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Band of Skulls announce new album “By Default”

By: Staff – U.K. rockers Band of Skulls will release their new album, By Default, on May 27th via BMG, their first album with the label. “Killer,” the first song to be revealed from the record is available now with album pre-order. Watch the video below. Produced by Gil Norton (Pixies, Foo Fighters, Patti Smith) and recorded in Rockfield Studios, By Default is the follow up to … Continue reading →

Photos: The Rocket Summer, Bordeen @ Hard Luck Bar

Photos by: Jaime Espinoza –  Dallas-based alt-rock/power pop/indie rock singer-songwriter The Rocket Summer, who released his sixth album, Zoetic, on February 26th, 2016 via Aviate, which followed up his 2012 album, Life Will Write The Words, which featured the single “Run and Don’t Stop”, performed at the Hard Luck Bar in Toronto last night with Toronto-based indie … Continue reading →

Album Review: The Range – “Potential”

By: Tyler Nyquvest –     It has become all too common to see ideas, stories and songs being reproduced and resold to audiences begging to eat them up. However, what has become more indicative of talent is the ability to borrow from a past creative work and improve upon it. James Hinton (aka The Range) might … Continue reading →

PUP announces new album “The Dream Is Over”

By: Staff – Toronto-based punk band PUP will release their new album, The Dream Is Over, on May 27th via Royal Mountain Records. Named for the first thing doctors told singer/guitarist Stefan Babcock after a recent examination of his damaged vocal chords, The Dream Is Over finds PUP as confident and as in tune with each other as they … Continue reading →

Interview: Wild Nothing talks “Life of Pause”, soul music, and experimentation

By: Gemma Mastroianni – When Jack Tatum (aka Wild Nothing) began work on Life of Pause, his third full-length to date, he had lofty ambitions: Don’t just write another album; create another world. One with enough detail and texture and dimension that a listener could step inside, explore, and inhabit it as they see fit. This album goes … Continue reading →

Photos: Fall Out Boy, Awolnation, Finish Ticket @ Bill Graham Civic Auditorium

Photos by: Raymond Ahner (@photoray) – Chicago-based pop-punk band Fall Out Boy, who released their sixth album, American Beauty/American Psycho, on January 16th, 2015 via Island, performed at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco on March 27th with Los Angeles-based indie rock band Awolnation, who released their second album, Run, on March 17th, 2015 via Red Bull … Continue reading →

FYF Fest announces 2016 lineup

By: Staff – FYF Fest has announced its 2016 lineup. Taking place from August 27-28 at Exposition Park in Los Angeles, the 13th annual FYF Fest will feature headlining performances from Kendrick Lamar, LCD Soundsystem, Tame Impala, and Grace Jones along with additional performances from Anohni doing her first LA performance for Hopelessness, Blood Orange, Vince Staples, Young Thug, Charles Bradley, Grimes, Rae Sremmurd, Beach … Continue reading →

Photos: Red Baraat, Madame Gandhi, Rajas @ Bowery Ballroom

Photos by: Saidy Lopez –  Brooklyn-based world music band Red Baraat, who released their newest EP, Livewire, in January 2016, which they recorded in-studio at Seattle’s KEXP, and which includes a bonus track, “Gaadi of Truth”, featuring The Police’s Stewart Copeland, performed at the Bowery Ballroom in New York City on March 27 with Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter Madame … Continue reading →

Photos: Charlie Puth, Phoebe Ryan @ The Mod Club

Photos by: Janine Van Oostrom – New Jersey-based pop singer-songwriter Charlie Puth, who released his debut album, Nine Track Mind, on January 29th, 2016 via Atlantic, which featured the singles “Marvin Gaye”, which features guest vocals from Meghan Trainor, and “One Call Away”, and which follows up his self-produced debut EP, Some Type of Love, on May 1st, 2015 via Atlantic … Continue reading →

Photos: Seasons Music Festival 2016 (Day 2) – Odesza, Duke Dumont, Thomas Jack

Photos by:  Isaac Wray – The second and final day of the 2016 Seasons Music Festival at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver featured performances by Seattle-based electropop duo Odesza, who released their third remix album, All We Need Remixes, on February 16th, 2015, UK house DJ/Producer Duke Dumont, and Australian DJ/Producer Thomas Jack.