Chicago – Over the last several years, Nashville’s music scene has been reborn. The city that was once known as a Country Mecca has now become the new hub for modern music, from punk and garage rock to indie and pop. It’s become the home for big dogs like Kings of Leon, Jack White, and
Los Angeles – While The Soft Moon have previously released a pair of solid LPs since their founding in 2009, this year’s Deeper has found the Oakland-based post-punk band reaching ever larger audiences. This increased level of underground popularity was quite evident as the Luis Vasquez-led trio powered through a captivating set in front of
Austin—Why do punk and blues make such great, timeless bedfellows? What synergy has kept Jack White, the Black Lips, and the Black Keys popular since the turn of the century? How, 15 years later, has Benjamin Booker made something new and thrilling in a subgenre that appeared to be all out of new frontiers? Whatever
Chicago – U.K. duo Nai Harvest is back with LP number two, or what guitarist Ben Thompson calls their “proper” debut. Hairball (Top Shelf Records) is a change of pace for Nai Harvest, previously known for making emo girls swoon with 2013’s Whatever (Dog Knights Productions). Thompson and drummer Lew Currie held on to that
Los Angeles - Young Fathers, the ambitious trio from Edinburgh, Scotland, are right on the edge of releasing their new album, White Men Are Black Men Too; some of the music of which has already been on repeat in many playlists since the release of the single, “Shame” back in March. The sophomore effort will be dropped in just a
Chicago – I’ve been sitting in Starbucks, staring at my MacBook, for about an hour, trying to figure out how to best describe what it’s like to witness Diarrhea Planet wreak havoc. There’s a whole lot of stage diving, crowdsurfing, moshing, thrashing, hair flying, hair pulling, beer tossing, sweat dripping, shouting and screaming, stage climbing, and of
Los Angeles – After several opening bands took turns pummeling audience members at Jewel’s Catch One last weekend, headliners Naomi Punk put on a dynamic and loud performance. These three gentlemen from Olympia, Washington have been churning out noisy, chaotic noise rock since 2008, producing two full-length albums, 2012’s The Feeling and 2014’s Television Man.
Chicago – On a cold Sunday night, hoards of teenagers and twenty-somethings packed Reggie’s Rock Club in Chicago to see FrnkIero AndThe Cellabration. Concertgoers cheered, whistled, and clapped… but it wasn’t Frank Iero who was getting the love (although he surely would later). They were falling hard for The Homeless Gospel Choir. THGC is Derek
Los Angeles – Last Friday’s record-release show for Colleen Green’s third full-length record, I Want To Grow Up, was essentially just an enormous punk-rock party – an all-ages event that had the spontaneity and organization of a high-school basement show. There was no green room for this show at Historic Monument 157, as Colleen spent
Oakland – This past Monday, ambitious garage rocker John Barrett’s project Bass Drum of Death played a raucous set at the stylishly small Club Leo’s in Oakland. Bass Drum of Death’s set was preluded by sets by local bands War Cloud and Pookie & the Poodlez, but the stars of the show were definitely the