Nashville – If you think the Macy Gray hit “I Try” should be confined to karaoke bars, you haven’t heard Friendly Savages cover it with their assortment of folky instruments and The Avett Brothers-esque harmonies. Their version doesn’t reveal some sort of hidden brilliance that we’ve all missed up to this point, but it is
New York – After two days of non-stop music consumption, I couldn’t decide who to see on Thursday, so in the end I took the night off and rested up for Friday, which was our second and final official CMJ 2013 showcase of the marathon It was another good one. This time, people gathered
New York – Well, CMJ 2013 was another whirlwind of music and networking and music and late nights more music. It was a full five days of the streets of Brooklyn and Manhattan teaming with band members, racing from gig to gig and grabbing a quick slice or shot of espresso in between. Just watching
Nashville – The value of making music in a studio has been undermined in the last decade as more and more bedroom projects are breaking into the indie mainstream unaided by expensive recording equipment. If there was ever an album to turn the tide of this trend, it’s Brain Holiday, the latest effort from Mississippi
New York – The Lone Bellow is currently on a successful, nationwide, headlining tour and has recently partnered with UnArmed Media to capture candid footage around their packed homecoming show at Celebrate Brooklyn in Prospect Park this past summer. The intimate mini-documentary launched on Esquire.com and features the band’s current single, “Green Eyes And A
New York – Tinderbox Music Festival is an annual event showcasing a powerful and diverse lineup of established and emerging female artists producing innovative original music. Rooted in the vibrant New York City music scene, Tinderbox fosters community by providing opportunities to perform, collaborate, and connect. Tinderbox also donates 100% of its net proceeds to
Los Angeles – There’s a fluid element to Skaters live show. They play really close together, even on a larger stage, and they move around each other in an accidental, random fashion. You expect it to run afoul… But it doesn’t. And then there’s the kissing. The band from New York started their show in
Chicago – It was so easy to fall in love with Bethany Cosentino when she made her Best Coast album debut in 2010 with “Crazy for You”. She looked so cute strumming her guitar, playing her fuzzy surf pop odes to hook up regrets, and dedicating songs to her cat “Snacks”. It was exactly the
London – Managing to please everybody in an open plan office with your choice of music is a challenging feat. With as many different tastes as there are people, its neigh-on impossible to keep everybody happy (or indeed stop them from whinging). However, without exception, no album has gone down on our floor as
Nashville – Guitar virtuoso Gary Clark Jr. has gotten an outrageous amount of attention in the past few years. He was named Rolling Stone’s Best Young Gun, he has appeared alongside larger-than-life rockers like The Rolling Stones and Eric Clapton, and he’s even laid claim to May 3rd, the day dubbed “Gary Clark Jr. Day”