I had one goal for the night, to see Miike Snow. They were playing at Lustre Pearl my favorite bar in Austin. The only catch was having to get there several hours before hand and listen through the other three bands. Was it worth the standing and waiting several hours? Yes and no. The set
Sydney Wayser is one of the musicians I thank the SXSW gods for giving me. Having arrived early for Yukon Blonde’s set, Sydney’s voice parted the cloudy skies for a brief set that gave me a glimpse of what is surely to become a well known name. Mix Grace Potter and Maps & Atlases
The Joy Formidable are going to be performing on tonight’s episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live, which you can watch on ABC at 12 pm/11 Central. The band just began their first 2012 tour of the US this week with two shows in San Francisco and a show last night in Los Angeles – with more
The Chicago-based math rock outfit, Maps & Atlases, recently announced a European and national tour set for this spring, in support of its upcoming full-length release, Beware and Be Grateful. The LP is the quartet’s sophomore effort, as well as a follow-up to the band’s critically acclaimed 2010 debut, Perch Patchwork From the looks of
A lot has changed since Meiko released her self-titled debut album in 2007. Then signed to MySpace Records, the singer put an album that in her words was “chill” and a bit dark. After touring for two years, the singer took a brief break before working on her follow-up. After taking the good part of
As the legend states, Incan Abraham was born in a garage in upstate New York back in the summer of 2009. Shortly after its inception, the band packed up its gear and moved back west to Los Angeles, the members’ hometown. Since then, the quartet has released three EPs, played two CMJ festivals and shook
While spending time living in North Dakota, I must say that my top local musical discovery was definitely Secret Cities. They are a three-piece psych-pop project that contains some of the most mind-blowing harmonies that my ears have ever heard. It was not long after I first heard them that Western Vinyl also noticed them
My night was kicked off with a line leading up to the front door of the Rickshaw Stop. This soon turned into a greeting from an individual who was convulsing and screaming his life philosophy “children below you must open up your eyes to what’s happening around you” he shouted from up top of a