlers to bowl us over once more. The group has been busily curating their next stack of tracks and, as usual, the first cut takes aim directly at our empathetic axes. The
New York – The first real signs of Spring are finally beginning to emerge for us here in the city that never sleeps, but just because the nights are getting shorter and the sun’s rays are getting longer doesn’t mean we’re easing up on our monthly showcase. This round we’ve got some great bands with
Seattle — Since the release of their debut full-length album last month, Orange County-based The Colourist has been making a splash with their, as BestNewBands.com’s writer Beth McAllister put it in her review, “relatable front with an eccentric twist.” While selling out shows on their first-ever headlining tour and seeing their self-titled album take over
Chicago – My Friday night was simply fabulous. The weather was finally nice enough to walk around in a t-shirt, it was the start of spring break (Lemme get an “Amen,” fellow teacher friends!), and most importantly, I soaked up the vibrant, heady electro-pop of Little Daylight. I walked into the Bottom Lounge smiling ear-to-ear,