Seattle – Hacky sack circles, animal onesies, bubble machines, and electrical fires…just another typical day at the neighborhood block party. After two stellar days of music Friday and Saturday, Sunday closed out the annual Capitol Hill Block Party with blowout acts, rounding out with headliner Ratatat. Throughout the day, however, festival goers could find quality
Seattle – After Capitol Hill Block Party kicked off with a bang on Friday, day two of the festival continued to see top-notch local, national, and international acts, enjoyed by audience members of all ages. While some highlights of the Saturday lineup included local indie rockers Ivan & Alyosha, electro-pop artist/producer Toro Y Moi, and
Seattle – Streets are closed, rainbow sidewalks are slowly becoming littered with cigarette butts and coffee cups, and a certain Seattle recreation is being enjoyed…yes, the annual Capitol Hill Block Party is in full swing. For three days, Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood shows its pride as the city’s hub of arts and culture. Named by
New York – Australian singer-songwriter, Atlantic recording artist and Best New Bands favorite, Vance Joy has announced the release of a brand new single, following his recent MTV Video Music Award nomination for the highly anticipated “Artist To Watch” category. The new song titled “Fire and the Flood” is the first taste of fresh material
Chicago – Day two of Pitchfork Fest was wet and wild. Rain came pouring down a little after three, forcing the festival to close. People were ushered out of Union Park and readmitted later in the afternoon, when the fest kicked back off at 4:20. Go ahead and laugh. We all did. It made the
Chicago – Day one of Pitchfork 2015 was a HOT one. Yes, I did just scream hot at you with aid from the caps lock. It was that hot. While temperatures soared into the 90s, with the added humidity, the real feel was in the 100s. Keeping cool and hydrated was a definite priority, but
Los Angeles – Besides having an amazing writer (Tony Hardy) on the ground at Glastonbury, we were lucky enough to have access to the work of two truly wonderful concert photographers, Nathan Dainty (Very Creative) and Maja Smiejkowska. (Top photo: Chemical Brothers by Maja Smiejkowska). Here is some of their work: Alabama Shakes by Nathan Dainty We first
Somerset, UK – There are music festivals, and there are music festivals. It hardly matters how many times you’ve been here as nothing quite prepares you for Glastonbury. The Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts, to give its right and proper title, is now in its 45th year. If you have yet to experience first-hand
London – With a few days until the gates open at the UK’s premier festival, Glastonbury goers are dusting off their tent pegs, checking the wellies don’t leak and consulting that marvelous donations-please resource, www.clashfinder.com. The latter may be a pre-requisite for the informed fan, yet faced with a bewildering choice of live music spread
London – Saturday April 11 was a landmark day in British sport with the world-famous Steeplechase, the Grand National, and the annual Oxford v Cambridge Boat Race – featuring a women’s race for the first time on the Thames to complement the traditional men’s race – vying for attention. Those races run, it was time