Northside Festival Day 1 BMI Creators Kickoff Event featuring Beast Patrol Mabel’s Smokehouse June 13, 2013 After covering the New Music Seminar New York Festival, I followed that up with covering the Northside Festival across […]
Based in Asheville, NC, the Jonathan Scales Fourchestra have developed a reputation in their home stage and across the country for their unique compositions which not only display the amiably quirky wit and charm of the […]
The Gainesville, FL-based quartet of Morningbell, has developed a reputation for being one of the more prolific, inventive and perhaps eccentric bands in the country. Since their founding in 2001, the band has released 5 full-length albums, […]
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Last Sunday while at the Metropark NJ Transit station, I bought a ticket, begged their slow ticket vending machines to go a little faster, and ran up three flights of stairs with two heavy bags (a […]
This live footage of Parliament Funkadelic shot in Houston, TX back in 1976 is actually part of one of the most incredible bills I’ve ever heard. Opening for Parliament Funkadelic was Sly Stone and the […]
Is there anything more American than funk? Or James Brown? Or Soul Train? Or how about James Brown on Soul Train? i’d say no. So check out this compilation of Soul Train appearances made by the godfather […]
Philadelphia, PA-based trio of Lantern consists of two Philadelphians, Zachary Devereaux, Emily Robb and Montreal, QC transplant Christian Simmons (also of Sheer Agony) on drums. And over the course of the past three years, the […]
The Miami, FL-based band Torche’s Harmonicraft was released last year to critical praise. This summer they’re contributing two songs on a 7" as part of Volcom Entertainment Vinyl Club, which was released yesterday. “Leather Feather” their latest […]
German-born electronic artist Ulrich Schnauss will be embarking on a tour of select stops across North America over the summer to support the releaese of his fourth, full-length release, A Long Way to Fall through Domino Records […]
Singer and vocalist Chris Kittrell with the assistance of guitarist, Zach McMillan records and performs under the moniker of Baby Alpaca. And as as a duo, they’ve received quite a bi tof attention across the blogosphere for […]
“Led” by the boyish and mischievous Stuart Bogie, the septet of Superhuman Happiness may be one of the more accomplished bands in New York, if not the country, as members of the band have played […]
Pickwick’s self-releaesd debut, Can’t Talk Medicine landed at 36 on Billboard’s Heatseeeker Chart, about a week after it’s March digital release. The band will be touring with Neko Case and Black Joe Lewis for a series of […]
Big Daddy Kane at Summerstage — Herbert Von King Park/Tompkins Park 6/12/13
Big Daddy Kane Summerstage – Herbert von King Park/Tompkins Park 6/12/13 As a child growing up in the 80s, I spent a great deal of time watching MTV. In particular, I watched a lot of Yo! […]
British quartet, the Vaccines will be embarking on a North American tour with several dates opening for Phoenix and Mumford and Sons – the tour will include a stop at the Barclay’s Center, opening for […]
The Stockholm, Sweden-based trio, Kriget (means “The War" in Swedish) play a highly challenging, experimental music that defies all known genre conventions. “He Lives In The Same Forest As Me,” off the trio’s newest effort, Dystopico buzzes with an ominous […]