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
Los Angeles – John Jagos began experimenting with making electronic music while attending Ohio University in 2009. After adopting the name, Brothertiger, he released his fanciful synth-laden debut EP Vision Tunnels. Since then, Jagos has released the critically praised LPs, Golden Years (2012) and Future Splendors (2013). With his recent move to Brooklyn, New York,
Chicago – Lights and co-headliners The Mowgli’s performed for a packed House of Blues, having sold out the downtown venue. While fans, young and old, excitedly waited for the show to begin, I found myself questioning if I should be there, knowing just blocks away Chicago youth were protesting the murder cover-up of Laquan McDonald, who
London – Cage the Elephant, who release their new album Tell Me I’m Pretty through Columbia Records on 18th December, have confirmed a string of European shows in February. The gigs will be the bands’ first since playing with Foals at Alexandra Palace in Feb 2014. The Times raved about those shows, reporting, “charismatic singer Matt Shultz
Chicago – And just like that, the JR JR tour is gone. See what I did there? JR JR (formerly Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.) played their final show of the JR JR American Fall Tour, in support of the Detroit duo’s third album JR JR. Fans from all over the Midwest, but especially Michigan, filled the ground floor
New York – Swedish-American trio Miike Snow have released the video for new track “Heart Is Full” from their forthcoming LP, iii, due out via Downtown/Atlantic Records next year. The stunning Lance Drake-directed music video saw its worldwide premiere yesterday. “Heart Is Full,” the band’s triumphant return and first taste of new music in 3 years,
London – November arrives with the realisation that we are hurtling towards the year end once more. Anyone organised enough to be thinking about Christmas stocking fillers for that Indie music lover in your life or even Secret Santas could do considerably worse than invest in a copy of Wilderness End by Bearpark. The independent
Los Angeles – “The unexamined life is not worth living.” Why am I quoting the unequivocal statement from Socrates? Well, the Chicago band Santah has this new record called Chico (out on Nov. 6th via Yes Club Records). It’s a record of that explores the dichotomy between finding yourself and escaping from yourself. To do so,
Chicago – For the past six years, the duo formally known as Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. has been making some of the best indie pop around. Now simply known as JR JR, the group is still making some damn fine pop, but they’ve gone back to their Detroit roots, embracing Motown, R&B, and hip hop in
Los Angeles – Don’t feel too bad if, despite being active since 2010, the name Keep Shelly In Athens comes as a complete unknown. The Greek group deals mainly in singles and remixes; they were signed by Forest Family Records, the label founded by one of the biggest names in the (now bust) late 00’s/early