San Francisco – Every October, for ten years, concert fans in the Bay Area have been flocking to the Treasure Island Music Festival, a small oasis located in the heart of the San Francisco Bay promising a weekend filled with music and celebration. Plagued by several last-minute artist cancellations and a very rough period of
San Francisco – Well, it was a good run, but you can’t outrun the cruel hand of overdevelopment forever, it seems. That’s right folks: after ten years the Treasure Island Music Festival—billed as “the Festival in the Bay”—will be celebrating its last installment on the island that gave this festival its name. For those who
San Francisco – There’s a few things y’all should know about New Orleans. Yes, it was a former home of mine. No, the streets aren’t filled with topless ladies begging for strings of plastic beads (that’s just Bourbon Street between Canal and St. Peter). Yes, Popeye’s Fried Chicken does taste better there. And yes, one of the best
Manchester Tennessee – Throughout the years that have seen the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival’s fourteen installments, the face and general aesthetic of the festival has changed – going from humble jam band fest to the monumental eclectic event that it is today – but the soul of the festival has basically remained the same.
Portland – Glass Animals appeared on stage Tuesday night at Crystal Ballroom bathed in purple smoke and encouraged by a young and eager crowd. The band is known for their bouncy, danceable electronic music, gaining attention ever since their 2012 debut EP, Leaflings. Now a household name, Glass Animals was as excited to be back
Austin – One of the bands to watch in the upcoming year, Glass Animals is a force to be reckoned with. Outstanding on both their recorded album and in their live performance in Austin this past Wednesday, the group is certainly set for stardom. Rising fast, the band initially was set to play at the
Bristol, UK - Glass Animals are pleased to unveil their reworking of Kanye West’s ‘Love Lockdown’. Having premiered the track live on Australia’s Triple J earlier this year, the band received an ecstatic reaction to it during their Glastonbury performance last month, and it has subsequently become a live favourite across their current sold-out US tour. Produced
San Francisco – While the rest of the country was preparing for our annual celebration of independence from Great Britain, the City by the Bay was preparing for the UK’s own Glass Animals to invade and showcase their talents as Oxford’s new “it” band. After a promising set by San Francisco’s own electronic folk group
San Francisco – In high school, I remember a few friends of mine and I had this crazy notion that we should start a band. We failed, of course, but I couldn’t help thinking that other people must feel the same way. The fresh-faced lads of the UK’s newest experimental posse, Glass Animals, have taken
New York – Backed by a powerhouse producer and armed with a rare type of talent that shatters genre-specific expectations, Glass Animals are a standout new group. Offering up the sort of music that will put you on edge as easily as it puts you at ease, experimentation comes naturally to this gang. Their work may test your comfort zone, but