Photos by: Katie Kuropas – Los Angeles-based folk-rock band Dawes, who released their fourth album, All Your Favourite Bands, on June 2nd, 2015 via HUB, which was produced by David Rawlings (Gillian Welsh), and which followed up their 2013 album, Stories Don’t End, which was produced by Jacquire King (Kings Of Leon, Tom Waits, Modest Mouse), performed at The Vic … Continue reading
Photos by: Sam Ungemach – Finnish metal band Apocalyptica, who released their eighth album, Shadowmaker, on April 17th, 2015 via Eleven Seven Music, which is the band’s first album with vocalist, Franky Perez, and which was produced by Nick Raskulinecz (Mastodon, Deftones, Foo Fighters, Rush), performed at Mill City Nights in Minneapolis last night with alt-metal band 10 Years, and hard rock … Continue reading
Photos by: Tony Contini – Folk-rock/alt-rock band Thao And The Get Down Stay Down, who released their fourth album, A Man Alive, on March 4th, 2016 via Ribbon Music, which was produced by Merrill Garbus of Tune-Yards, and which followed up their 2013 album, We The Common, performed at The Crescent Ballroom in Phoenix, Arizona last night with … Continue reading
Photos by: Timothy Nguyen – UK indie rock quartet The 1975, who released their second album, I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It, on February 26th, 2016 via Interscope, which was produced by Mike Crossey (Foals, Keane, Jake Bugg, Arctic Monkeys), and which followed up their 2013 debut self-titled … Continue reading
Photos by Quinn Middleton – UK indie folk/pop singer-songwriter James Bay, who released his debut album, Chaos and the Calm, on March 23rd, 2015 via Republic, which featured the singles “When We’re On Fire”, “Let It Go”, and “Hold Back The River”, and which followed up his January 2015 EP, Other Sides, performed at the Orpheum … Continue reading
Photos by Callie Craig – New York City-based indie rock singer-songwriter Frankie Cosmos (aka Greta Kline), who released her second album, Next Thing, on April 1st, 2016, and who is the daughter of Academy Award-winning actor Kevin Kline, performed at Lincoln Hall in Chicago last night.
Photos by: Carmin Edwards – Toronto-based dance-punk duo Death From Above 1979, who released a documentary called “Life After Death From Above 1979″, on October 7th, 2014, and who released their second album, The Physical World, on September 9th, 2014 via Last Gang Records, which featured the single “Trainwreck 1979″, performed at the PNE Forum in … Continue reading
Photos by: Tony Contini – Los Angeles-based drone-metal-art-folk singer-songwriter Chelsea Wolfe, who released her fifth album, Abyss, on August 7th, 2015 via Sargent House, which follows up her 2014 album, Pain Is Beauty, performed at The Crescent Ballroom in Phoenix, Arizona last night.
Photos by: Francesca Ludikar – Industrial rock band Filter, who released their seventh album, Crazy Eyes, on April 8th, 2016 via Wind-Up Records, which debuted at number 151 on the Billboard 200 charts, the band’s lowest debut to date, and which followed up their 2013 album, The Sun Comes Out Tonight, performed at The Opera House in Toronto last … Continue reading
Photos by: Sam Ungemach – Folk-rock singer-songwriter Lissie, who released her third album, My Wild West, on February 12th, 2016 via Cooking Vinyl, which featured the singles “Hero”, “Don’t You Give Up On Me”, and “Daughters”, and which followed up her 2013 album, Back To Forever, which was produced by Jacknife Lee (U2, REM, Taylor Swift, Weezer), performed at … Continue reading