Years from now, when Las Vegas-based Imagine Dragons are playing to sold out arenas and aren’t considered a new band; fans will look back on nights like Tuesday at the Independent in San Francisco and wonder why they weren’t there. They’ll wonder how they could have missed out on such a ridiculously talented band and
Fat Possum Records is pleased to release “We Can’t Be Beat,” the lead track from The Walkmen’s upcoming album Heaven, on May 29th. The record is the band’s sixth and was produced by Phil Ek (Fleet Foxes, Shins, Band of Horses) in Seattle. The Walkmen just celebrated their 10th anniversary and are still comprised of the
While the majority of Angelinos spent their Cinco de Mayo drinking strong margaritas at unnecessarily busy Mexican restaurants, I spent mine at The Fonda Theatre in Hollywood with Ernest Greene and his band, Washed Out. I’ve been a fan of Greene’s tranquil brand of chillwave since he released his first EP in 2009, and I
For the past half-decade, Silversun Pickups have brought their brand of fuzzed out, droned guitar rock to the masses. The quartet has been one of the best new bands to come from the indie hotbed of Silver Lake in Los Angeles. They’ve garnered legions of fans across the globe with by doing what they do
Premiere “Must Land Running” Bernsden Remix On Earbuddy Debut LP Wildlife Pop Out June 12th On Black Bell Records Warped Tour Dates 05/19 – Lawrence University – Appleton, WI06/16 – Utah State Fairpark – Salt Lake City, UT06/17 – Sports Authority Field At Mile High – Denver, CO06/20 – Luxor Festival Lot – Las Vegas,
It’s hard to believe that a mere two-and-a-half years ago I was watching Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros play at Portland’s small Holocene club. I had been following Alex Ebert’s other band, Ima Robot, for years, so when I caught wind that he was starting a new band, I had to check it out.
Black Marble sounds exactly like what their name implies: cold and dark. Their show at New York City’s Le Poisson Rouge this past Thursday showed the duo of Chris Stewart and Ty Kube invoking post punk and no wave styles from more classic bands like Suicide, and being on the same plane as more current
Monday nights don’t tend to scream awesome show nights, but I was proven wrong this past week when the band Royal Canoe came into my life. This six-piece band hailing from Winnipeg, Canada were an obvious standout at The Double Door in Chicago. As soon as the show was over I had to download their
Some bands were just meant to live in another era, and the Los Angeles-based quartet Vintage Trouble is one of them. Ty Taylor, Nalle Colt, Richard Danielson and Rick Barrio Dill not only create a soulful blend of blues and R&B, but they look like they stepped out of the 1950s. Dressed in fedoras and
In two weeks, on May 15th, the Wakefield trio will release their fifth studio album, In The Belly of the Brazen Bull, via Wichita Records. Recorded between Abbey Road in London, Steve Albini’s EAR studio in Chicago, and David Fridmann’s Tarbox Road studio in Upstate New York, the album can now be streamed in it’s entirety