Somerset, UK - 2016′s Glastonbury Festival opened its gates on Wednesday followed by tales of up to 12 hour queues to get onsite, along with the combination of rain and people on already well-watered land, turning the lush pastures of Worthy Farm into a familiar quagmire. The weather was kinder to early festival goers on Thursday but less so to those
New York – Come, take shade under the magnificent leaves of the Hunna Tree. With roots buried deep in the urgency of rock and a laid-back sound dappled with an indie aesthetic, The Hunna ask you to take a leaf out of its book, by letting go of your inhibitions. Be young, be free, and be whoever the
San Francisco – “What?” That was the word being shouted from virtually everyone leaving San Francisco’s Bottom of the Hill on Tuesday night, with futile attempts at conversation over the resounding din of blossoming tinnitus. Earplugs were a necessary accessory that night, as Canada’s SUUNS blasted drone-heavy, electro-stained post rock through the eardrums and straight down to the bones
Chicago – On a beautiful Friday night in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood, just a stone’s throw from Lake Michigan, excited fans walked the streets towards Park West to see twenty year-old U.K. singer-songwriter Jasmine Lucilla Elizabeth Jennifer van den Bogaerde, better known as Birdy, who has been touring in support of her third album Beautiful
New York – There’s a dilemma that every songwriter faces: whether to be so vague that the listener might superimpose their own life, or whether to get so specific that the listener tumbles into the plot. Of course, the latter approach can wind up getting a writer into trouble. Teeth & Tongue – the musical
London – Having condensed this year’s Glastonbury Festival line-up to a mere 36 A4 pages of 10-point type, the red pen quickly runs out as you mark down all those must-see acts from tempting newcomers to sure-fire headliners. Mindful that your name isn’t Marty McFly, or the good Doctor for that matter, the process of scheduling who
Chicago – I’m not sure what I was thinking taking on a show the night before I was set to leave for Bonnaroo – wait, yes I do: I was thinking, “OMG, Cage The F***ing Elephant!” Who in their right mind would pass up the opportunity to see the Bowling Green, Kentucky rockers who have,
Manchester, TN - As the second half of the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival’s 15th anniversary edition began on Saturday morning, neither the merciless (and gradually building) heat and humidity nor the profound, almost tangible energy emanating from the thousands of festivalgoers showed any sign of halting. Despite a dramatic increase in temperature and a severe weather threat that prompted
London – There were many raised eyebrows in the summer of ’14 when founding lead guitarist Billy Bibby parted company with Catfish & The Bottlemen just as seven years of serious dues-paying were about to culminate in the release of subsequent hit album, The Balcony. Bibby seemed uncertain of his immediate plans beyond some song
Manchester, TN – Well here we are again: another sunny weekend full of blistering heat and multitudes of glorious debauchery to be witnessed down at Great Stage Park in Manchester. The annual Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival in south central Tennessee always promises eclectic lineups, visual and aural spectacle, and an altogether memorable experience. Whether you’re new to the