Last weekend’s edition of Coachella featured everything you could hope for in a festival. There was heat, wind, dust and oh yeah, some great music as well. Between the babes and the bros, everyone seemed to have a good time taking in the sights and sounds of the desert. As weekend two is upon us,
Publisher’s Note: So many bands. So little time. Kristen Blanton, a newly minted Austin resident, spent most of her week going from concert to concert and interview to interview. She’s exhausted, poor kid. So, I’ve taken the liberty of selecting some of the best new bands we saw there for this recap. The words are
Everyone is sunburned. The streets of downtown Austin are congested. Yet bands are chatting with their fans, their fans meeting other fans, making friends, sharing beers, it’s a beautiful sight. SXSW perpetuates a synthesis of good music and good people. Here at South By, you really can’t have one without the other. Friday’s lineup of
St Jerome’s Laneway Festival – the quintessential Indie Rock Festival - will return to Singapore for a third successive yearon January 26th. This year the festival’s moving to Singapore’s iconic landmark, The Meadow at Gardens By The Bay. It’s a great lineup, as always, with great mix of known and soon to be known bands, including some of
UK-based band Alt-J are honored to announce their nomination for this year’s Mercury Prize, the annual music prize awarded for the best album from the United Kingdom and Ireland. Past winners of the Mercury Prize include PJ Harvey, Portishead, Pulp, Arctic Monkeys, and The xx. This year’s nominees include albums from Michael Kiwanuka, Ben Howard,
There was a distinct moment when Alt-J took the stage this past Tuesday night at Glasslands. Simultaneously there was a heightened air of excitement and energy, coupled with an extremely odorous aroma – the kind left hanging in the air after a rowdy punk show. While my nostrils were momentarily accosted, I knew Alt-J was
Reading and Leeds are technically the same festival, held over the same three-day weekend, with all the same bands performing across seven different stages. What’s the difference, then? Just that one is held in Reading, England, and the other is in Leeds, England. Reading is the original leg of the two, and is in fact