San Francisco – Sunshine. Muppets. Girls with flowers in their hair. The third day of Outside Lands 2016 at San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park saw all three of these things, as the sun was finally strong enough to burn off the stubborn Pacific fog banks that had plagued the area since the first morning. As everyone scrambled to make
San Francisco – This weekend marks the ninth Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival, held annually in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. The first edition was held back in 2008, boasting acts like Radiohead, Beck, Tom Petty, and Jack Johnson. This year marks the triumphant return of Radiohead to OSL—as well as headlining sets from LCD Soundsystem, Lionel Richie,
Los Angeles - If there is any band in the current indie rock scene that has the potential to reach the level of rock stardom experienced by underground bands during the early 90s, it is DIIV. The band is led by captivating frontman Zachary Cole Smith, a former touring member of Beach Fossils. Smith started the band as a
Sacramento – The last day at TBD Fest drew a larger crowd than I had seen all weekend, especially during the evening sets. (Ed., Best New Bands’ Day One coverage is HERE; Day Two is HERE.) The festival was clearly coming to a close, and while I was exhausted, my lungs were full of dust,
Chicago – The final day of a weekend festival is always bittersweet. Even though you are exhausted, you dance and sing as if there’s no tomorrow, fighting off the inevitable: the wave of melancholy that will wash over you when you exit the festival grounds with the masses, calmed only by thoughts of doing it
The Mohawk is a one of the best live venues in Austin. Located Downtown on Red River directly across from Stubbs BBQ, The Mohawk has recently expanded to a tri-deck outside viewing area with both an indoor and outdoor stage. We therefore, were not surprised when their June calendar announced DIIV would be playing. How
Summer is already starting to feel like it’s blowing up, as we’ve had a busy week with new breezy tunes to chill in your beach chair by, as well as some fresh jams to sweat it out to. In live reviews, Zach Klassen was up at Sasquatch! Music Fest, where DIIV took all his doubts
Editor’s Note: Our Zach Klassen was on hand at Sasquatch! this year. Here are his dispatches from the event. DIIV If I had any doubts about DIIV before, I now realize it is only because I hadn’t seen them live. Sure, most bands benefit from a live setting, as the tension from an audience can
SXSW is electric – everywhere and we do mean each street, bar, corner, park, coffee shop, parking lot and grocery store is bursting at the seams with people indulging in good music. With the worlds best new bands taking to stages just blocks away from one another, our time in Austin has become a delightful
Fall is here, and pumpkins are $0.49 per pound at Foodtown in Brooklyn. The weather is splendid, and there’s adrenaline in the air. Oh, oh, and CMJ – College Music Journal – festival is upon NYC. Wee! This is one of the biggest, most widespread, most happening, and most fun music festivals in the city,