San Francisco – This past Saturday, the 24th annual Noise Pop Festival chugged ahead on its penultimate night with a slew of shows happening across the city at different venues, including a fantastic (though somewhat familiar) set by Texas’ Neon Indian, held at the Mezzanine in SoMa. The Mezzanine splits its time evenly as a nightclub showcasing today’s many
Los Angeles – First things first: James Supercave is not an actual person, but the result of a long running collaboration between three musicians based in Los Angeles. Joaquin Pastor, Patrick Logothetti, and Andrés Villalobos have been playing together for years, and for the last three years they have called their current project James Supercave. The band released its debut
Los Angeles – In 2013, London based rock band Yuck lost their lead vocalist and guitar player, Daniel Blumberg. Instead of letting this setback derail their future as a band, the remaining three members trudged on. Max Bloom (guitar), Mariko Doi (bass), and Jonny Rogoff (drums) added guitarist Ed Hayes to the lineup. They released their sophomore album
New York – “Stressed Out,” the blockbuster single from Fueled By Ramen recording group Twenty One Pilots, has ascended to #1 at Mediabase Top 40 and Hot AC radio outlets nationwide – the band’s first time topping the formats. “Stressed Out” has also exploded into the #2 position on Billboard’s “Hot 100” having recently reached #1
Los Angeles - If there is any band in the current indie rock scene that has the potential to reach the level of rock stardom experienced by underground bands during the early 90s, it is DIIV. The band is led by captivating frontman Zachary Cole Smith, a former touring member of Beach Fossils. Smith started the band as a
San Francisco – Jackson Phillips – the mastermind behind dreamy guitar pop outfit Day Wave – has made a lot of, well, waves, within the indie music sphere, the past year or so, especially for someone who has yet to release a proper full-length LP. He and his outfit have enjoyed moderate success following breakthrough
Chicago – L.A. trio LANY played two back-to-back shows at the House of Blues in Chicago, supporting Troye Sivan on the Blue Neighbourhood Tour. Best New Bands was at the second sold-out show on Tuesday night, to catch LANY – our Featured Artist – perform for a packed room, full of screaming fans. Although Paul
New York – Irish singer-songwriter Foy Vance has announced details of his debut album for Gingerbread Man Records, the label launched by Ed Sheeran last year. Recorded in Nashville with GRAMMY award winning producer Jacquire King (Tom Waits, James Bay, Kings Of Leon), “THE WILD SWAN” arrives on May 13th via Gingerbread Man Records/Elektra. The legendary
New York – GRAMMY nominated producer ZHU revealed his ‘Neon City’ debut U.S. headlining tour for this spring, full list of dates below. On his SoundCloud, a recorded prank call with an unsuspecting ticket scalping fan was released, and the phantom artist drove fans to his website NeonCityTour.com. The week-long countdown hit zero and revealed the 18-city tour
New York - Daughter, the London-based trio of Elena Tonra, Igor Haefeli and Remi Aguilella, have launched the final installment of their film triptych, for the soaring single ‘How’. Taken from their recently released and critically acclaimed second album, Not To Disappear. Shot in London last year and directed by BAFTA-nominated filmmakers Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard (creators of the startling Nick