Partisan Records is thrilled to announce that Deer Tick has confirmed a three-week residency at Brooklyn Bowl in December, playing a different album and EP in full at each show. Deer Tick will play Born On Flag Day and More Fuel For The Fire EP on December 5th, The Black Dirt Sessions and Holy Shit
Last month I caught Thomas Wynn & The Believers at The Knitting Factory, where I also had some words with their brother and sister duo, Thomas Wynn and Olivia Wynn. The two were laid back and genuine Florida folk, who entertained my questions and talked about their new music, their rock and roll cowboy of
If you’re not one of the lucky ones going to Coachella, fear not, for Record Store Day 2012 is here. (Now that I think about it, even if you will be in the desert this weekend there’ll be a tent there, too. We just can’t win…) If you aren’t familiar with Record Store Day, it’s
Brian Lopez, a soulful, curly-headed, Tucson-raised singer-songwriter has made his way on to my music radar and left a great first impression with his first solo, full-length album, album, Ultra. Branching out from his role as the leader of experimental three-piece group Mostly Bears (which, according to Wikipedia, [awesomely] sounds like “Radiohead circa 1996 getting
Bardot–a Los Angeles club tucked into Hollywood’s dense layout–is swanky. Swanky like an old-school mansion with dark weaving hallways, swanky like tentatively walking in on some exclusive party, unsure of where you belong. Old friends met and chatted holding colorful drinks in dim light, surrounding me as I squeezed onto brocaded couches. People old and
Our Daniela Montelongo spent three days shooting the fun at Lollapalooza. She sent back so many great shots, that we couldn’t use them all. So here are some of the great photos we didn’t have room for the first time. We’re at Outside Lands in San Francisco and The Wilderness Festival in the U.K. this
Looking awesome while playing good music was the common theme I noticed during my second day at Lollapalooza. I started it off by swinging by the Black Lips set. While I watched a bottle of Jameson be placed on the stage for the intended mid show consumption by the band for this early afternoon set
On Saturday night, I got the chance to see a band called Dawes open up for Brett Dennen at the Orpheum Theater. Walking in downtown L.A. to the brightly-lit theater, I realized there really was a world beyond the seemingly impenetrable haze of the city’s skyline, and I found myself excited to have discovered this—like
Picked By: Jesse Diener-Bennett What: Make Music NY Where: Many venues all over NYC. You can search their website for shows by neighborhood, venue, genre, or artist. When: Tuesday, June 21st, times vary. Cost: ALL FREE! Age Restrictions: Varies according to venue.
The Black Angels in a haze of awesomeness. On Saturday night, I had the chance to see The Black Angels, Cold Cave, and The Kills at The Fox Theater in Pomona. So I drove east to the city, parked in a somewhat scary parking lot, and headed into the theater which looked a lot like