Los Angeles – Bleached is somewhere between Hole and The Donnas, with a hint of carousel. The name sounds like what it is: dirty, beach, rock. It could be the album art that completes the vibe (a blue-stained picture of a girl dangling out of a car window, mane a-flowing), but “Ride Your Heart” plays
Chicago – The ghouls and goblins were ready to rage this Halloween at The Subterranean. Everyone from Sasquatch to Richard Nixon braced themselves for the chaos, until FIDLAR finally descended from the spiral staircase backstage to give the restless kindred spirits what they needed. Donned in matching blue graduation gowns and face makeup, FIDLAR, an
New York – Our Mixtape column has hit the big 4-0! Dang, we gettin’ on. And the great tunes keep on coming. Our newest L.A. writer Katie reviewed The Last Internationale, a band who, when people ask why there isn’t more revolutionary music like Woody Guthrie, are starting to fill that gap. They are socially
Las Vegas – In a discount music bin in her hometown of Stevenage, a town and borough of Hertfordshire, England, a young Charlotte Aitchison nabs a punk rock mixtape. A Vibrators song, “Feel Alright,” immediately grabs a hold of her. It was the energy. Peppy and raw. The compilation was played obsessively, but before long
Los Angeles-based (by way of New Zealand) band The Naked And Famous have debuted a video for “I Kill Giants,” the new single from their second album, In Rolling Waves (Republic Records). The autobiographical song features lead singer Alisa Xayalith’s personal and heartbreaking vocals about losing her mother to cancer when the singer was only
London – ATTU are a new band based in London who floated into existence off the back of singer Stefan Atoinette’s previous band Delta/Alaska. Named after an area of The Last Frontier (Attu Island is about as far North West as you can go without speaking Russian), Stefan is joined by Chike Newman (samples/laptop),Timothy Earl
New York – After the victorious rush of the first night, the following night was highlighted by a super late set from the reconfigured Yuck. Their headlining set at Glasslands for the NME/Hate Hate Hate/Sunday Management CMJ party didn’t begin until around 1am, since drummer Jonny Rogoff was the only band member who had been able to
Nashville – Fire dancing isn’t the typical back-up career of fledgling musicians. But then, nothing is typical about Naomi Saalfield. This former fire-dancer, who goes by the all-too-appropriate stage name Nai Palm, is the lead singer/songwriter of Hiatus Kaiyote, a four-piece band from Melbourne, Australia. The eclectic band has been on fire (pun intended) since
Seattle – MS MR are truly endearing on stage. While it’s been quite some time since the New York duo’s debut full-length album, Secondhand Rapture, was released (it came out in May) and the band has played countless sold out shows, they emit modesty and brazen appreciation for the support (totally deserved) that crowds across
New York – Blues rock guitarist Gary Clark, Jr. will continue promoting his well-received Blak And Blu album with tour dates through (at least) early March. His current US headlining tour takes him through Thanksgiving weekend; after a two-month break, he’s been selected for the opening slot on the first leg of Kings Of Leon’s