Chicago – Good things come in threes. We’ve got three-day weekends, the Chicago Bulls’ three-peat, the original Star Wars trilogy, three-ply toilet paper. Okay, okay, maybe not that last one, but it’s all good because we have another threesome add for the list. Friday night Chicago saw the perfect musical trinity. Three local acts came together at one of
London – November arrives with the realisation that we are hurtling towards the year end once more. Anyone organised enough to be thinking about Christmas stocking fillers for that Indie music lover in your life or even Secret Santas could do considerably worse than invest in a copy of Wilderness End by Bearpark. The independent
Los Angeles – “The unexamined life is not worth living.” Why am I quoting the unequivocal statement from Socrates? Well, the Chicago band Santah has this new record called Chico (out on Nov. 6th via Yes Club Records). It’s a record of that explores the dichotomy between finding yourself and escaping from yourself. To do so,
San Francisco – This past Friday, local Bay Area alternative radio station Live 105 FM held their first annual Scream Scene party at the recently renovated Nob Hill Masonic Center in San Francisco. The night featured sets from three vibrant electronic acts, including Portland’s RAC (Remix Artist Collective) and a headlining set by Boston’s luminous
Los Angeles – In the contemporary underground rock scene of Los Angeles, specializing in retro-influenced garage rock like the Mystic Braves do can be a double edged sword: On one hand, there are literally hundreds of thousands of music fans that are completely in love with the sound, a dozen or so community-minded venues which
Chicago – Twenty-three year-old Austinite Max Frost is no newbie to the music scene. He’s been performing in and around Austin, Texas since he was in grade school, but it wasn’t until he was in college that labels came knocking. Before that hip hop artists were knocking at his door. Though the rocker had long been a
Los Angeles – Fraser A. Gorman is from the same Australian metropolis as Courtney Barnett, he’s opened for her on tour, she’s appeared in his music video for “Shiny Gun”, and they are both associated with Milk Records. And despite the fact that both musicians have perfected the art of rambling, narrative-based songwriting, do not
Los Angeles – If it seems like Shakey Graves (nee Alejandro Rose-Garcia) has a familiar face, that’s probably because he does. Getting his entertainment career started as an actor in film and television, he has transitioned to a rough-around-the-edges Americana singer-songwriter over the last few years. This has proven to be a smart decision for
Chicago – When I last wrote about Meg Myers, I praised her up and down: “Every once and awhile you watch a sensational act, capable of sending a chill down your spine, and in that instant you know the artist is destined for fame. That is exactly what happened when I saw Meg Myers.” My admiration
Los Angeles – Everything about Fuzz’s aesthetic screams “metal purists”: the band is made up of three long-haired heshers; the cover of their self-titled debut was emblazoned with a fantastical creature and kicked off with a song titled “Earthen Gate”; nearly all of their songs are built around thick walls of distorted guitar and bass