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By: Staff – The band formerly known as Viet Cong have today announced their new name, moving forward they will be called Preoccupations. In a statement released today they said: “After finishing our latest record and taking some time off, we are excited to announce that we will be performing and recording as “Preoccupations” going … Continue reading
Photos by: Orest Dorosh – Grammy Award-winning blues guitarist and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Buddy Guy, who released his 28th album, Born to Play Guitar, on July 21st, 2015 via RCA, which followed up their 2013 album, Rhythm & Blues, which was produced by Tom Hambridge (Lynyrd Skynyrd, Billy Ray Cyrus, Rascal Flatts), performed … Continue reading
Photos by: Rossi Ivanova – Finnish folk-metal band Korpiklaani, who released their ninth album, Noita, which features a cover version of the song “Mony Mony” by Tommy James and the Shondells, and which followed up their 2012 album, Manala, performed at the O2 Academy Islington in London, UK last night with Finnish pagan metal band Moonsorrow, who released … Continue reading
Photos by: Gina Garcia – Philadelphia-based punk band Beach Slang, who released their newest album, The Things We Do To Find People Who Feel Like Us, on October 30th, 2015 via Polyvinyl Records, which followed up their 2014 album, Cheap Thrills On A Dead End Street, performed at the Music Hall of Williamsburg in New York City last night with … Continue reading
Photos by: Magda Knyszynski – Michigan-based indie rock band Citizen, who released their second full-length album, Everybody Is Going to Heaven, on June 23, 2015 via Run For Cover, which followed up their 2013 album, Youth, which was produced by Will Yip (Title Fight, Circa Survive, Braid), performed at Ritual Nightclub in Ottawa last night with Boston-based indie rock band Turnover, indie … Continue reading
Photos by: Jaime Espinoza – Minneapolis-based synthpop band Polica, who released their third album, United Crushers, on March 4th, 2016 via Mom + Pop Music, which they recorded with producer Ryan Olson at the Sonic Ranch studios in El Paso, Texas, and which followed up their 2013 album, Shulamith, performed at Lee’s Palace in Toronto last night with Brooklyn-based indie band MOTHXR, which … Continue reading
Photos by: Maddie Zekkou – All-female Toronto-based Nirvana cover band Hervana, whose band members include: Carly Beath as Skirt Cobain, Erin Cousins as Miss Novoselic, Adrian Pasen as Dave Grrrl, and Michelle Turingan as Pap Smear, performed the entirety of Nirvana’s Unplugged in New York album, which was originally released on November 1st, 1994, at the Burdock Music Hall … Continue reading
Photos by: Miles Norwood – Hip-hop artist Mod Sun, who released his debut album, Look Up, on March 10th, 2015 via Rostrum Records, which featured guest appearances by Blink-182’s Travis Barker, G-Eazy, Riff Raff, and MGK, performed at First Avenue in Minneapolis last night.
By: Curtis Sindrey – Iconic funk/R&B artist Prince died today at his Minnesota Paisley Park estate, TMZ reports. Prince’s body was discovered at his Paisley Park compound in Minnesota early Thursday morning. The singer, whose full name is Prince Rogers Nelson, suffered a medical emergency on April 15th that forced his private jet to make an emergency landing in Illinois. … Continue reading
Photos by: Julio de la Torre – Pop-rock singer-songwriter Julieta Venegas, who released her seventh album, lgo Sucede, on August 14th, 2015 via Ohanian S., performed at the House of Blues in Anaheim, CA last night.
