The Lagoons Want Us To “Escape” With Them In 2018
CLICK HERE FOR MORE SXSW 2018 COVERAGE! AUSTIN, TX- Originally from Los Angeles, but currently based out of Austin, Texas, brothers Joey and Ryan Selan make up the electronic pop band The Lagoons. Having their infectiously dreamy single “California” (which has over 300K plays on…
Circa Survive Rocks Providence, And The Providence Faithful Revel
PROVIDENCE, RI- American rock band Circa Survive kicked off their Amulet Tour on Friday night at The Strand in Providence, RI. Bringing along Foxing, Hail the Sun, and the kind of fandom that you often hear about and yet have to see to truly understand….
Phoenix Rounds Out Air + Style’s Musical Offerings With A Spirited Performance
CLICK HERE FOR MORE AIR + STYLE 2018 COVERAGE! LOS ANGELES, CA- When you’re international sporting star with Olympic gold in your resume, getting a band like Phoenix to fly in from Australia to do a spot headlining gig at Air + Style ain’t no…
Bully Is Fierce And Unrelenting, Shredding Mohawk Austin At SXSW
CLICK HERE FOR MORE SXSW 2018 COVERAGE! AUSTIN, TX- For most of our SXSW artist coverage, we’ll keep it relatively short and sweet. We have over 80 artists to cover, so cut us some slack! đ We’ll basically be formatting each post into two parts:…
Skinny Lister’s Shanty Punk Elicits Ecstatic Abandon At Underground Arts
CLICK HERE FOR MORE AIR + STYLE 2018 COVERAGE! PHILADELPHIA, PA- âShanty punkâ is a rather specialized sort of music, one that conjures up images of pirate ships or drunken nights in English pubs. Skinny Listerâs music wouldnât be out of place in either setting….
Pepper Injects A Little Adrenaline Into One Love Cali Fest
CLICK HERE FOR MORE ONE LOVE CALI REGGAE FEST 2018 COVERAGE! LONG BEACH, CA- Both Southern California and Hawaii were well represented at One Love Cali Reggae Fest, and one of the bands happened to rep both: Pepper. Originally form Hawaii but now based out…
Ben Harper Invokes Reggae’s Spirit of Protest And Tells A Story At One Love Cali Reggae Fest
CLICK HERE FOR MORE ONE LOVE CALI REGGAE FEST 2018 COVERAGE! LONG BEACH, CA- Another artist who isn’t per-se reggae but had a featured slot as a headlining artist for One Love was Ben Harper. Ben Harper’s music tends to float in the blues/indie/jam/gospel rock…
Enter Shikari’s Spark Burns Bright In Los Angeles
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA-Â Last year, Enter Shikari released their fifth studio album, “The Spark”. It was a little bit of a departure from the “electronicore, stadium-scream” that they’ve become known for, but it was also an album that gave their fans an opportunity to see them…
Boaz Roberts’ Sun Sic Kicks Off Musical Offerings At Love You Down Fest
ECHO PARK, CA- I got to Swimm‘s Love You Down Fest a few minutes late, but as I walked into the venue, Boaz Roberts was onstage with only his guitar performing the music he records as “Sun Sic”. ï»ż Even though I wasn’t planning on photographing…
Handsome Ghost’s Heartfelt Melodies Warm A Chilly New York Night
NEW YORK, NY- Halfway through the set I made my rounds to the back of Bowery Ballroom in NYC. It had been about ten months since I watched Tim Noyes and Eddie Byun play at Baby’s Alright, a much smaller and intimate venue, and what…
