San Francisco – Sunday at Treasure Island 2015 started out much sunnier than the previous day, but the wind was constantly blowing throughout the day. It was a much stronger breeze than Saturday’s, so much so that I could’ve sworn I felt the mushy foundation of the man-made island buckle a little with each push of
San Francisco – Ah, Treasure Island Music Festival. It’s such a glorious event: beautiful weather, no overlapping sets, minimal panic-inducing crowd swarms. The annual two-day event is a great festival for locals, due to its conveniently close-to-everything location smack dab in the middle of the bay between San Francisco and Oakland, and the price is
Los Angeles – As is expected with any all-ages show with a mainstream bent, Albert Hammond Jr.’s Wednesday night set was a little more wacky and wild than the typical show at Los Angeles’ Teragram Ballroom. While the sometimes-Strokes guitarist’s performance was a strong-if-standard performance for an artist of his stature, the audience was really
San Francisco – Well, it’s that time of year again: it’s fall in the Bay Area (at last!) and while a very dramatic El Niño is on its way to (hopefully) dump a ton of rain on the Golden State, festival season is drawing to its inevitable close. Fortunately, for those of us who live
Los Angeles - With the release of his critically acclaimed debut LP “Slow Gum” earlier in the year, Fraser A. Gorman established himself as one of the best and brightest new talents around. Now he announces an October tour, bringing his beautifully offbeat, sun-baked brand of rootsy indie to European shores. In addition, Gorman also shares the fantastic new video to ’Never Gonna Hold You (Like I Do)’, the third in
New York – Denmark Native MØ releases her highly anticipated new single, “Kamikaze” today. “Kamikaze” which was co-written by MØ and produced by Diplo is now available everywhere. The track will be the first track from MØ since her collaboration on Major Lazer’s “Lean On” which was one of the biggest songs of 2015 with a
London – For The Company marks the full-length recording debut of the Australian trio, Little May, recently caught on tour by BestNewBands in London. The 13-song collection reprises two songs (“Hide” and “Boardwalks”) from the band’s 2014 EP, though sadly omits my personal favourite, “Dust”. The EP created waves of expectancy, although it served as
Chicago – I’m going to say what many have surely been thinking but are too afraid to say. Now that Michael Jackson has left us – way too soon, I might add – it’s time to think about who might take on the title of the New King of Pop. Now, I know there will
Los Angeles – Small Black may be the most underrated band in indie rock. After crafting two terrific LPs, can the band’s new LP Best Blues finally serve as their breakthrough record? Let’s back track for a moment. On their debut, New Chain, the Brooklyn quartet fell into the genre of chillwave. With lo-fi production
Los Angeles – There is nothing glamorous about Protomartyr. The band dredges the depths of the psyche, unearthing melancholic themes of misery and malevolence in the process. On a purely superficial level, the Detroit, MI four-piece lacks that certain “panache” that so many buzzy blogosphere-driven indie-rock bands possess; they are fronted by a slightly balding