Los Angeles – Every time Elmhurst, IL-based garage rock band The Orwells take the stage, they leave a trail of dropped jaws and sweat-soaked shirts. And it this point, those jaws are finally not hanging due to the band members’ eye-popping youthfulness. In a move typically reserved for savant-level athletes or academics, the five band
Chicago – For me, day two of Riot Fest got off to a rocky start. Between sleeping through my alarm and getting stuck in traffic, I was starting to wonder if I’d ever find my way to Humboldt Park. I missed The Picturebooks and Wavves, and as I walked towards the gates of Riot Fest,
Chicago – While others are ushering in the Fall with pumpkin spice lattes and already working at piecing together Halloween costumes, Chicagoans are refusing to let go of summer. At least for one more weekend, anyway. Beginning this Friday, September 12, Chicago’s Humboldt Park will host Riot Fest and three days of music, carnivals rides,
Los Angeles – New York City band SKATERS are gearing up to hit the road for a national fall tour with The Orwells, kicking off Sept. 8 in Columbus, OH, and including stops in San Francisco, LA, Philadelphia, DC, and their hometown of NYC. See below for a full list of tour dates. SKATERS have been hard at work
Chicago – I said it before, and I’ll say it again: 2014 is the year of The Orwells! Soon everyone and their mom will know who they are thanks to their sophomore album Disgraceland, with a plethora of influences from 90s rock to flower folk. Disgraceland is “new old school” and will no doubt expose another generation of kids
Chicago – Warning: If you can’t deal with mosh pits, crowd surfing, and a little blood, sweat, and tears, then an Orwells concert is NOT for you… or perhaps you just need to grab a seat in the balcony. But if you can let loose, get crazy, and go with the flow, I highly recommend
Los Angeles – Chicago five-piece The Orwells are excited to announce a tour with The Arctic Monkeys beginning in January of next year. The band recently finished a tour with their friends in FIDLAR that took them around the country, including an especially wild show at NYC’s Bowery Ballroom. The band also revealed that they
Chicago – The ghouls and goblins were ready to rage this Halloween at The Subterranean. Everyone from Sasquatch to Richard Nixon braced themselves for the chaos, until FIDLAR finally descended from the spiral staircase backstage to give the restless kindred spirits what they needed. Donned in matching blue graduation gowns and face makeup, FIDLAR, an
The Orwells’ Who Needs You, a follow-up to their Other Voices EP which they released earlier this year, is barely 12 minutes long. It’s a very, very fun 12 minutes and wholly deserving of a track-by-track analysis. 1. Who Needs You This song! Seriously, this song. From the solitary few drumbeats that kick it off
After a sold out spring tour with Wavves, FIDLAR is thrilled to announce their debut fall headlining tour, with stops at Austin City Limits and Bumbershoot Festivals. Jon Pareles (New York Times) commented on one of the band’s SXSW performances, stating, “FIDLAR, from Los Angeles, worked a sly paradox. In songs about characters leading dissolute, drug-addled