Los Angeles – Shannon and the Clam’s record release show on Wednesday night at Los Angeles’ El Rey Theater was a bit of a West Coast punk rock extravaganza. While the theater is most well-known for hosting larger indie-rock shows and even the occasional mainstream concert, it was a down-and-dirty night of DIY retro-style garage-punk
Los Angeles - Petite Noir has successfully created one of the best albums of 2015 with La Vie Est Belle / Life Is Beautiful. 24 year-old South African artist Yannick Ilunga takes his electronic post-punk to a new genre, noir wave. If not the best album, than it is certainly the most imaginative. Petite Noir’s aesthetic
London – So, just when you thought the world was running out of great tunes, along came Alvvays. There are nine of them on its self-titled 2014 debut album while four new songs worked in to the band’s brisk hour-long set heralded more to come. The Toronto five-piece was in London town to shower affection
New York – Thursday in the city was a blustery night, but firekid brought the heat with a packed show at Irving Plaza. A voluminous crowd of rain-drenched New Yorkers turned out in droves to catch firekid’s set, filling the venue to capacity ahead of closing act Moon Taxi. Dillon Hodges is the face of
Chicago – Every festival brings a barrage of talented up and coming acts just waiting to be discovered by the masses, and of course music journalists, too. In preparation for Lollapalooza 2015, I did my homework, combing through the the line-up for the “best new bands,” reading bios and listening to YouTube and Soundcloud uploads.
Chicago – After months of speculation of whether or not Riot Fest would bring music to the punk rock, emo loving, not your cookie-cutter masses, thanks to a move from Humboldt Park to Douglas Park on the city’s South Side and a last-minute lawsuit, it seems we finally have the last festival of the summer on our hands. Although, September
New York – Australian singer-songwriter Vance Joy today announced his return to North America in 2016 with the ‘fire and the flood’ tour. The first headline run for Vance Joy since his 2015 global main support slot for Taylor Swift will start in Vancouver on January 13, 2016, first touching down in the U.S. on January 20 in
Seattle – The city’s renowned music and arts festival is finally here, kicking off on what started out as a beautiful, sunny, almost-autumn day, before the pouring rain, thunder, and lightning took over. Regardless, music lovers from around the region – and the nation – came out in droves to see the festival’s diverse range
Los Angeles - Australian singer/songwriter Fraser A. Gorman is getting ready to head Stateside, bringing with him his unique brand of roots, folk, psych, rock and soul, drawing comparisons to everyone from Cass McCombs and Bill Callahan to Woody Guthrie and Beck. After releasing his album ‘Slow Gum’ in Europe and Australia to unanimous acclaim back in June, Fraser
Seattle – As the days are gradually getting shorter, cooler, and cloudier, Seattleites are relentlessly seeking ways to clutch on to those last days of summer. Last week, there was no perfect place to be than in Capitol Hill’s Barboza, where music lovers were treated to the breezy, atmospheric sounds of California-based band, Cayucas, on