Chicago – Just shy of a full year since the release of the universally lauded Lost In The Dream (March 18, 2014), indie rock band, The War On Drugs, (Best New Bands’ 2014 Newbie Award Winners), have just announced a collection of fresh tour dates right around their performances for Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, Governor’s Ball, Sasquatch
London – For the final gig of the U.K. leg of its spring tour, The War on Drugs returned to Brixton in South London for a second sold-out show at the 5,000 capacity O2 Academy. It’s a curious venue with an imposing art deco frontage belying the shabbier nature of much of its interior. Opened
Brooklyn – The biggest cliché in band names during the 2000s was ‘wolf.’ For a while, it seemed like if a band didn’t have an extraneous consonant, they had some reference to wolves doing something wolves don’t normally do: Wolf Parade, Wolfmother, Sea Wolf, and about a bajillion others. Eventually, a moratorium was called and
Los Angeles – Last Friday’s record-release show for Colleen Green’s third full-length record, I Want To Grow Up, was essentially just an enormous punk-rock party – an all-ages event that had the spontaneity and organization of a high-school basement show. There was no green room for this show at Historic Monument 157, as Colleen spent
New York – Courtney Barnett, the mold-breaking musician out of Melbourne, Australia (and Best New Bands 2014 Newbie Award Winner), is unleashing a double dose of news for anxious fans: new music and a massive North American tour! The Aussie’s forthcoming debut album, Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit is set
Nashville – Franklin, Tennessee natives Colony House delivered a hearty homecoming performance to local audiences this past Friday night at Marathon Music Works. The band returned to the south as a part of their tour alongside the South African alternative band Kongos and the indie pop group Sir Sly. The venue, housed in the sprawling
Los Angeles – Chicago indie rockers Empires played to a sold-out show with Rush Midnight, LANY, and headliners Cathedrals. While the other bands attracted a strong core audience with their penchant for synthesizers, the quartet brought something quite different to the night’s lineup. Their pure indie rock resonance was a definite highlight and a refreshing
Chicago – Andrew Hozier-Byrne, the Irishman who has been melting hearts and turning concert halls into places of musical worship, played a sold-out show at the Riviera Theatre this past Wednesday night. The 24-year-old blues lover creates fantastic indie rock infused with a mix of gospel, soul, folk, and blues. Hearing Hozier live with his
Chicago – Tightly packed fans waited anxiously for UK band Catfish and the Bottlemen to take the stage at Schubas Tuesday night. Just a few hours earlier, the line for entry to the sold-out show twisted around the corner onto Belmont Avenue. Those who were lucky enough to snatch a ticket were now inside the
Chicago – While patiently waiting to see the baby-faced PA boys of The Districts, a group of college kids talked conspiracy theories, asserting Courtney Love killed Kurt Cobain and Biggie and Tupac faked their deaths. The band they were “so psyched” to see has been bringing the blues to countless millennials… and Gen-Xers, too. Even