Berlin – There’s definitely no sophomore slump in the cards for Selah Sue, a Belgian superstar in the making. With Reason, Selah Sue has elevated her artistry a notch or two and as she asserts herself even more as a singer-songwriter, it is only a matter of when – not if – she becomes an artist written about in the
Chicago – After putting countless hours in the studio, London based folk singer Reuben Hollebon is set to release his debut album Terminal Nostalgia. His obsessive need to create music began with engineering the songs of other artists, such as Basement Jaxx and Courtney Barnett, and eventually led him to create his own music. Hollebon’s time, energy, and devotion has
London – Best New Bands’ Tony Hardy was one of forty U.K. based music writers invited by Glastonbury Festival to decide on a long list of 120 acts from thousands of entries to the 2016 Glastonbury Festival Emerging Talent Competition. Once the long list was announced, a panel including festival hosts Michael & Emily Eavis next set about
Chicago – LA trio LANY creates catchy electro-pop with 80s vibes and hints of R&B. Catchy is perhaps an understatement; LANY is set to be your latest obsession! That is, unless you’ve already discovered the sexy, seductive tunes of LANY. Then you know and are in the know. When LANY first began releasing music online, in
Chicago – San Francisco indie rock band Finish Ticket had a pretty great 2015. The five-piece released the EP When Night Becomes Day and hit the road with Twenty One Pilots, for two months, on the sold-out Blurryface Tour. 2016 is set to be just as amazing for the members of Finish Ticket. Vocalist Brendan Hoye, bassist
Nashville quintet Wild Cub more than killed it at Seattle’s Capitol Hill Block Party. After months of listening to tracks of theirs on the radio (thank you, KEXP), the band has now officially impressed us just as much live as they have recorded — if not more so. Returning recently from Brooklyn, frontman Keegan Dewitt
In the late ’80s, “Madchester” took its hold on the city of Manchester, England, capturing the ecstasy-laden hearts of Brits everywhere with its groove-focused, psychedelic strain of dance rock. The scene produced such acts as The Stone Roses, Happy Mondays and now–two decades later–an upstart Aussie outfit called Jagwar Ma. Formed in late 2011,
Remember Belle and Sebastian and the ’60s and San Francisco coffee houses? Remember fading out into evocative music sensibilities and not questioning the source but grooving in the synchronicity of craft and maker? Interested in being taken back to that labyrinth? Look no further than the likes of The Blank Tapes. The California trio