Chicago – Every winter, music lovers across the Windy City refuse to let bone chilling temperatures, icy streets, and snowy sidewalks ruin their fun… especially when it comes to the annual Tomorrow Never Knows Festival! TNK Fest was created by Schubas and Lincoln Hall but expands beyond their doors to include the Metro, Athenaeum Theatre,
Los Angeles – Loud, explosive, and full of confidence are some of the ways to describe the new EP, Howl from Templeton, California band Night Riots. The five-piece outfit, which includes Travis Hawley (vocals), Nick Fotinakes (guitar), Matt DePauw (guitar), Mikel Van Kranenburg (bass), and Rico Rodriguez (drums) power up a particular sound that echoes
Los Angeles – Considering the album title, The King Of Anxiety, it is no surprise that the five tracks on Petite Noir’s debut EP (out digitally January 19) display a complete mastery of the art of apprehension. Subdued guitar work and frenetic-yet-calculated rhythms offer the perfect backdrop for bandleader Yannick Ilunga’s dramatic and emotional vocal
Nashville – Fresh out of Baltimore, Sun Club—a hearty arrangement of five guys and plenty of energy—delivered an epic performance at The End this past Wednesday night, playing for a full house of young fans. Praised by Paste magazine back in 2013 as a new band to watch, the band has since released a variety
Los Angeles – The duo comprising synth-pop band, Night Terrors of 1927, formulate an interesting pair. Blake Sennett (guitarist) was a member of the successful indie rock band Rilo Kiley and The Elected. Jarrod Gorbel (vocals) was the singer of The Honorary Title. The two guys met in 2010 through mutual friends with no intentions
Los Angeles – LA-by-way-of-DC “brat-pop” specialists Holychild put on an energetic set last Monday, the second appearance in their month-long “Money, Money, Mondays” residency at The Echo. You may be asking yourself: “What exactly is this ‘brat-pop?’” The term is essentially a meaningless label the band has concocted to categorize their infectiously contagious songs, though
New York – Great Good Fine Ok is a magnanimous duo out of Brooklyn that’s been making waves in the blogosphere at breakneck speed. The act is Jon Sandler and Luke Moellman and, together, the two draw on the R&B savants of yesteryear to concoct a singular spin on synth pop. Put simply, this band’s
Chicago – U.K. band Until The Ribbon Breaks is about to unveil their highly anticipated debut full-length, A Lesson Unlearnt (Kobalt), in the U.S. Music critics fell in love with UTRB when the trio released their The Other Ones EP a little over a year ago. The threesome – comprised of singer and multi-instrumentalist Pete
London – Ask any new band that question and you might expect to be deafened by the squeak of Converse as a disorderly queue is rapidly formed. The annual Glastonbury Emerging Talent Competition though gives unsigned acts based in the UK and Ireland the chance to do exactly that. The winner will be awarded a
New York – Vancouver-based Dan Mangan is about to release his fourth studio album, and the compilation is a breathtaking, full-bodied marvel. On his latest, Mangan maintains the hard-hitting alt-folk instrumentalism that peppered his previous work, and deepens with precision the philosophy-tinged lyricism his fans have come to expect. But this record is astoundingly experimentalist