San Francisco – Treasure Island Music Festival has been a staple of the bay area ever since its inaugural event, held in 2007. Since then the festival has seen headliners such as Beck, Belle and Sebastian, Modest Mouse, and LCD Soundsystem. This year they’ve tapped Outkast and Massive Attack as headliners, and while they both
San Francisco – UK producer Aaron Jerome aka SBTRKT is no stranger to guarded epiphany. His eponymous 2011 debut had audiences swimming in a sea of mystery, boasting Burial-esque mystique as he played live sets on his first tour, hidden behind the tribal mask that embodied the cover art of his first record. Most of
Austin – (Ed.: This is the second part of Best New Bands’ two-part interview.) The artist known as Slow Magic has so far kept his name and personal life hidden beneath his neon zebra mask and tattered scarf. The costume has gotten a lot of attention in the last three years, while he’s worked almost
Los Angeles – Electric Youth features L.A. and Toronto-based couple Austin Garrick (he) and Bronwyn Griffin (she). The electronic pop duo have been producing beautiful music together for several years, including the collaboration with David Grellier (aka College) on “A Real Hero,” which was featured in few momentous scenes in the film, Drive. Their long-awaited
Austin – The artist known as Slow Magic has so far kept his name and personal life hidden beneath his neon zebra mask and tattered scarf. The costume has gotten a lot of attention in the last three years, while he’s worked almost non-stop between tours and two album releases—his latest, How to Disappear (on
Austin – At Empire Control Room the other night, 24-year-old electronic musician Will Wiesenfeld, aka Baths, dazzled Austinites with delicately crafted melodies. Accompanied by his live counterpart Morgan Greenwood, Baths demonstrated their skills in creating ornate music without creating clutter. Proving less is more, Baths creates beautifully arranged electronic songs with an acute attention to
Austin – Warning: don’t go to a Slow Magic show expecting to stand around. Also, probably don’t wear your favorite flannel. The zebra-masked producer stopped at Austin’s Holy Mountain recently, for an early date of his first headlining tour. The tour supports his second full-length record, How to Run Away released earlier this month on
San Francisco – Back in 2012, the UK’s Alt-J put forth their eerily fascinating debut LP, An Awesome Wave, and quickly made a name for themselves in the realm of rock music. Their debut is wrought with homemade time signatures and viscous modulation, all pulsing gracefully under the canopy of singer/guitarist Joe Newman’s mysterious and
Seattle – Influential radio station KEXP has just released a live, filmed session of electronic group Poliça, with six songs from their recent performance at Bumbershoot Festival. Poliça recently released their Raw Exit 10″ on Mom+Pop. The EP includes the lead single, “Raw Exit,” and the band’s rendition of the Lesley Gore ballad, “You Don’t Own
Austin – On a sweltering summer evening in Austin, Washed Out fans hurried through the doors of Mohawk to stake out a spot at the sold-out show on a recent night. Though not particularly surprising for a Tuesday, I would have thought the heat would have deterred a few people at least. But that was