New York – It’s already poppin’ down in Austin, and we’ve already shared our artists we’d like to see at SXSW, plus a bunch of preview tracks on the last mixtape, but we’re just going to keep right on going like all you SXSW partiers with your energy drinks and give you another playlist full
New York – With all the SXSW to-do snowballing, our eyes are opening wider on what’s going on in any music scene, so the coverage is expanded and varied, as well as new releases to get stoked on. Many of the artists on this mix will be at SXSW, so have listen and get in
New York – Everybody’s talking about Nothing, about how they’re Philly’s best shoegaze band, and how they’re dark and beautiful and heavy and sad but very cool. Well, yeah. Nothing is all of that. Today the four-piece releases their debut LP, Guilty of Everything, on Relapse, a record that takes themes of serious pain and just
New York – A week closer to SXSW and we’re back with our part 2 of New Bands We Want To See At SXSW. You know we can’t just stop at 5 artists to watch out for and pretend we really could narrow it down to just that many out of the clusterf*ck of shows
New York – Cat Casual and The Other Lovers kicked off the night, with a classic rock n’ roll noir sound that could easily be on a soundtrack to a Jim Jarmush film. It doesn’t’ hurt that frontman and songwriter William Benton is a dead ringer for Tom Waits in Down by Law – which
New York – NYC-based melodic garage punk band Skaters played their album release show at Bowery Ballroom Monday, and it was nothing short of a riotous dance party. Skaters came out to the Ghost Busters theme song as a tribute to the recently departed Harold Ramis, who played Egon. But, because this show was a celebration
New York – We’re getting ready for the huge music, food, panels, and party convergence that is SXSW, and it seems that every year trying to pick out the must-see gems gets exponentially harder with the mammoth proportions this festival has grown to. With the plethora of shows and other events all happening, it’s rather
New York – On Manhattan, the debut full length from Skaters, the band has honed a city into an album. Singer Michael Ian Cummings, drummer Noah Rubin, guitarist Joshua Hubbard, and bassist Dan Burke embody the kind of motion and energy that only in NYC can it make sense the way it does. These punks are
New York – Savannah, GA based independent label Graveface Records has embarked on a Roadshow tour, featuring a handful of represented artists. All heavily on the shoegaze side, Monday night Shea Stadium hosted the lineup of The Casket Girls, The Stargazer Lilies, Creepoid, and Dreamend, featuring founder Ryan Graveface himself in more than one of the bands.
New York – This mix is full of musical love that goes beyond Valentine’s Day, encompassing all the different ways to feel passionate about something, whether it’s science, adventure, new and old relationships, and recognizing that sometimes you’re just too busy to think about any of that mess. In recent coverage, Liz reviewed So Long, See You