Berlin – Following up on the release of their well-received singles ‘Chemicals For Breakfast’ and ‘Zebra’, Psyence is back with another single that is sure to expand their fan base and introduce them to an even larger audience. Their latest single is already being touted as their best yet, and it is certain to become
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
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
Chicago – For months I had been told to check out Wolf Alice, and for months I disobeyed the orders. From friends and fellow music journalists, to DJs on the radio, it seemed everyone and their mom was praising the U.K. foursome, who I knew only from the alternative radio single “Moaning Lisa Smile.” When I
Los Angeles – There’s really no point in rehashing Deafheaven’s controversial status among the pantheon of “black metal” bands; that conversation has been had a million times over, a ubiquitous addition to every review, interview, or feature on the San Francisco-based band. Listening to metal fans talk about Deafheaven is a perfect lesson in confirmation