Last week was a bit of a big deal due to the Grammys, which is an awards ceremony that some people may have watched like we did. We couldn’t help but point out out favorite highlights, which just so happened to include several artists that we’ve mentioned previously on the site. Anybody heard of Gotye?
New band Hank And Cupcakes packed Pianos to the brim Tuesday night. The bass and drum duo roared through their set like wild things romping through a neon electro-funk jungle with the energy level of a ridiculously high intensity. The now Brooklyn-based couple formed in Tel Aviv, named themselves in reference to Charles Bukowski, and
This past week was especially full of best new music, and heavy on the garage surf rock tip. Trixie Whitley was the most impressive show I caught live, while Tomten provided a “blissful Baroque-indie-dream-pop” experience for Brigit. Singer/songwriter Jenny O. was our latest Artist of the Week, and we reviewed brand new albums from Bleeding
The hypnotic Memory Tapes played Glasslands with TEEN and Denitia and Sene this week, who each brought totally different musical vibe to the room, but it all culminated into a finale dance party thanks to Memory Tape’s bouncing basslines, and the crowd chanting “One! More! Song!” before the house music just came back on. The
Here we go with Mixtape #10! This past week was heavy on the psych shoegaze and blues side, with coverage of Writer and Palma Violets, our Artist of the Week The Growlers, plus an album review from our new Seattle contributor Brigit Anderson, who had some nice words for BellaMaine’s new EP. Other recent jams
Trixie Whitley is doing the right thing. The proof was all throughout her completely sold out and highly emotive performance at New York’s Le Poisson Rouge last Thursday. This was the record release show for her debut album, Fourth Corner, marking an occasion that Trixie had been dreaming of since she was 12. The daughter of
Tuesday was the last residency show for Writer at Pianos – they played every Tuesday this past month, with the exception of one, and they went out with a “ghettotech garage rock” brotherly bang. Writer is the brainchild of two brothers from San Diego who now reside in Brooklyn, and together make what is something
This week’s mixtape starts right off with the A-side from Gringo Star’s new 7 inch, and who we reviewed recently. Haim just happens to follow, since Katrina had a Q&A with oldest Haim sister Este, where she talked about being in a band with siblings, their recent success, plus a top 5 album list for
Palma Violets took Shea Stadium by storm last weekend. Shea is known for their DIY all ages shows, that can get plenty crazy, and this London psych punkers went for it full force. They were getting talked about fiercely before they had released an album, and their first single ‘Best of Friends” was even voted
Right on the heels of our live review of Gringo Star, we take a more in depth look behind the band through a conversation I had with founding member Nick Furgiuele. Here he gives us a rather comprehensive rundown of what’s hot in the music scene of Atlanta right now, with a tour of sorts