Sonic Identities: Native Instruments at Red Bull Studios NY
[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fbshare type=”button” width=”100″] [pinterest count=”horizontal”] “Enjoy every day in the studio. I’m fifteen years in and I cherish it every day. Don’t cut those corners.” For an evening focused on new technologies in sound design, the advice from producer Nick Hook (Young…
Empress Of Is A One-Woman Show You Don’t Want To Miss [REVIEW+PHOTOS]
CLICK HERE FOR MORE 30 DAYS IN LA COVERAGE! Though she may now be Brooklyn-based, Lorely Rodriguez p/kl/a “Empress Of” is an L.A. native. Her performance at Club Bahia earlier this month headlining a Red Bull Sound Select “30 Days In LA” date served as…
Lido Takes “30 Days In LA” On Trip Through The Spectrum of Love
[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fbshare type=”button” width=”100″] [pinterest count=”horizontal”] CLICK HERE FOR MORE 30 DAYS IN LA COVERAGE! I first discovered Lido in 2014, when I stumbled on his “I Love You” EP. Then a few months ago, Kirk Franklin was performing in D.C. and milly…
Bishop Briggs’ Dark Synth Pop Is Blues Rock At Its Core [REVIEW+PHOTOS]
When I saw Bishop Briggs’ name between Kaleo and The Wind + The Wave for set-times at The Fonda, I wondered whether her brand of electro-pop would fit within the context of the opening (Americana) and headlining (folk rock) acts. After all, her dark synth sounds…
Want Something To Love? Try Kid Runner! [Interview]
NEW YORK, NY- Want to try something a little new? Maybe even want something to love? May I humbly suggest, Kid Runner for your ears. They are an independent band out of Columbus Ohio who organically came together to create a fantastic sound that is…
Rebecca & Fiona Immerse Stockholm, CA With Their Swedish Grammy Sonics
[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fbshare type=”button” width=”100″] [pinterest count=”horizontal”] CLICK HERE to check out the rest of our coverage of Stockholm, CA 2016 RECAP: When a group beats out the likes of Avicci and Swedish House Mafia for a Swedish Grammy award, you make it a…
Skye And Ross (formerly Morcheeba) Explains How It All Starts With A Riff
[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fbshare type=”button” width=”100″] [pinterest count=”horizontal”] Skye & Ross (Skye Edwards and Ross Godfrey, formerly of Morcheeba) have a new album Light of Gold. It is a departure from the trip hop band Morcheeba, but the evolution that is presented in Light of Gold is…
Dancing My Ass Off To LCD Soundsystem Was The Perfect End To FYF [REVIEW+PHOTOS]
[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fbshare type=”button” width=”100″] [pinterest count=”horizontal”] CLICK HERE to check out more FUCK YEAH FEST Coverage! When LCD Soundsystem announced that they would be retiring in 2011, I had the feeling in my gut that they’d be back. After all, their third studio album, 2010’s “This…
FYF Hosts The Legendary Grace Jones, And If You Missed It “You F*cked Up”! [REVIEW+PHOTOS]
[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fbshare type=”button” width=”100″] [pinterest count=”horizontal”] CLICK HERE to check out more FUCK YEAH FEST Coverage! To call Grace Jones fierce is an understatement. That woman is an undeniable force of nature. At 68, she is living proof of the axiom “age ain’t nothing but a…
The FYF Act To Most Sound Like Their Name? The French, Synth Band AIR [REVIEW+PHOTOS]
[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fbshare type=”button” width=”100″] [pinterest count=”horizontal”] CLICK HERE to check out more FUCK YEAH FEST Coverage! The french duo AIR (Nicolas Godin and Jean-Benoit Dunkel) are the definition of mood music. Sensual …. ethereal … atmospheric … their music is like … well … like air….