Chicago – Good grief, Good Graeff! Sorry, it had to be done. However, after getting to know twin sisters Brooke and Brittany “Brit” Graeff – that’s Graeff like “safe” – you too will be exclaiming it, but in a good way, of course. Brooke (guitar, lead vocals) and Brit (cello, backup vocals) along with their
Seattle – The Seattle-based group Motopony celebrated the release of their new LP, Welcome You, Saturday at The Showbox at the Market. Recorded live to tape at Washington’s Bear Creek Studio by Mike McCarthy (Spoon, Heartless Bastards) and mixed by Guy Massey (Manic Street Preachers, Ed Sheeran), the album is an amalgamation of psychedelic and indie
San Francisco – Silence can be deafening. It brings fear to those who suffer from pressure-of-speech. It is angelic to those who seek it, yet demonic to those who aren’t used to it. As composer John Cage – famous for composing and entire song made up of musical rests called “4’33”” – once said, “what
New York – Porcelain Raft, the music project of Italian-born but world-traveled Mauro Remiddi, played a gig at Baby’s All Right celebrating the release of his latest EP, Half Awake. The EP was written and recorded in Greenpoint and is out on his own boutique label Volcanic Field. Remiddi’s already released two albums (Strange Weekend and
San Francisco - “I can’t remember a time when music wasn’t an important part of my life,” Kendra McKinley tells me at a small coffee shop/sci-fi bookstore in the Mission district of San Francisco. In between sips of green tea she continues, “It was always celebrated in my family and I was constantly exposed to new
Milwaukee – Saturday night at Summerfest, Ohio pop sensations Walk the Moon brought the largest audience employees recalled ever having seen at the U.S. Cellular Stage. The tightly packed crowd stretched out to the waterfront. Everywhere you turned, painted faces and smiles greeted you. Fans up front waited all day, also taking in The Griswolds
New York – I sat down for burritos in the Lower East Side with Montreal atmospheric electronic outfit Seoul before their show at Elvis Guesthouse celebrating the release of their debut LP I Become A Shade. We talked about the Montreal music scene, the importance of creative presentation, and when not to listen to their
New York – London production duo Snakehips, consisting of Oliver Lee and James Carter, played two back to back NYC shows including a date at Music Hall of Williamsburg. They have already amassed extensive press and acclaim for both their original tracks and remixes featuring the likes of Bondax and The Weeknd. The duo are
Berlin – Chris Marshall and The August Light’s new LP is out and it’s a welcome expansion of their previous work. Traditionally, Seattle has been known as the place on the West Coast to find the best emerging musical acts. But over the last few years, Portland has made its name as another city to
Seattle – Dads was one of the new bands we recently covered at Riot Fest and now their second full-length album, I’ll Be The Tornado, is coming out October 14. While the album starts off with a calm, possibly acoustic style, I’ll Be The Tornado evolves over each track, showing that the New Jersey emo/punk