Met with sunny skies and a throbbing headache, I met up with a friend who dropped me off at some cheap dive bar on 5 th Street called the Yellow Jacket Social Club to interview Small Black. I forgot my ID, which proved to be a little problematic to get in, but after a few minutes I was able to get into the bar. I interviewed the band about their forthcoming album and their abandonment of their frothy chaos towards a more mature approach. They were real nice, talkative dudes, and I was [...]
If musical terrorists existed, Grand Central would have been swarming with Secret Service agents last Thursday. It's not often that the bosses of arguably the three most forward-thinking dance music labels on the planet convene under one roof. With surprise special guest Boys Noize joining an already loaded lineup of Bromance buddies Brodinski and Gesaffelstein and Dirtybird owners Claude VonStroke and Justin Martin , Hard Miami's second night was akin to a diplomatic summit between techno, electro and tech funk pioneers. At least throw Kavinsky [...]
XXYYXX (Photo: Tim Draut) The faint smell of reefer already began to permeate the DNA Lounge as local beatmaker Nanosaur took the stage at 10pm, opening an event featuring Teebs and headliner XXYYXX as part of Thursday night's all electronic lineup during Noise Pop Fest 2013. Teen Daze was originally scheduled to support XXYYXX with a DJ set, but the Canadian dance musician unfortunately had trouble sorting out visa issues [...]
Photo courtesy: Mike Rosati Photography Day three of Noise Pop 2013 brought a varied lineup to the Great American Music Hall , where dance punk outfits The Yellow Dogs and !!! sandwiched sets by Southern California-based outfit White Arrows and San Francisco's own psych-surf band The Mallard . On paper, these bands make up a tight program of post punk, psychedelic-tinged sound, but what we got was a melting pot of different [...]
The Lovely Bad Things are SICK! No, really they have some kind of flu or something. The drummer was particularly sweaty but it didn't seem to slow him down one bit. In fact the band was the loudest, fastest and noisiest of the evening. I can't wait to see these guys when they're healthy! They even played Priscilla's special request for "Paperface" by Weezer. If you are headed to SXSW, catch them at the Volstead 3/16th. SF's Cruel Summer kicked off the evening. The 2 women in the [...]
Photos by Charlie Homo I've had the distinct pleasure of catching Social Studies two years in a row at Noise Pop : I saw them open for Wye Oak last year , and I caught them again Wednesday night with Ramona Falls . While this review isn't quite a "What a difference a year makes!" piece, because the band was excellent on both nights, the evolution of the band has been pretty exciting to watch. But before [...]
Bouts are one of a number of Irish bands playing this year's CMJ showcase in New York this year. The Dublin four-piece are keeping a diary for the Point of Everything. Here's entry number two. Jetlag dispensed with, we attacked Manhattan by walking as far as we could and taking [Read more]
I hope you're all ready for a bombshell! Thats right peeps, it's DAY 2 in the WEEK OF WATERS here at the GAZM . This little pony may only be a year old, but she'll still blow your hair back, this is TNT . It's the story of a pretty little lady, whose mysteriousness may just be worth it... some girls are like that you know? Risky, Smart, Dangerous...you know... the ideal girl...sometimes you just can't get enough, and that's when they get you in trouble. One way or another. Word to the wise, [...]
Who would've ever thought we'd see Geographer, Norah Jones, and Metallica share stage space at a festival. But we did, and the experience was truly unique.
(Pictured above: Childish Gambino; Main Stage; Coachella) Day 2 of Coachella immediately got off with a bang. I started my day by watching a rapper I have always wanted to see live, Childish Gambino! As you know we at BeforeBigs.com are huge fans of the comedian turned rapper and it was great to see him [...]
If you're feeling down about not going to Ultra Music Festival, here's a big something to cheer you up - UMF TV . A live, free, Google hosted YouTube channel that will be streaming sets from the biggest names as they throwing down their biggest sets at this years festival. It's streaming right now, High Contrast & Netsky just rocked a few hundred people (+ a few thousand online) wide awake to a romping DNB - dubstep infused set, and now Ford Mustang has taken the stage. Throwing down a little bit from his newest EP, "Welcome To The [...]
Halfway through their set, The Fresh & Onlys ' frontman Tim Cohen said, "I'd like to dedicate this song to James Kim," referring to their sometime second percussionist (their first being Kyle Gibson), who they often borrow from Kelley Stoltz 's band. And then he launched into "Be My Hooker." That was not the first song Cohen had dedicated to someone that night, nor would it be the last. It might, however, have been the only joke he made all evening. (I'm fairly certain, for example, he wasn't kidding when [...]
As a sort of bandwagon Cursive fan — I've only given their 2009 release Mama, I'm Swollen a proper listen — I was a little hesitant reviewing this show. It felt like I was going in blind, especially considering the lineup included three opening bands, all of whom I'd never heard before. To make matters worse, I was attending by myself. By the end of the show — and my first experience with the cathartic, fist-in-the-air sing alongs Cursive do so well — it felt like I'd been through a potent group therapy [...]
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World famous music festival, Lollapalooza celebrated it’s 20th anniversary in Chicago’s Grant Park and with style. It was my first one ever and I will definitely be returning again next year. With 125+ acts performing in the span of three full days, it was impossible see them all. However, the amount of awesome DJ’s, rappers, bands, [...]
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My least favorite song. How to pick?? I could go with the recent internet sensation "Friday," but that's too easy and too much fun to parody. I could go with an annoying autotuned 3 minutes of crap by T-Pain. But no, not enough hate. The song that fills me with hatred and fury is Toby Keith's "Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue." You know the one where he talks about lighting up country's sky like the 4th of July? The song of "my patriotism is better than yours because I'm talking about killing people in retaliation." If I ever [...]
We know you've been waiting for it, so without further ado, here's day two of Rabble Rabble 's SXSW 2011 video blog featuring BBQ, belly dancers, booze and some synthy band. Check it out: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iv0Ot- Y9xyU
Tweet Photos by: Agata Kamler For all of my interest in pushing things forward, I've recently felt something of a compulsion back to the familiar comfort zone of catchy rock-pop songs. Frills? Frills are overrated. Fuck frills. I'm not going to claim to speak for the rest of the crowd at Cafe Du Nord on February 23rd, but, over the course of the evening, we were treated to a whole mess of infectious songs and, by all appearances, everyone enjoyed it immensely. [...]
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