Seattle – Palma Violets released its debut album, 180, earlier this year which we clearly loved so it was a treat to hear most of the songs on the album played live. The band was supposed to play Seattle’s Neumos on October 14 (which is big and dark and awesome) but for reasons unclear, the UK
It’s been a wild year for Golden Grrrls. The Glasgow/London-based outfit released a romping self-titled debut album via Slumberland Records (U.S.) and Night School (UK), toured Stateside for the first time (a feat they never thought they’d achieve), and filmed a music video for the album’s single, “Take Your Time.” What began as a bedroom
London and Seattle might have an unspoken agreement between the drizzly cities that when natives of the two cities meet, presumptions of shallow and surficial friendliness can be cast aside and everyone will know that they’re all having a good time and enjoying the fact that the other one exists without making any physical or
There’s something about The Temper Trap’s Dougy Mandagi’s voice that’s enchanting. The cooed falsetto and Jeff Buckley-esque vocals that made the band’s single “Sweet Disposition” from their 2009 debut album, Conditions, a massive international hit. But Mandagi’s distinctive voice alone is not enough. In the case of The Temper Trap, it takes five to make
Monday, December 12, Dodos, Dignan Porch at Corsica Studios – London – 7pm Monday, December 12th: Acidic, Chamber of Echos at The Roxy Theater – Los Angeles – 9:45pm – Free Show Tuesday, December 13th: Gary Clark Jr. w/ White Dress at The Mercury Lounge – NYC – 9:15 – $15 – 21+ Thursday December
One evening Greg Hughes, an American musician in London, boarded a train to London Bridge. The sign on the train was incorrect though; the train actually stopped at Kidbrooke. Hughes got off the train and stood at the platform, waiting. Next to him stood a young woman by the name of Tessa Murray. “’Did you
Mandala, the moniker of the musical project started by London’s Cameron McLain, has released a new music video for his song “I’m No Echo,” which you can watch at the link below. The video was filmed in a cavernous warehouse in Brooklyn, NY, and is a single, uninterrupted shot. The camera roams through a crowd
It was a night of retrospectively paying tribute to a genre that conjures up the music of the 70s. Two bands that wave the banner for revival rock hit the stage at the O2 – Gentleman’s Pistols with its hairy, metal laced heavy rock and The Answer with equally hairy, Irish brogue, evangelical stuff. This
As we wrote last week, Will Knox is on a five-week tour of America in support of his new EP, Lexicon. Fortunately when we saw Knox, we got a copy of the new record, if you want to call it that. The artwork is unlike anything we’ve ever seen and for that, we have to
So, I’m from L.A.- there are VERY few things I’d leave the house for when it’s raining outside. I barely even know what rain is, but Is Tropical was hitting XOYO in London for the big record release show it was of must-see status. Several days later, a still drenched hoodie, and I’m still living