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
New York – Heartless Bastards have released a hilarious new video for the song “Hi-Line” from their just-released album Restless Ones. The video was directed by Frank Weysos and stars Bushwick Bill who plays the band’s agent. He takes calls from people looking for country, rock and hip hop acts telling each of them that
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
Berlin – Chris Marshall and The August Light’s new LP is out and it’s a welcome expansion of their previous work. Traditionally, Seattle has been known as the place on the West Coast to find the best emerging musical acts. But over the last few years, Portland has made its name as another city to
San Francisco – What’s that sound? It’s a punk band. No, it’s a metal band. Nah, it sounds like gritty prog-rock. Not quite – it’s Mutoid Man, a heavy hybrid of all those genres, possibly the result of some sweaty, noisy orgy featuring Black Flag, Exodus and King Crimson. Mutoid Man’s name certainly captures their
Portland – Portland was introduced to Shady Elders Monday night at the industrial district’s Rotture. It being their second stint in Portland, they were noticeably excited to be playing again. The four-piece border indie rock while managing to maintain an array of dark dream pop and shoegaze. Fox Rodemich sets their gloomier tone with her
New York – Australia based band Little May just released track “Home” off their yet to be named forthcoming debut album (produced by The National’s Aaron Dessner) due out later this year. Known for their dark tangle of raw lyrics, honest and haunting melodies and voices upon voices upon voices, Sydney-based outfit Little May return
Los Angeles – Those that arrived early to The Troubadour for last week’s Surfer Blood-headlining show were treated to the guitar-driven rock and roll of Edmonton’s own Alex Calder (though he now resides in Montreal). Although his band’s opening performance was not particularly long, it was packed full of some of the best tracks from
San Francisco – There’s always been a hint of sadness evident in the California Dream, whether it was expressed by Warren Zevon coming down from a bad hangover in a seedy Hollywood motel or Sly Stone up in the Bay Area lamenting the sorry state of race relations in America. Cayucas, with roots in the
New York – Today, MS MR released the third new track, “How Does It Feel,” from their highly anticipated sophomore album. Watch the lyric video here. The album How Does It Feel was named one of Billboard’s “25 Summer Albums We Can’t Wait to Hear” and will be released July 17 via Columbia Records. It