Chicago – Despite being a Tuesday and a school night, U.K. rockers The Vaccines packed Lincoln Hall, selling out the venue, filling it with excited fans young and old, for the English Graffiti Tour, bringing their fantastic mix of indie, garage rock, and punk. The foursome recently released their third album, English Graffiti, hence the
Los Angeles – It’s hard to believe it has been around four years since Australian band Royal Headache released their self-titled debut full length. From an instrumental standpoint, the band churned out fairly standard fast-paced garage rock; setting the band apart from the hundreds of similar bands hocking that style in 2011 was powerfully expressive
Chicago – Australia has been pumping out new bands left and right, giving us amazing acts like Tame Impala, Courtney Barnett, and The Preatures, just to name a few. This summer another group of Aussies, known as DMA’s, began to take the world by storm, touring throughout North America and Europe, playing pretty much every major festival known to man.
Los Angeles – In 2013, Australian band Atlas Genius, featuring brothers Keith and Michael Jeffery, exploded onto the scene with the infectiously catchy, “Trojans.” The hit song had percolated through the minds of many listeners over the course of the following year. Now the band is back with their next intoxicating single, “Molecules.” Easily just
Chicago – The L.A. via Omaha band Big Harp played Lincoln Hall, along with another band started in Omaha, The Good Life. The bands have been touring together, which isn’t too surprising considering they share a member: Stefanie Drootin-Senseny. They also used to share the label Saddle Creek Records, but recently Big Harp made a change. They
Los Angeles – FYF Fest recovered from last year’s growing pains, giving festival-goers one of their most user-friendly events to date. Lines were relatively short, moving between the stages was quite a bit easier (though the walks are still a long distance), and a last-second cancellation from Frank Ocean wasn’t even an issue. While the
Los Angeles – Summer is winding down, but we still have something to look forward to—and that’s 5 new songs from some of our favorite artists. With new releases from Mac Demarco and one of many of Chance The Rapper’s recent collaborations making web presences, we’ve been absolutely spoiled. Whether it’s acid rap, R&B or
Chicago - After a little breather and some time spent recording, D.C. band RDGLDGRN - okay they’re from Reston, Virginia, but word on the street is that Reston may as well be D.C. - is back with a new album, due out this Fall. And that’s pronounced Red Gold Green, by the way. Over the summer, the trio unleashed the first single, “No Pixar,” from
Los Angeles – After three years, two albums and one EP under their belts, La Luz has spent plenty of time on the road. Pounding out a combination of blistering surf rock and hazy, haunting doo-wop, the band has built a reputation as one of rock music’s must-see live bands, touring constantly and building a
Los Angeles – Adrien Reju celebrated the release of her debut LP, Strange Love and the Secret Language at Hollywood’s Hotel Café. In between songs, Reju explained to the audience that Strange Love and the Secret Language, (which is split up into one-half covers and one-half originals) may be her debut album, but she has been