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The post Gallery: The Great Escape, Brighton, May 17th 2013. appeared first on Dots & Dashes .

all photos by Jim Bennett A couple times a year, Starbucks, STG, and KEXP team up to put on the Little Big Show - a little show with a big impact - where 100% of the proceeds go towards helping the arts stay alive for young people. This evening's sold out show raised over $14,000 for The Vera Project , the non-profit all ages music venue at the Seattle Center where artists at any age can hear music, participate in the music scene, learn to screen print, and more. [...]

Photography by Nate Cover Ever since they dropped "Hurricane"  about a year ago,  MS MR has been skyrocketing in hype, all while remaining in anonymity for the first few months of their existence. And after revealing that the male/female duo responsible for one of the most unique sounds these days is none other than  Lizzy Plapinger of  Neon Gold Records and  Max Hershenow , they have only continued to skyrocket into the blogosphere. Although there debut record,  Secondhand Rapture   via Columbia [...]

Ever since they announced their most recent batch of post-hiatus dates, I've embarked on a huge  Fleetwood Mac phase that sees me listening to the entirety of  Rumours   several times a week. When I first heard Haerts '  St. Lucia -produced  "Wings"   four or five months ago, I fell head over heels, as frontwoman  Nini Fabi  sounds a whole lot like my beloved  Stevie Nicks . I'm always a bit weary about seeing bands in their very early [...]

Photography by Melissa Scheinberg Although formerly known merely as " Beyoncé 's little sister",  Solange  has been really coming into her own as the new face of R&B these past six months or so, spearheading last year's long-overdue comeback of R&B alongside  Frank Ocean , where soulful vocals paired with minimalist production and Brandy b-sides were as just common across the blogosphere as the latest buzzy California band. With the newfound rise in R&B came  Solange 's gorgeous  True   EP - a collaborative effort alongside Dev Hynes ( [...]

Dan Carson and George O'Brien ignore temptations to do nothing but sit on the beach all day in the Brighton sunshine and bring us an account of some incredible performances from the first day of this year's Great Escape Festival. Chasing Grace Recent Island signing Chasing Grace kicked our weekend off with an early performance at The Hope. The British four piece conjure-up a light-hearted blend of folk and emotional pop with glimmers of heaviness, that is arguably too shackled. There is no [...]

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Photography by Becky Rother Playing to a sold out crowd, English trio Daughter - that played as a four-piece that evening - came on stage to adoration. Seemingly out of their element, lead songstress Elena Tonra modestly thanked the audience throughout. Having only played Chicago before at the space's sister venue, Schubas Tavern, the band played for over an hour, an impressive feat considering they had only just released their excellent debut, If You Love , this year. [...]

On May 14, 2009, Fall Out Boy played their last show at The Rave in Milwaukee, WI for the Believers Never Die Part Deux Tour. On May 14, 2013, Fall Out Boy finally returned to a sold out crowd. “We’ve missed you guys so much,” Patrick Stump tells the audience after the ending cords of 'Thriller' play. Gone are the sideburns, heavy eyeliner, and long hair (except guitarist Joe Trohman…mostly because it’s Joe) but in its place are four happier, healthier men that sound phenomenal. Their [...]

by Tiana Feng Last night, Bravestation celebrated the release of their new EP IV at The Drake Hotel. If you haven't heard it yet, it is available for free on Bandcamp . Opening up the night was rapper TFHOUSE. Their recorded stuff (available on Bandcamp ) is alright, but I thought the live performance was a bit of a joke and kind of unprofessional. There was [...]

All photos by Nilina Mason-Campbell. Not every band can turn a concert into an impromptu underwear party, but Magic Mouth did just that as headliners of last Friday night's Langano Bash 2013. After performances from Smoke Rings, Tiny Knives, and Havania Whaal, the gritty and danceable four-piece took to the floor-level stage for a sweaty, kinetic performance that quickly led to the disrobing of audience and band members alike. After a full set full of throbbing baselines and crowd-surfing to boot, Magic Mouth closed out their midnight set with their soulful and smoky take [...]

The gubernatorial surrounds of Islington Assembly Hall seem slightly at odds with the fluorescent schtick of Doseone - he of Themselves, 13 and God and cLOUDDEAD fame. And for about 10 minutes, an air of bemusement envelopes the early revelers; or perhaps they’re simply hypnotised by his garb (neon-pink t-shirt, big-buckled ‘I Love Haters’-adorned belt and flashy old school hip hop jacket). The music’s fittingly kaleidoscopic too. His high-pitched squall, laid over disjointed, funk-tinged beats, sits somewhere between Prince and Connan Mockasin . The set is unhinged and fragmented but there’s something mesmeric [...]

Thoughts on Shows by Todd Harrington The Scene: The MET May 8, 2013 Pawtucket, RI THE FOALS are a band [...]

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Thoughts on Shows by Todd Harrington The Scene: The MET May 8, 2013 Pawtucket, RI FOALS are a band from OXFORD, ENGLAND - The quintet slowly took the [...]

Sun Angle held their debut album release party at Mississippi Studios last Friday. With Like a Villain and Nice Nice on the bill, there was plenty of celebration. I feel extremely lucky every time I get to see LHolland Andrews play: her amazing solo project Like a Villain is a thing of power and beauty. Using a clarinet, glockenspiel, loop pedals, and her flawless voice, Andrews seems like a celestial being full of raw emotion one minute, and your most intimate friend the next. It's really quite magical. Nice Nice brought the dancing and carried [...]

frontpage_features: “Is he still so goth he shits bats?” That’s what a friend of mine asked when I told him that Sunday night I was going to go see Peter Murphy ‘s show. [...]

Time was, leading a Dublin crowd in a cheery sing-a-long of “There is no God” would have resulted in widespread condemnation and public order offences, but these are different days. These are shanty songs for disaffected children of all ages and Frank Turner , at long last, knows his audience like the back of his hand. Though he takes the time to note, in that only-half-joking way of his, that people have been offering hearty congratulations in the direction of ‘debut’ album Tape Deck Heart (his fifth), Turner is very much preaching to the converted [...]

The function room of the New Oxford pub seems somewhat undersized to host two of the finest contemporary purveyors of different strands of American folk tradition on a rare trip to the UK and an even rarer to trek to the North. The cosy confines soon turn out to be a blessing in disguise, however. M.C. Taylor – the North Carolina-based songwriter operating under the Hiss Golden Messenger banner – has barely made it through a beguiling version of ‘Jesus Shot Me in the Head’ (one [...]

I am here tonight because someone I love who loves the music of Adam Green wanted to die last night. If I can be here, in some small way perhaps it might keep her alive. Admittedly, Adam Green (he of Moldy Peaches fame) is not my favorite musician. He’s not even my least favorite musician. And yet when you’re in love with someone, they bring into your lives artists about whom you ordinarily wouldn’t have even the vaguest scintilla of awareness. And now he’s here and she’s elsewhere and this is what you do when you’re in [...]

One of the things I love about Dub Club—besides the amazing acts they’re able to book—is that it gets such a diverse mix people from different scenes across the social spectrum. You’ll see dreadlocked hippies, liberty-spiked punks, mods, traditional skins, hipsters, club kids and hip-hop heads all mixing it up, and everyone gets along with each other. It speaks to the caliber of performers that people of taste come out from every corner of L.A. to dig the vibes and party. Last Saturday night was no exception. Dancehall legend and groundbreaking female vocalist Sister Nancy took the stage and rocked [...]