Having made the Music Liberation ' Future Sounds of 2012 ' list, Lucy Rose was a name we were always going to look out for during the year ahead. So when the opportunity came about to catch her playing her largest gig to date at the Jazz Cafe in Camden , we jumped at the chance. Not even the ' heavy onslaught ' of snow which decided to engulf the capital the moment we set off could dampen the spirits and anticipation of checking out the young lady from Warwickshire, who in a [...]
Going to see the lovely Tiny Ruins today . Looking forward to that. Especially since it almost didn't happen. We had a train booked to go down to London last night and we missed it… by seconds. Our taxi got caught up in traffic and by the time I picked up our tickets, the man in the hat had already blown his whistle. And apparently there is no turning back once a whistle is blown. Even if you are standing right there beside the train before it starts to move. Catching a bus down today. [...]
Bon Iver is this week's musical guest on Saturday Night Live . 2011 turned out to be quite a year for Justin Vernon. Besides his eponymous sophomore release under the moniker Bon Iver being a critical success and debuting at #2 on the Billboard Charts, Bon Iver's also since been nominated for four Grammys ( even if the awards show is a waste of time ) and has been given his own imprint (Chigliak) on Jagjaguwar to release records [...]
Cass McCombs put out two exceptional albums last year, the somber Wit's End and the more uptempo Humor Risk . I named both top albums in 2011. One of the more interesting singer/songwriters out there, he plays Lincoln Hall Sunday in what should be a very good show. McCombs previewed the song Mystery Mail (from Humor Risk ) at Pitchfork fest in 2010. Check out this video for the 2009 song [...]
Bind Pilot & The Barr Brothers / Mr. Smalls / 2.10.2012 / Doors 7:00 / $13.50 Words by Jim It's always fun to catch a band around town and see them return a few years later, a few years older, and a few fans stronger. Case in point: Blind Pilot . I caught them back in 2009 when they played with (the seriously awesome) Laura Veirs at Club Cafe. Fast forward three years later, the band has a new album and they're playing at [...]
Born outta the internet and extensively touring throughout the 011 saw the CULTS bring their sound to American telly last night with a performance of their 'Adbucted' mp3 via the Jimmy Fallon show. Dipping into some shoegaze and swinging into some C-86 territory, some time soon you may accidentally fall in love with this Manhattan indie-popping smitten duo. wotyougot
Photo by Lauren Gosninski from VIA Words by Brendan What a way to start off a year of concertgoing. I've never seen a show end due to a band injury before, but that's exactly what happened here. Kim Phuc - Copsucker LP by Kim Phuc I really dig Raw Blow . There's something awesomely appealing about their sound mixture: 60s pop samples, great drumming, hip-hoppy vocal stylings, rumbling bass. I've [...]
Angelo Moore of Fishbone in a scene from Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone . As much as the VH1 Behind the Music series was great for music documentaries in theory, in practice it's tried and true formula has made for a lot of lazy filmmaking. Thankfully, that's not the case with the music doc Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone . It's a really hard documentary to get right. [...]
not as epic as when she performed it on the JOOLS HOLLAND, the FLORENCE & THE MACHINE took her NO LIGHT, NO LIGHT mp3 to the JONATHAN ROSS HQs. wotyougot
Artists and records labels are nowadays focusing and dedicating their strengths in live music shows, more than anything else. Artists are signing 360 deals with their recording labels to supplement their incomes.
[ Echo Chamber (′ek·ō ′chām·bər): noun , 1. a dedicated space for the purposes of transmission and repetition of sound 2. a video segment that features your favorite bands playing your favorite songs 3. a video segment where your favorite bands blow your mind]. Words by Jim Artist / Donora Songs / "Boom Boom" & "Mancini's Dance Hall" Location / Unfinished Floor, [...]
Last Semester, as finals rapidly approached things got a bit hazy around here. I found myself constantly writing up quick drafts of blogs posts and never finding the time to actually publish them. This seems to be the case with Miami's indie pop duo Blonds. Their blown out retro pop, (specifically the ear worm Kites) was more than deserving of a write-up the first time through. Fortunately, this acoustic session refreshed my memory and I can finally rest easy. Watching the duo at their most playful, laid back on the beach is the happy antithesis to our not so pleasant [...]
Photo by Stereogum The Lemonheads / Stage AE / 01.16.2012 / Doors 7:00 / $15 Words by Brendan Welcome to the New Year, 2012, folks! There are tons of awesome concerts in the 'Burgh already announced for this year, and we'll surely be giving away free tickets to a bunch of them. We're kicking that all off with The Lemonheads , who will be playing The Club venue at Stage AE next Monday evening. We have TWO FREE TICKETS [...]
Lana Del Rey (AKA, Elizabeth Grant) makes her network TV debut on Saturday Night Live. I'm still not sure how I feel about "new sensation" Lana Del Rey. Posing as a self-made artist, the New York artist broke on the scene towards the end of 2011 with her David Lynchian YouTube video that appeared for the song "Video Games." Later, folks figured out she was formerly known as Elizabeth Grant, a run-of-the-mill pop singer with two failed albums. Sure, there's something to be said for reinvening [...]
The Classic lineup of Guided By Voices appears on Late Night with David Letterman January 3, 2011. The reunion of Guided By Voices' classic lineup ('93-'96) was one of the great stories of 2010 (reunion at Matador 21), 2011 (touring all over) and with the release of their first album of new material together in 16 years ( Let's Go Eat the Factory , 2012 is already shaping up to make it three years in a row for Robert Pollard and the gang. [...]
It's January in Chicago and that means Buddy Guy begins his monthlong residency at his Legends club in Chicago this week. The Saturday shows are sold out but there appears to be tickets available for some other nights. There's nothing like seeing Guy, one of the last of the truly great, old-times blues legends, play his own club. And where better to hear Sweet Home Chicago than on the city's south side (well, South Loop). From a Legends show: [...]
By Sweet Sound of Sunrise Thursday nights are a good time to be at the Orbit Room - specifically, the last Thursday of every month. Live music regularly draws a crowd to this upstairs bar, which would almost be hidden from passersby if it weren't for the sign out on the sidewalk. In fact, I almost walked past it two nights ago when I went to see what has easily been my favourite musical discovery of the year. [...]
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