Chicago – Nashville band All Them Witches got the second night of Tomorrow Never Knows Fest going with their psychedelic, southern, bluesy rock, heating up Lincoln Hall with plenty of sick jam sessions. All Them Witches were joined by fellow Nashville band Ranch Ghost and Louisville band Old Baby. Every winter TNK Fest brings a
Chicago – 2015 was a the year X Ambassadors broke into the mainstream. The New York band could be heard at every turn, with “Renegades” playing on TV in a Jeep commercial and songs like “Unsteady” playing on the radio. The foursome toured extensively, played a handful of festivals, including Bonnaroo, and released their debut
London – Glastonbury Festival has just announced details of its Emerging Talent Competition 2016, giving new UK and Ireland-based acts of any musical genre the chance to compete for a spot on one of the main stages at this summer’s Festival which runs from 22nd to 26th June. The winners of the free-to-enter competition will
New York – M83, aka Anthony Gonzalez, has announced an initial series of North American tour dates, including special performances at the renowned Coachella festival in Indio, CA and The Governor’s Ball in NYC. This summer will see further festival performances across the globe, including stops in Spain, Germany, Sweden and more. Tickets will be
Los Angeles – After about two months of very-light scheduling at music venues across the world, 2016 is here. Last year saw the release of many exciting new albums, and now those artists are taking to the road in support of their newest releases. One such band with a brand new album in 2015 was
Los Angeles – This March, Cage The Elephant, Silversun Pickups, Foals, and Bear Hands will embark on Spring Fling Rock AF 2016. The 15-city U.S. arena tour packages some of the best new bands in alternative music today, and harkens back to the days when artists crisscrossed the country together on package tours – often hitting cities and towns that otherwise wouldn’t have access to
Chicago – Austin based, Toronto born band Black Pistol Fire kicked off their North American tour in the Windy City this past week. The rock duo sold out their show at Schubas so quickly it was moved to Schubas’ larger sister venue, Lincoln Hall, and in turn, guitarist Kevin McKeown and drummer Eric Owen sold out Lincoln Hall. Fans
Chicago – This past weekend PUP rolled into Chica… er, Palatine, Illinois, with Modern Baseball, Tiny Moving Parts, and Jeff Rosenstock, playing an all-ages sold-out show at Durty Nellie’s. Killer line-up, right? But man, a show in the suburbs! Between the show being on a school night and being in boofoo Egypt, this teacher was questioning her
Rotterdam – Grey skies ignited with a blaze of sunset red gave way to a reasonably temperate evening – well, for November – as music fans headed downtown to one of the Dutch sea port’s lively venues, Rotown. Tagged in Lonely Planet’s Best in Travel 2016 as a top 10 city destination, Rotterdam is immediately
Chicago – The Saturday evening of Thanksgiving weekend, together PANGEA, White Reaper, and the Flesh Panthers packed an all-ages sold-out show at Subterranean with excited fans from all over the Midwest, as well as friends from the Chicago music scene, including Twin Peaks’ Clay Frankel and The Orwells’ Henry Brinner and Mario Cuomo. Though more impressively, they had fans rocking