New York – The Boom Boom Room at the Standard Hotel is barely a music venue. It’s mostly a swanky bar on the top floor of a trendy Meatpacking District hotel where tourists and new-money Manhattan-ites gather to preen and feel exclusive and eat frites, which is what you eat if you want to seem
Australian rockers, The Preatures, (who were a Best New Bands recommended act to see at last year’s ACL Fest,) are getting ready for a big spring tour across the U.S.! The Sydney-based band is keeping the heat turned up in support of their critically acclaimed debut album Blue Planet Eyes, which was released last fall.
Austin – One of the biggest names in music festivals is getting bigger this year, growing to a second weekend to accommodate a larger lineup, and, maybe more importantly, a larger crowd. Austin City Limits presents a mix of pop music’s biggest new names and some welcome reunions (Outkast and The Replacements? My mind has