The winter edition of the Primavera Sound Festival that takes over Barcelona in the summer, Primavera Club takes place the end of November to ease music festival withdraws in both Barcelona and Madrid. Fleet Foxes (shown above – Image by Sean Pecknold) are a major staple at the festival this year, playing the only shows
Danish electronic artist and multi-instrumentalist Trentemøller has sold out tours around the world, been nominated for a U.S. Grammy, and has earned a reputation as being one of the hottest producers and in-demand remixers in the last few years. He also has great taste in music. This is an artist who already has a solid
Total Slacker The implied apathy of Total Slacker is all just a rouse – these guys put a lot of energy into their shows. They are adept musically and mentally. Their lyrics, despite being based around many a joke on irony and the 90s, are culturally conscious and politically aware. Their music clearly draws from
Humans are Peter Ricq and Robbie Slade (Image by Justin Tyler), who are two guys who make music to dance to. You could meet your next significant other at one of their shows, or you can just re-discover one of the first things humans learned how to do – party. Robbie and Peter come from
The Veda Rays are continuing to build steam, and tonight they rock out again at Bowery Electric. The band is hot off their CMJ debut, as well as recently being voted Deli Magazine’s Artist of the Month, and their experimental art rock is a must see for any fan of the deeper and darker side
Talkdemonic (Lisa Molinaro and Kevin O’Connor – shown above) is somewhat of a recent discovery for me, and after just hearing their music first, I was surprised to find out that all that music is made by only two people. Last night at Bowery Ballroom, I got to see how they did it. The use
Alex Maas of The Black Angels Last night was Halloween for many people, and for others, just the start of Halloween weekend. NYC was also surprised with an unseasonal amount of snow and icy rain, but a little bit of bad weather never kept the undead and ghoulish from walking the streets and heading to
Our Artist of the Week a few weeks ago, The Static Jacks, recently came through NYC to play a couple CMJ shows before getting right back on the road again to start off their tour with The Wombats and The Postelles. While the band was in route to the first stop in DC, I caught
Last night was the final round of showcases for the CMJ 2011 Music Marathon, and I split my time between Manhattan and Brooklyn, starting at The Delancey and ending at Spike Hill. The Veda Rays were playing The Delancey as part of the Deli Magazine Showcase, which they just won Artist of the Month in.
Last night the Windish Agency held a showcase for some of their bands at Mercury Lounge. It was a somewhat eclectic lineup, and included BestNewBands.com favorites like Cuckoo Chaos and Gauntlet Hair, but also some new standouts. Highlights below. We Barbarians exploded onto the stage with so much energy and force that they made the