Austin – Watching Savages perform live is a necessary, energizing experience, a group bringing together the powerful guitar riffs of Gemma Thompson and invigorating percussive sounds from Fay Milton. Frontwoman Jehnny Beth leads the group with a strong, deep vocal component, sharing lyrics that are dark and simple, but never alienating to listeners. The fast
Nashville – Those Darlins have been causing a bit of a stir in Nashville lately. It’s not necessarily for the music on their new album, Blur The Line, so much as its risqué cover art that shows more Darlin flesh than we’ll ever see of most people. Nashville’s iconic record store Grimey’s New and Pre-loved
Los Angeles – The delicacy of Mike Milosh’s vocals and the sensuality that dripped from every lyric had more than few females in a bit of a carnal trance. As spontaneous make out sessions broke out, along with some church friendly groping, Rhye’s bedroom soliloquies had found its perfect venue. Outside was a different story.
Los Angeles – The new band Skaters, from New York City, actually doesn’t skate. “We’re musicians first and we don’t [want] to break our wrists,” lead singer Michael Ian Cummings told a Boston music blog earlier this year. “We chose the name because it reminded us of our youth.” Sitting around a little end table
Los Angeles – It’s woodsy and a little sad. Like listening to years, images of country and sea, and her home on the other side of the world (New Zealand). Tiny Ruins performance on Saturday consisted of a lone girl, her guitar and a very tiny space. “I usually play with a band,” said Hollie
Seattle – It was hard to resist the catchy beauty of The Head and The Heart’s first album back in 2011. It might not have been the best-written collection of songs or the most groundbreaking but, really, it was a challenge to listen to “Down in the Valley” just once so the simplicity of the
Seattle – Palma Violets released its debut album, 180, earlier this year which we clearly loved so it was a treat to hear most of the songs on the album played live. The band was supposed to play Seattle’s Neumos on October 14 (which is big and dark and awesome) but for reasons unclear, the UK
Chicago – L.A. surf punk band and partying aficionados FIDLAR (Short for: “Fuck It Dog, Life’s A Risk”) are having a pretty busy year for four guys known for their slacker odes of “Cheap Beer” and “Cocaine”. After releasing their self titled label debut in January, FIDLAR (Zac Carper/Guitar & Vocals, Brandon Schwartzel/Bass, Elvis Kuehn/Guitar
Austin – The sisters Haim (rhymes with time), rocked the main stage on Saturday afternoon at Austin City Limits this year, riding high off the release of their debut album, “Days Are Gone“, just two weeks ago. The twentysomething San Fernando Valley natives have experienced a massive wave of success all summer, with their catchy