It's the end of the year. 2012...and we survived. Unless some mad Mayan rises from the grave in the next three days and turns us all into zombies and the inevitable Irwin Allen disaster picture. Anything's possible. So here are my top pics for favorite albums of 2012. It's really a toss-up between Jack and Corin. I went with Corin in the final coin flip because I find myself going back
What a year. More than 140 Los Angeles-sired albums passed through the Buzz Bands LA headphones this year, not counting EPs, mixtapes and singles. Judging from the detritus at my desk — handwritten lists, stacks of CDs, press releases — and my unopened emails, there were a lot more out there. It came in all flavors. 2012 was a robust year for folkies and faux-folkies, hard rock and harder rock, for electro and popgazers, for scads of seemingly interchangeable garage-rockers, for radio bands and scruffy DIYers, for electronic dance music and electronic dumb music, for R&B and glitch&B [...]
10. GROSS RELATIONS Gross Relations [autoprodotto] Brillante esempio di garage pop made in Brooklyn. Dopo essere ricorsi all’aiuto dei blogger di Raven Sings The Blues per pubblicare l’ep “Come Clean”, i Gross Relations hanno deciso di far da soli e l’esordio sulla lunga distanza l’hanno messo su Bandcamp (scaricabile gratis). Un bel regalo a base di hooks killer, ritmi scanzonati e divertenti tracciati da tastiere e chitarre molto anni ottanta. Dieci canzoni che sembrano disegnate apposta per far da sottofondo a qualche spot o serie tv. Bassa fedeltà ma altissimo rischio [...]
CD102.5 Holiday Show with Silversun Pickups, Delta Spirit, The Features & Cloud Nothings December 9, 2012 LC Pavilion Silversun Pickups Delta Spirit The Features Cloud Nothings Cloud Nothings [...]
Portada del álbum Tramp de Sharon Van Etten Texto: @folkmetender Este 2012 fue un año enteramente musical para mí: me llevó de viaje a varios festivales, pude ver a algunas de mis bandas favoritas (nunca pensé ver en vivo en el mismo año a Refused , Against Me! , This Will Destroy You , Godspeed You! Black Emperor y Explosions In The Sky ). Me enamoré perdidamente de Sharon Van Etten y Daughter . Conocí proyectos nacionales que me volaron la cabeza como Soledad , [...]
Por fin pudimos conocer el cartel de la edición 14 del Vive Latino, que crece a cuatro días en esta edición y que presenta uno de los mejores line-ups que nos hayan tocado ver. La fiesta del VL será del 14 al 17 de marzo en el Foro Sol. La preventa Banamex será el 6 y 7 de diciembre y los precios son los siguientes: Y acá les dejamos el cartel:
Listo el cartel del Vive Latino 2013 que se llevará a cabo 14,15,16 y 17 de Marzo en el Foro Sol de la Cuidad de México. Grandes bandas se presentarán destacando 2 de los exponentes más importantes de la música británica, Morrissey y Blur, además de Yeah Yeah Yeah's, Tame Impala y del lado latino del Festival se presentarán Los Fabulosos Cadillacs que estarán cerrando el festival el domingo.
Mexico's Vive Latino has set the precedent for a unique festival lineup in 2013. Blur, Morrissey, Underworld, and Yeah Yeah Yeahs top this year's bill, alongside Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Japandroids, Tame Impala, Silversun Pickups, and a slew of local acts. Check out the full lineup here . The festival runs March 14th - 17th at Foro Sol in Mexico City, Mexico. Tickets are available via Ticketmaster.mx .
El Festival Vive Latino es ya una tradición en cuanto a eventos en México se refiere, de ahí que cada año hay gran expectativa en cuanto al cartel que se presentará. La edición 2013 comenzó temprano, pues apenas el día de ayer se confirmó la presencia de Los Fabulosos Cadillacs como una de las cartas fuertes de esta edición. Finalmente, el día de hoy se dieron a conocer, en conferencia de prensa y a través de sus medios oficiales , al resto de las bandas que formarán parte del festival en su edición [...]
Visit Indie Shuffle to download. Song: The Joy Formidable - Whirring [download here ] What's so good? The Joy Formidable certainly made a splash with their 2011 debut album The Big Roar . Two songs in particular lead the pack: "Austere" and "Whirring." [...]
I've been to a whole bunch of festivals in my time, but at 28, my time might be coming to an end. Creaky knees, pale skin and general grumpiness have lead me to start turning down festival invites in the hope that my favorite bands will be playing a sideshow. But Harvest Presents is different. "Harvest is not a festival, it's a feeling." Held for the first time last year in Melbourne, Brisbane and (my home town of) Sydney, the festival was one of the best musical days of my life. Even before the bands were [...]
New Orleans' Voodoo Music + Arts Experience will webcast a number of this weekend's performance, including Jack White, Neil Young & Crazy Horse, The Avett Brothers, Silversun Pickups, Bootsy Collins, Dave Stewart, AWOLNATION, George Porter Jr, and more. The stream will also include artist interviews, acoustic performances and a behind-the-scenes look at New Orleans music, food and culture. Tune into RollingStone.com on Saturday (Noon - 11:00pm CT) and Sunday (Noon - 9:00pm CT). Also check back early next week for our coverage of Voodoo.
photos by Tracy Allison Silversun Pickups / Cloud Nothings @ T5 10/15/2012 Last week, Silversun Pickups brought their tour with Cloud Nothings through NYC for shows at Terminal 5 on October 14 and 15. Pictures, videos, and setlists from the first night are HERE , and we've got pics from the second night in this post. The setlist was pretty similar to the first night, but they [...]
Comparisons can sometimes be a hard thing to shake for today’s indie rock bands. Often it feels like critics and fans of modern rock, or any other genre for that matter are too quick to compare contemporary artists to those of the past. More often than not, these unfair comparisons stifle young bands from crafting their own identities, forcing them to always live in the shadow of the former bands they’re supposedly “ripping off”. To that end, L.A. quartet Silversun Pickups are no strangers to lofty comparisons. Upon release of their 2006 Carnavas , the band drew heavy comparisons [...]
Photo gallery of Silversun Pickups, Atlas Genius, Cloud Nothings playing live at Terminal 5, New York City (October 14, 2012) Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/photo s/silversun-pickups-atlas-geni us-cloud-nothings-term/
I'm pretty sure I have to make it to this show tonight. Silversun Pickups come back to Philly (area) for a show at the Tower Theater , along with Cloud Nothings . Both of them are constantly getting mentioned on the site, so it kind of demands my presence. I caught SSP at Firefly and was blown away by how awesome they were live. The drummer sets that cymbol so high and poinds on the drums with the same intensity of a young Grohl. Tonight should be a good one. Enjoy a track off their debut [...]
photos by Luis Ruiz "if you play a show and it's not mind-numbingly loud what is the point" - Cloud Nothings Silversun Pickups/Cloud Nothings Silversun Pickups took their tour with Cloud Nothings to NYC this week for shows at Terminal 5 on Sunday night (10/14) and Monday night (10/15). Silversun Pickups played mostly off of their new [...]
Photos of Silversun Pickups , Cloud Nothings and Atlas Genius performing at the Tabernacle on October 9, 2012. All photos by Brandon Funk. Click on a photo to enlarge. [...]
Photo by Brandon Funk Not to be confused with Atlas Shrugged , the surprisingly punctual Atlas Genius took the stage promptly at 7:00 p.m. with a presence similar to Cold War Kids . Early in the set, they began by kicking on an ephemeral delay to the tone of the guitar and synth which would shadow the rest of the show. These vapory effects were aids to three-part harmonies and catchy pop melodies that hopped around the venue. Their song “In a Day” created a groove-based dance meme that seemed to be [...]
Close your eyes and put your finger on your screen. That song is fresh from an unheard of artist about to bloom. This week's Weekly Download has lots to offer, albeit with a heavier presence of electro. No, not trance and techno, but indie electro artists who use all of those wonderful electronica elements for their beats and ambiance. There's a great deal of good stuff here in our weekly 10. First off Log Across The Washer sounds like some Beatles B-sides with their McCartney-like vocals. Lots and lots of them to check out [...]
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