Portland – Swansea stepped onto the Doug Fir stage for the first time on Tuesday night. The Portland-based three-piece, comprised of vocalist and keyboardist Rebecca Sanborn, multi-instrumentalist Kyleen King, and drummer Jj Tanzer, formed in 2011 after adding King to their duo project, and have been playing venues in the Northwest ever since. The band
New York – Juxtaposing booming city rhythms with lilting folk, Jeremy Loops perfectly captures the duality of his South African life. The extremes aren’t new to the singer, who by day travels to the furthest corners of Africa to combat deforestation through his organization, Greenpop, and by night, resumes as raconteur for lively fans around the world.
Los Angeles – Neo-soul quartet, Hiatus Kaiyote will release their new album Choose Your Weapon this Monday via Flying Buddha / Sony Music Masterworks. Fans can stream it now HERE. The Grammy-nominated four-piece group received rave reviews for their sets during SXSW last month, and is set to return to the U.S. for a headline tour kicking off May 2.
New York – Electronica band, The Acid, have just revealed their poignant song, “Onyx,” (which was previously only available on the vinyl release of their album, Liminal) as they also announce their live debut in New York City, slated for June 16, 2015 as part of Red Bull’s Sound Select series. The Acid will be performing at Lot
New York – After returning to the Late Show with David Letterman last night, Future Islands have officially released two new tracks: “The Chase” and “Haunted By You.” Last March, the Baltimore-based trio of William Cashion, Samuel T. Herring and Gerrit Whelmers, made their groundbreaking network television debut on Letterman. Yesterday evening they debuted new single “The
New York – Following its debut on BBC’s famed Annie Mac radio show, global platinum-selling, BRIT Award-winning, Mercury prize-nominated, London drum and bass/soul band, Rudimental, unveil their leading single “Never Let You Go.” The track is to be taken from their highly anticipated, forthcoming sophomore album, arriving via Big Beat Records. It will be available from iTunes starting
Austin—Why do punk and blues make such great, timeless bedfellows? What synergy has kept Jack White, the Black Lips, and the Black Keys popular since the turn of the century? How, 15 years later, has Benjamin Booker made something new and thrilling in a subgenre that appeared to be all out of new frontiers? Whatever
Portland – Odessa’s dreamy pop grows personal with the arrival of her self-titled debut LP. Odessa is an entryway to the artist’s thoughts, aggravations and self-doubts. The LP becomes an experience for the listener, one in which they feel as if they are getting to know Odessa from the inside out. In this way, songwriting
New York – Indie rock band, On An On, are excited to announce the upcoming release of And The Wave Has Two Sides, which comes out July 24, 2015 via Roll Call Records. The Minneapolis based trio recorded the follow up to their debut album, Give In, at the famous Sunset Sound studios in Los Angeles with legendary producer
Chicago - Django Django, the British quartet made up of Dave Maclean (producer/drummer), Vinnie Neff (singer/guitarist), Jimmy Dixon (bass) and Tommy Grace (synths), are about release their sophomore record, Born Under Saturn, which comes out next week via Ribbon Music (and Because overseas). Today, the band present the music video for their second single, “Reflections,” which shows