San Francisco – The first time I saw San Fermin, it was in a tiny club in New Orleans called Gasa Gasa. Their eponymous debut album was barely six months old, and even on a cool March evening everyone was sweating in the tiny space. Still, it was a sold out show, and for good
New York — Seven Lions (Jeff Montalvo) premieres his brand new music video for “A Way To Say Goodbye,” featuring Sombear, on VEVO today. Watch it below! The song is the latest single from his recently released EP, The Throes of Winter (Casablanca Records), available digitally now. In addition, the Southern California artist and producer will release his The Throes of Winter – Remixes on May 26, 2015.
San Francisco – Upon first listening, American (Tennessee-born, San Francisco-transplant) sound artist’s Holly Herndon’s second full-length effort Platform sounds more like an experiment than an album. First impressions can be deceiving, however, as Platform actually takes a truer form as an LP—a result of a delicate hypothesis and scientific tenacity—than what many modern artists deign
Los Angeles – As co-founding member Justin Gilman explained, Diamond Youth, his newest project alongside longtime friend Sam Trapkin was borne out of a simple desire to “write some rock music” that paid tribute to the music of their youth. With their first full-length album, Nothing Matters being released this week on Topshelf Records, the
New York – The music of The Growlers is unmistakable. Sure, you can hone in on some influences baked into the work of this California-bred band. Heck, even they’d cop to a few, like Ricky Nelson and The Clash but, once those same ”RIYL” tags have been filtered through the minds and hands and voices of this
Portland – Melbourne’s soulful newcomers, Jakubi, are on the rise to fame. The vivacious band is currently on their second U.S. tour promoting their EP Holiday and newly released single, “Couch Potato.” The band’s show at the Goodfoot Pub & Lounge brought even their underage fans. Bassist Jacob Farah didn’t let them leave empty-handed however,
Chicago – Blue and purple lights danced around stage. The men of Mini Mansions glowed turquoise, indigo, and cyan while singing, “Do you want to have fun / Do you want a good time?” Surely everyone at The Riviera Theatre was down for both, and thanks to LA three-piece Mini Mansions, an entertaining evening was
New York – Stranger Cat, comprised of Cat Martino and accompanied by Sven Britt, released their debut LP aptly named Into The Wilderness, reviewed by BestNewBands as “an electronic wonderland of sound”, on April 14th via Joyful Noise Records. Martino, whose familiar vocals have laid down an impressive track record that has kept company recording
Portland – Cheerleader is the latest band rising from the ever-evolving Philadelphia music scene. The five-piece drops their first full-length album, The Sunshine Of Your Youth, May 19th. Cheerleader’s beachy indie rock is a testament to their influences, which include The Beach Boys and The Beatles, but they luckily have the ability to make the
Los Angeles – Portland, Oregon based, electro-pop group, Priory, have just released their new new album, Need to Know, and to celebrate, they’ve teamed up with NYLON Magazine, Shazam and Visit Barbados to fly two lucky winners and their guests to Barbados, where the band will be performing live on the island. Winners will receive round trip flights, three nights at the