Los Angeles – On Wednesday night, Toronto-based power pop band Ménage wrapped up a handful of dates in Los Angeles, adapting their sound to the quiet ambiance of Hollywood’s famed The Hotel Café. While the band is more known for its guitar distortion and a well-contained aggression, their performance was more subdued and featured an
Los Angeles – As we enter what is known as “festival season,” there are always a few bands that make an enormous impression on the audiences, their songs going on to be considered the “songs of the summer” for the indie music world. Last year Future Islands played that roll, catapulting to the forefront of
New York – The Leeds based foursome that are alt-J, have just announced a fresh batch of performance dates to the tour announced back in February, planned for this summer throughout North America –the first of which happens tonight in Cleveland, OH. Past that, there are also listings for brand new dates scheduled to take place in the fall. Just
Brooklyn – Jack Ladder & the Dreamlanders have an unwieldy, confusing name and are an “uncool” band. They may dress ridiculously and even make “unfashionable” music. But being dorky doesn’t disqualify them from being worth your time. Lyrics-driven music is almost always uncool; look at Pulp’s Jarvis Cocker. Jarvis was a skinny nerd who didn’t
Nashville – In anticipation of their latest release, Albany, NY natives Northern Faces have embarked on their first ever U.S. tour and stopped here along the way this past Friday night at the High Watt. Though the tour is set to conclude in less than a month, the band’s debut full-length album will drop shortly
Seattle – Capitol Hill Block Party (CHBP) has just announced the first group of artists confirmed to be part of this year’s installment of the iconic music festival. The festivities are scheduled to take place over July 24-26 in the Evergreen state. Some of the acts appearing will include the multi-talented indie pop artist and producer, Toro y
Chicago – I’ve been sitting in Starbucks, staring at my MacBook, for about an hour, trying to figure out how to best describe what it’s like to witness Diarrhea Planet wreak havoc. There’s a whole lot of stage diving, crowdsurfing, moshing, thrashing, hair flying, hair pulling, beer tossing, sweat dripping, shouting and screaming, stage climbing, and of
New York – Best New Bands is a big fan of Milky Chance, the electro folk act from Germany, whose debut record, Sadnecessary, left contributor Liz Rowley writing an enthusiastic review and also saw them named as one of the bands we’d most like to see this spring touring season. The new dates contribute to the first portion of Milky Chance’s tour; 39 dates of
Los Angeles – Magic Man positively presented the “magic” to the El Rey Theater on Wednesday night to a boisterous crowd. While the group had opened for other acts such as Walk The Moon and Smallpools not too long ago, this marks the first headlining tour for the Boston synth-pop buffs. Magic Man, formed by
Nashville – With more than just a spring in their step, the upbeat indie-pop MisterWives played a sold-out set at the High Watt as a part of their 2015 spring tour. Their tour dates follow swiftly behind the release of their debut LP, Our Own House (via Photo Finish Records), which dropped a little more