Los Angeles - Just a few weeks ago the Troubadour night club hosted one of the biggest comebacks in music history when Axl Rose and Slash performed on stage together for the first time in over two decades. Despite being one of the most heralded guitarists in rock history, just a few days later, The Wild Feathers may have upstaged Slash.
New York – Dawes has announced plans for a busy summer season, highlighted by a major US headline tour. The dates begin Sunday, July 3rd at Manteo, NC’s Waterside Theatre and then continue through late July (see itinerary below). Dawes will be joined on the newly announced dates by such stellar support acts (and Best New Bands
Chicago – After putting countless hours in the studio, London based folk singer Reuben Hollebon is set to release his debut album Terminal Nostalgia. His obsessive need to create music began with engineering the songs of other artists, such as Basement Jaxx and Courtney Barnett, and eventually led him to create his own music. Hollebon’s time, energy, and devotion has
Chicago – When was the last time you attended a show that left emotionally wrenched? In a good way, of course… For me, it was last Thursday night, when U.K. post-punk band Savages unleashed one of the most powerful performances I’ve ever seen. The ladies of Savages – Gemma Thompson (guitar), Ayse Hassan (bass),
Los Angeles - Grammy nominated singer-songwriter Mayer Hawthorne will perform on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Wednesday April 13th, in support of his fourth full-length record, Man About Town, which is available everywhere today via Vagrant Records/BMG. Mayer Hawthorne will be performing the album’s single, “Love Like That.” Fans can grab tickets to attend here. Mayer Hawthorne was a Best New Bands Featured Artist,
Portland – Montreal punk band Solids has premiered a new music video, for the single “Blank Stare,” from the EP Else. The illustrated video was directed by visual artist, and friend of the band, Emilio Esteban. It is what he describes as “a disruptive visual attempt to burn down a house, save dogs, and end with a blank stare at
Chicago – The English rockers of The Dunwells have been making music since 2009, but it was the band’s debut 2012 album Blind Sighted Faith, that first brought them to the attention to many within the music world. Blind Sighted Faith mixed acoustic and electric for a modern Americana feel and was recorded in 2011,
Los Angeles – Canada’s HIGHS shows off flair and slick production on the sweeping alt-pop debut, Dazzle Camouflage. The band – which consists of Doug Haynes, Karrie Douglas, Joel Harrower, Paul Vroom, and Liam Cole – has crafted the first “true” summer album of 2016. Dazzle Camouflage marks the follow-up to the band’s 2014 self-titled EP and a
Richmond – Minnesota band Tiny Moving Parts is having a good day. The trio premiered the new music video for “Headache” via NPR, who called the track “a wide-swinging pop-punk song with some wily finger-tapping.” Tiny Moving Parts also announced it will release a brand new LP through Triple Crown Records, titled Celebrate, on May 20, 2016, and revealed the album
Oakland – “I want to be a pop idol.” That is Oscar Wilde’s first and only line in the 1998 film Velvet Goldmine, director Todd Haynes’ love letter to the glam rock phenomenon that took London by storm, during the 1970s. In the film, Wilde is found on a doorstep, affixed with a precious jewel that is meant