Atlanta – Trend-setting Los Angeles radio station KCRW has just premiered the video for Jet Trash’s new single “What They Want,” from the California garage rockers’ recent self-titled debut EP. Jet Trash know what it means to be a quintessential West Coast band. They proudly carry the torch of their predecessors The Sonics and
Los Angeles – When it comes to the world of mainstream alternative rock n roll, it is difficult to find a band that does it better than Cage The Elephant. While it is true that the quality of artists featured on your local modern rock station has been slightly improved over the last five years,
Los Angeles – Twenty One Pilots continue their Alternative Radio reign at #1 this week with their new single “Stressed Out,” which is also rapidly scaling the Top 40 radio chart. “Stressed Out” is the band’s first #1 at Alternative and second Top 5 single from their new record BLURRYFACE. The track has earned more than 40 million
Chicago – Austin based, Toronto born band Black Pistol Fire kicked off their North American tour in the Windy City this past week. The rock duo sold out their show at Schubas so quickly it was moved to Schubas’ larger sister venue, Lincoln Hall, and in turn, guitarist Kevin McKeown and drummer Eric Owen sold out Lincoln Hall. Fans
Rotterdam – Grey skies ignited with a blaze of sunset red gave way to a reasonably temperate evening – well, for November – as music fans headed downtown to one of the Dutch sea port’s lively venues, Rotown. Tagged in Lonely Planet’s Best in Travel 2016 as a top 10 city destination, Rotterdam is immediately
Los Angeles – There’s no way the five members of Foals do not feel on top of the world right now. First of all, their last album, Holy Fire, produced an out-of-left-field modern rock radio hit in “Inhaler”. Then the band spent the summer headlining ever-larger music festivals, and they just released what could truly
Kansas City – Snow. Or as we call it: snow, I mean no….. We call it “Schnee” which sounds a bit like the sound your Macbook makes when you send an email…if…you use your imagination at least. We did see a lot of it when we woke up after our show in Davenport (#Quadcities). After
London – Somehow, a strong whiff of marijuana doesn’t feature too highly in the list of things you expect to encounter at a gig by teen-friendly indie band The Vaccines. Sure, you could locate other shows in London’s 2015 diary where the combination might feel more jarring – Catfish & The Bottlemen, S Club 7,
London – Cage the Elephant, who release their new album Tell Me I’m Pretty through Columbia Records on 18th December, have confirmed a string of European shows in February. The gigs will be the bands’ first since playing with Foals at Alexandra Palace in Feb 2014. The Times raved about those shows, reporting, “charismatic singer Matt Shultz
Davenport – Daytrotter. Every musician loves entering a studio. Cool, overpriced vintage gear, a mixing desk, Guitars, Amps, Rooms, Carpets. It is – in fact – like coming home. Your breathing and heart rate start to slow down and your face muscles turn your frozen “aaaaaawwww”- face – from the cold weather outside – into