New York – Porcelain Raft, the music project of Italian-born but world-traveled Mauro Remiddi, played a gig at Baby’s All Right celebrating the release of his latest EP, Half Awake. The EP was written and recorded in Greenpoint and is out on his own boutique label Volcanic Field. Remiddi’s already released two albums (Strange Weekend and
Milwaukee – Saturday night at Summerfest, Ohio pop sensations Walk the Moon brought the largest audience employees recalled ever having seen at the U.S. Cellular Stage. The tightly packed crowd stretched out to the waterfront. Everywhere you turned, painted faces and smiles greeted you. Fans up front waited all day, also taking in The Griswolds
Los Angeles – As The Echo’s house lights dimmed and the eager audience shuffled into place, an ominous drone filled the otherwise empty stage. One by one, Franklin James Fisher, Ryan Mahan, and Lee Tesche took the stage, each member of Algiers sporting a glare as menacing as the music playing behind them. At this
Los Angeles – Besides having an amazing writer (Tony Hardy) on the ground at Glastonbury, we were lucky enough to have access to the work of two truly wonderful concert photographers, Nathan Dainty (Very Creative) and Maja Smiejkowska. (Top photo: Chemical Brothers by Maja Smiejkowska). Here is some of their work: Alabama Shakes by Nathan Dainty We first
New York – London production duo Snakehips, consisting of Oliver Lee and James Carter, played two back to back NYC shows including a date at Music Hall of Williamsburg. They have already amassed extensive press and acclaim for both their original tracks and remixes featuring the likes of Bondax and The Weeknd. The duo are
Los Angeles – The latest band to join the recent trend of psych bands that sound a lot more like Hawkwind than The Grateful Dead is Philadelphia-based three-piece Ecstatic Vision. Signed to Relapse Records following an impressive demo tape and a reputation for a frenetic live show, Sonic Praise is the band’s first full-length release.
New York – Montreal ambient pop trio Seoul played a show at Elvis Guesthouse on June 24th, celebrating the release of their debut LP I Become A Shade, out now on Grand Jury. Band members Julian Flavin, Dexter Garcia and Nigel Ward have been playing music together since 2010, culminating in this rich debut towing the line
Los Angeles – After nearly five years of playing and touring together as a band, all of Radkey ’s hard work comes full circle on their debut album, Dark Black Makeup. Recorded primarily in the UK alongside producer Ross Orton (Arctic Monkeys, The Fall, Jarvis Cocker), the album is a blistering punk opus—13 tracks that show off the band’s knack for
Los Angeles - The Red Bull Music Academy is proud to announce the 61 participants of the 2015 Academy edition at la Gaîté lyrique in Paris. Selected by a jury out of 4,509 applications, this year’s class is composed of producers, DJs, instrumentalists, vocalists and composers from 37 different countries. (Represented for the first time in the Academy’s 17-year history are artists
Los Angeles – Alpine will embark on an extensive U.S. tour this fall with Joywave including dates in Los Angeles, Chicago and New York City. The band, who is currently touring Australia, continue to celebrate the release of their sophomore LP Yuck which is out now via Votiv Music. Recently, the band was featured on NPR