New York – Northampton, Mass.’ Speedy Ortiz brought its unique brand of indie rock to Irving Plaza this past Saturday night. The show was part of the Oh My Rockness Turns 10 Fest, which continues next Saturday. For opening night, the band was joined by D.C.’s Give and Ontario’s Fucked Up. Speedy Ortiz opened with
Chicago – Back in 2009, along the shores of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, twins Rich and Ryan Meyer and their best friend Johnny Stevens formed Highly Suspect. Eventually the tattooed rockers moved to Brooklyn, where they began working with producer Joel Hamilton (Black Keys, Wu-Tang Clan) and released the EP The Worst Humans in 2012, which
New York – Wisconsin’s PHOX are excited to announce that they have confirmed a run of tour dates with Paolo Nutini, followed by a string of dates with The Head and The Heart. After dazzling audiences on a largely sold-out US headlining tour this summer, this new excursion will find the band playing legendary rooms like
New York – Avi Buffalo is a four-piece indie act out of Long Beach, California, founded by Avi Zahner-Isenberg back when the singer-songwriter and guitar slinger was but 19 years old. Now 23, Avi Buffalo is about to resurface with an arsenal of fully realized alt experimentalism that’s solid enough to cement this act in
New York – Soft Friday is the debut album of England’s psych-rock duo Coves. John Ridgard (he) and Beck Wood (she) wrote a thorough history of recent heartbreak for their first record. Soft Friday (Nettwerk Records) is a break-up album sung with a soft voice. There are no screaming vocals like in so many post-relationship
San Francisco – Experimental Brooklyn-based trio Bear in Heaven hit the stage for a thoroughly enthralled audience this week at The Independent in San Francisco. This brainchild of vocalist/multi-instrumentalist/composer Jon Philpot is on the road in support of the band’s fourth album, Time is Over One Day Old, released last month via Dead Oceans, and
Seattle – Last week, Los Angeles psychedelic rockers The Entrance Band played to an enthusiastic crowd at Seattle’s all-ages venue, The Vera Project. The trio’s groovy distortion, hypnotizing bass, and overall energy kept bodies swaying and heads bobbing all night. Though the musicians of The Entrance Band have been on the scene for quite some
Brooklyn – Courtney Barnett spent the summer zipping across North America, playing several major music festivals, bringing her standout rock and roll show to audiences across the country. Barnett and her band The Courtney Barnett’s stole the show and played to her biggest crowd yet at Firefly Festival. They continued on to wow crowds at
New York – It’s hard to discuss Frank Iero’s latest endeavor without mentioning the My Chemical Romance split early last year. The emo act was held deep in the hearts of most misunderstood adolescents and the breakup displaced all those dramatic feelings. What band was your inner angry teenager going to listen to now? Then
Los Angeles — FYF Fest has officially blown up. The LA music festival that has been known as a calmer version of Coachella was not only overcrowded, but it was jam-packed with obstacles at every corner of downtown’s Exposition Park. Thank goodness the music was blasting to soothe festivalgoers’ frustration and broken spirits. Overall, the