Artist: DIIV

The littoral British retreat that is Brighton may be better renowned for saccharine tat and chish and fips still swimming in gristle and grime than it may be for musics and the manic frenzy their festivals so often entail, although the city becomes a bloody hive of hype for the one weekend of the year. That is this, and this is the 2013 edition of The Great Escape . So let the buzz begin! Away from the unrelenting bustle of the capital – a restive kind of agitation capable of bludgeoning even the irrepressibly ebullient [...]

photo by Brittney Bollay If any weekend were to officially signal the start of the Spring/Summer Concert Festival season in the Northwest it has to be Sasquatch Music Festival weekend! Running from Friday thru Monday, Sasquatch is sure to have some surprises in store with a fantastic lineup this year. Of course, KEXP will be broadcasting from the festival all weekend so come say hello! Some great shows during the week too. On Monday night, Detroit Cobras, Pangea, and TacocaT are at Chop Suey, Black Moth Super Rainbow, The [...]

Rhye , Wild Belle , The Legendary Tigerman e DIIV sobem ao Palco Heineken do Optimus Alive no dia 13 de julho. Já os Brass Wires Orchestra têm concerto marcado para o dia seguinte no mesmo palco.

São cinco nomes de uma assentada, avançados há coisa de nada no site da revista Blitz. O Optimus Alive já não deve ter por esta altura muito mais cartadas para jogar neste interminável jogo dos festivais de Verão. Acabam de ser então conhecidas as confirmações de Rhye, Wild Belle, DIIV, The Legendary Tigerman e Brass Wires Orchestra. Assim sem sair de cima. Actuam todos no Palco Heineken. Original Website: Bodyspace

This past weekend marked the sixth annual Downtown Music Festival — a miniature SXSW-style event featuring plenty of new, rising artists, scattered across multiple NYC venues, all within a one-mile radius. A seasoned festival goer knows there are two approaches to these types of festivals: choose a venue and watch all the artists playing there, or exert the most mental and physical energy possible by attempting to catch multiple sets at overlapping venues. Of course, we chose the latter, knowing exactly what we were getting ourselves into. Sort of. Racing to six or seven shows a night in [...]

This year's Latitude Festival has confirmed a new handful of performers, including the likes of Bobby Womack, DIIV and MONEY. The soul and R&B singer released his most recent album 'The Bravest Man In The Universe' in 2012, and has now unveiled plans to be this year's Sunday afternoon performer at the Obelisk Arena. Elsewhere on the line-up, the full list of new additions includes DIIV, MONEY, Deptford Goth, MØ, Wolf Alice, Ames Rhodes, Coves, Gabriel Bruce, Georgia Ruth, Hollie Cook Soundsystem, Joanna Gruesome, Retro Stefson Torres, Valerie June, Boom Bip & Charlie [...]

photos by Jonathon Bernstein ; words by Bill Pearis DIIV / LODRO @ Mercury Lounge, 5/11/2013 It was the kind of line-up you might see at Shea Stadium or 285 Kent, but Brooklyn crossed the bridge on Saturday night for the Downtown Music Festival on Saturday night (5/11). Well some of its bands did at least, specifically DIIV , LODRO , Xray Eyeballs and [...]

Today and tomorrow, Downtown Festival will overtake the small venues of the Lower East Side, giving you the chance to see some of the biggest rising stars of the indie scene in an intimate setting. Over 50 artists will appear on the stages of Bowery Ballroom, Mercury Lounge, Rockwood Music Hall, Pianos, Cake Shop, Tammany Hall, Element and Capitale. Be sure to get there early to see the opening bands, too, as you’ll be sure to discover some great upcoming talent! This year, the festival is also expanding to six other metropolitan downtown areas, including Philadelphia, Toronto, [...]

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Festival Acts Include: Black Hippy, Purity Ring, Earl Sweatshirt, Sky Ferreira, DIIV, Palma Violets, Nguzunguzu, Trash Talk, Andrew Wyatt (of Miike Snow), Autre Ne Veut, Antwon, Cities Aviv, SZA, 9Kilo Kish, Ratking, Kingdom feat. Kelela, TEEN, Mr. Muthafuckin eXquire, Vashtie, Fat Tony, and More Listen to Kilo Kish's Downtown Mixtape HERE Super-Fan Tickets On-Sale Now With The Downtown NYC Festival happening this Friday and Saturday in New York, Downtown Events has released the final schedule for the two-day Lower East Side takeover. Over two days, festival acts like Earl Sweatshirt, [...]

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The already stellar 2013 Chaos in Tejas lineup got even better yesterday with the addition of DIIV, Antwon, Roc Marciano , and a lot more , and we're to excited to announce the second amazing bill that we're co-presenting with the fest: Andy Stott, Total Control, Vulgar Fashion , and more at Holy Mountain on Saturday, June 1 . We've got 5 pairs of tickets to give away for this one courtesy of fest; just leave your name in the comments if you'd like [...]

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Small Black: Limits of Desire  - Upon listening to the new release from Small Black , the first and most prominent word that comes to mind is "ethereal". The new album,  Limits of Desire , is like classic Small Black but dreamier. The band has evolved and drawn from various influences to give fans something new that is still true to their sound. The new album is laid-back and calm without being safe or boring. Josh Kolenik and the other members have clearly taken note from chillwave acts like Washed Out  as well as [...]

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There really isn't anything RYAN HEMSWORTH can't do when it comes to producing. Whether it's his silky smooth originals, his ridiculous (also: mostly hilarious) remixes or in this instance, his mixtapes - you know you're in for a good time. As people are finally beginning to catch onto this, he's slowly beginning to get some bookings that he deserves. One of those bookings is New York City's Downtown Festival - unsurprisingly it's curated by the local label, Downtown Records . The festival itself takes its stripes from [...]

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Sunbeam Rd.'s down-tempo drowsy vibe makes you feel at ease and content by just simply listening.

It looks like the Brooklyn based band, DIIV , will be making their return to Los Angeles for another headlining show in support of their full-length debut "Oshin". This time they will head the Red Bull Sound Select which will be held on Tuesday, May 28th at The Echo . Joining DIIV will be  Bad Suns , Cillie Barnes and Harper Blynn to open up the show. Not [...]

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Questions of scale were hard to ignore as a 1,500-deep audience slowly trickled into Harlem’s legendary Apollo Theater last night, summoned uptown by an unlikely appearance from Trent Reznor’s industrially clanging new quintet, How to ... read more »

photos by Dana (distortion) Yavin How to destroy angels_ at The Apollo - 4/29/13 Trent Reznor 's band How to destroy angels_ brought their tour with DIIV in NYC last night (4/29) at The Apollo after hitting Coachella , Chicago , Montclair, NJ , and other cities. Like on their other dates, the band was complemented by elaborate on-stage visuals, and you can [...]

The Beach Fossils are an easy band to love with their mix of lo-fi chill and their ability to get rowdy.

photos by Amanda Hatfield Htda_ @ Wellmont Theatre, 4/28/2013 How to destroy angels_ made their debut in the NYC area last night (4/28) at Wellmont Theatre as their tour made its way east after Coachella (they hit Chicago along the way too). Trent Reznor , for the most part, took a backseat during the show, letting his wife Mariqueen Maandig 's sultry vocals take [...]

photos by Wei Shi Ghost BC / The Three O'Clock / Thee Oh Sees fans After two weekends, Coachella 2013 officially came to a close this past Sunday (4/21) with sets from Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Wu-Tang Clan, Grimes, Vampire Weekend, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Jessie Ware, Tame Impala , and more. Pictures of those artists, and some of the comparatively smaller [...]

Coachella 2013 de noche / Foto: Facebook de Coachella Coachella 2013 llegó a su fin y muchos ya estamos de regreso en casa listos para compartir con nuestros amigos nuestra experiencia, historias, anécdotas y descubrimientos musicales. Porque, para muchos, de eso se trata ir a un festival foráneo: conocer nuevas bandas. Nosotros estuvimos en ambos fines de semana del festival y pudimos ver muchas bandas a lo largo de cinco escenarios y seis días en total. De esta experiencia, logramos construir una lista con los 10 actos que más nos sorprendieron en vivo [...]