The Perth, Australia-based band, the High Learys formed in 2011 when cousins Jamie Turner (vocals, bass) and Matt Williams (guitar) met Mike Mutt (organ) in high school. They later recruited Adrian Macmillan to flesh out […]
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When the Chicago, IL-based Secret Colours released their debut, self-titled effort and their sophomore effort Peach last year, they were a sextet, which is a somewhat unusual setup for most indie rock bands. But between those releases and the announcement […]
A Q&A with the Halley DeVestern Band
Consisting of several grizzled veterans of the NYC music scene, the four primary members of the Halley Devestern Band, Halley Devestern (vocals), David Patterson (guitar), Tom Heinig (bass) and Rich Kulsar (drums) met the way […]
Yesterday, a Twitter follower of mine had reminded me that yesterday would have been Jim Morrison’s 70th birthday. And in honor of that occasion, check out this live concert footage of the Doors, shot at […]
A Q&A with Roi and the Secret People’s Mike Roi
The other day I caught my friend Denise Barbarita do a solo, acoustic set at the Parkside Lounge. She had invited a few people to celebrate her birthday that night, and one of those friends […]
Released by Sub Pop Records back on June 25th, The Sun Dogs is the debut effort from the Seattle, WA-based septet, Rose Windows and it may well put the band and it’s lead singer Rabia Qazi on […]
Roi and the Secret People at Arlene’s Grocery 6/8/13
Last week was the start of a very busy period for me, a roughly week and a half period where I’d be covering live music every single night; most of it stemming from covering the […]
Nashville’s Bad Cop plays a sweaty, grimy blues reminiscent of the MC5, the Doors‘ LA Woman, the White Stripes and others. The Chicago Lady 7" was recently released through Jeffery Drag Records, and the official video for […]
“Ballad of the War Machines” is the latest single from electronica trio, Midnight Juggernauts, and it’s probably the purest “pop” song the band’s released to date – once you hear it, it has elements of […]
http://cdn.topspin.net/widgets/email2/swf/TSEmailMediaWidget.swf?timestamp=1362214440 Sub Pop Records artist Rose Windows can trace their origins to Fall 2010 when lead singer Chris Cheveyo found himself tiring of the limited sonic palette of his prior band. Although he was interested […]
a Q&A with Anna Rose
Although she’s the daughter of Alan Menken, the pianist, musical theater and film composer best known for the beloved Disney films such as Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Little Mermaid, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Pocahontas and others, the […]