The Athens, GA-based band Dream Boat is a collaboration between Dan Donahue and Page Campbell, two notable artists in Athens’ psychedelic scene, as well as two Aquarians, who coincidentally share the same birthday. And with the release of the […]
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Originally a member of the Dambuilders, guitarist, violinist, and singer/songwriter Joan Wasser has performed and released three solo albums under the moniker of Joan as Policewoman since 2002. Her fourth and solo album, The Classic which PIAS released earlier this year, was […]
The three founding members of the Brooklyn-based indie rock sensation Beast Patrol, Vanessa Bley (lead vocals and guitar), Robert Granata (guitar) and Anthony Marchesi (bass) met while performing at an anti-frakcing concert. Pedal Power back […]
Released last August, by Brooklyn-based indie rock label, Frenchkiss Records, Crimes of Passion is the follow up to the San Diego, CA-based band Crocodiles’ critically praised, Endless Flowers,. And through both effort,s the band has […]
Most companies begin with rather humble beginnings — in fact, Amazon, Apple, Google, Harley-Davidson, Hewlett-Packard and even Mattel all started in garages. Although now based in Newport, KY just outside of Cincinnati, OH, Powerhouse Factories, best known for being the one of the preeminent print […]
Founded in 1997 by French DJ, producer and musician Arnaud Rebotini, Black Strobe was a part of the French electronic rock movement, releasing a number of prominent singles between roughly 2002 and 2007. This was […]
Made Violent is a Buffalo, NY-based trio consisting of Joe White (bass), Justin Acee (drums) and Rob Romano (guitar). And like quite a number of bands, the trio have played together for quite some time, developing a reputation […]
Consisting of the Texas-born Paige McClain Wood and the Silver Lake, CA-born Steven Trezevant Dies, the Peach Kings have publicly claimed that their influences include Nancy Sinatra, Roy Orbison, Led Zeppelin and the Cramps. Interestingly, […]
Co-produced by Richard Gottherer, who is best known for his work with Blondie. the Go-Go’s and Richard Hell and the Raveonettes’ Sune Rose Wagner, Too True, Dum Dum Girls’ which was released earlier this year is a decided change in sonic direction for the […]
The members of the Buffalo, NY-based band Made Violent, Joe White (bass), Justin Acee (drums) and Rob Romano (guitar) have played together for quite some time. And the band has quickly won the attention of the blogosphere for a […]
Formed in San Francisco back in 1988, the Brian Jonestown Massacre have a long-held reputation for material that has spanned the gamut of psych rock, folk, acid rock, experimental rock, shoegaze and electronica, as well […]
There are certain events of our lives that can seem to us as though they were preordained by a higher power and not by the randomness chance that pervades most other aspects of our lives. […]
Okay, so I think that the Glasgow, Scotland, UK-based trio, the Amazing Snakeheads may well be one the best new bands this year in my opinion as the band’s forthcoming album Amphetamine Ballads is the soundtrack to the […]
Bowlive 5: Wolf!, Soulive, the Shady Horns, Bill Evans, the London Souls and Other Special Guests at Brooklyn Bowl 3/22/14
Bowlive 5: Wolf!, Soulive, the Shady Horns, Bill Evans, the London Souls and Other Special Guests Brooklyn Bowl March 22, 2014 As many of you know, having a full-time job while running a blog essentially […]
NRBQ can trace their roots back to January 1966 when pianist (and now lone founding member) Terry Adams started the band from his Louisville, KY home. Adams met guitarist Steve Ferguson when they were still […]