Chicago – On a Thursday night, in the Windy City, I happened upon a surprising sight: a group of people had chosen to gather at Lincoln Hall to watch talented Australian musician RY X perform instead of watching the Chicago Cubs play the LA Dodgers in Game 5 of the National League Championship Series. Yeah, mind-blowing,
Los Angeles – S. Carey, a one-man project of Bon Iver drummer Sean Carey, released a new album “Range of Light” through Jagjaguwar on April 1, 2014. This ambient solo endeavor showcases a wide range of intricately crafted and emotionally evocative sounds ranging from atmospheric to folk to hints of jazz. Range of Light is
This year has been a revelation with regards to new bands and artists emerging on the musical radar of many. If you could have predicted the success of acts like Alt-J, Michael Kiwanuka, Tame Impala, Frank Ocean, Alabama Shakes, Ben Howardetc, then I want your Grey’s Sports Almanac. Though she hasn’t quite reached the level
Sometimes for a musician, it’s all about the journey to get to a particular destination. Just ask Field Report’s Chris Porterfield. As we showed in our Artist of the Week a few weeks ago, Porterfield’s path from DeYarmond Edison to Field Report has been unorthodox with many bumps along the road. We caught up with
Even with an album coming out next Tuesday, Field Report to many music fans, remains an unknown quantity as a new band, yet there’s an aura of curiosity hovering around them. Though as a group they’re new, the truth is that the members have an impressive resume. Having been in DeYarmond Edison before this outfit,
I knew how my last day at Bonnaroo was going to begin with Black Box Revelation and end with The Staves, who we interviewed here last week. However, everything in the middle was fair game. Regardless of where I ended up, I knew I’d find awesome music at any stage. Knowing where I had to be
Minneapolis continues its golden run of producing great new bands with the first project to arrive out the Gayngs collective, the super slick electronic pop-soul outfit Poliça. Fronted by ice cool vocalist Channy Leanagh who sang with Gayngs, produced by Ryan Olson and featuring Mike Noyce from Bon Iver, it’s a who’s who of the current
Taking Alcatraz is the second track off Field Report’s forthcoming debut album. Field Report happens to be an anagram of Porterfield, the lead singer and mastermind behind Field Report. With the kind of coverage they’re getting, they’re sure to be great. You can download Taking Alcatraz in advance of its release here. Hailing from Eau Claire, Wisconsin, Porterfield is
Justin Vernon has had a hell of a year. He produced his girlfriend’s album (Kathleen Edwards), started his own label and announced the first release, won a couple Grammy’s and his former bandmate Chris Porterfield has just come out with a couple of tracks from his upcoming debut album which sounds like it’s going to
What Bonnaroo does better than any other North American festival is purvey that communal atmosphere of Woodstock. As great as the festival’s atmosphere is, let’s talk about some of the bands we’re most excited to see. They’re not exactly a new band, in fact, they’re the complete antithesis of that, but we’d be remiss if