Los Angeles – Much like the very “search engine unfriendly” name would suggest, Quilt crafts a warm, comforting tapestry of music. Pulling influence from psychedelic rock, krautrock, dream pop, and typical guitar-driven indie rock, the group’s songs sprawl out in all directions, creating a blanket of sound. Despite the fact that Quilt is just now making major
New York – San Fransisco indie rock band Finish Ticket will join Fitz and The Tantrums on the first leg of a summer tour, kicking off at The National in Richmond, VA on June 14th and wrapping up in Bloomington, IN at Bluebird Nightclub on June 28th. Finish Ticket just wrapped up a two month co-headlining
London – Four-piece alternative rock band Race the Flux, from Galway in the Republic of Ireland, first came to the attention of Best New Bands when the band’s entry to the Glastonbury Emerging Talent Competition found its way onto your judge’s spreadsheet. The band was duly selected as one of three acts to go forward to the next stage.
San Fransisco - Patience is a key element to true appreciation and enjoyment of music. To truly understand someone’s vision, the meticulousness and the long hours put in, and the often soul-crushing vulnerability an artist or band must overcome to present a facet of themselves to the public in artistic form, a listener must really listen to a piece
Los Angeles – From the moment he burst onto the alternative music scene, Cullen Omori has always been a musician indebted to the sounds and styles of the past. His band Smith Westerns carved out a niche in the crowded garage rock revival scene by infusing glam rock swagger into their sound. The Chicago, Illinois based band was
Los Angeles – Like so many groups popping up these days all across the country, Texas band Holy Wave specialize in recreating the sounds of retro psychedelic rock. Finding a new or unique approach to this ever popular style of garage rock is increasingly difficult. If a songwriter skews too far in one direction, it can come across
Austin – The number of Austin-area music fanatics multiplied this week as SXSW 2016 kicked into high gear. Thrill-seeking audiophiles paraded through the city and bounced between venues to search for the sounds they craved. City streets were blocked off, the lines grew longer by the minute, and coffee was the only thing keeping people
Chicago – U.K. trio The Virginmarys will soon be releasing sophomore album Divides. In preparation, the English punk rockers have been touring relentlessly, including supporting Shinedown on a North American tour and playing South By South West in Austin, Texas. The Virginmarys first formed in 2007, as a project between friends Ally Dickaty (vocals/guitar) and
Los Angeles – The Minneapolis based group Night Moves triumphantly return, after nearly four years, with sophomore LP Pennied Days (Domino Recording Co.). The band’s first record, 2012′s Colored Emotions, was a collection of poppy, 70s vibrancy. It was nostalgic yet distinctive. It heavily wore its influence on its sleeves. On this latest effort, principal members John Pelant (vocals, guitar) and
San Francisco – The streets of the Bay Area have been turned into veritable rivers over the course of the last few days as El Niño sent its latest barrage of rain into the region over the past several days, satiating the parched California earth with much needed moisture. Saturday saw some of the heaviest precipitation I have