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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
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 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
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 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 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 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.
Photos by: Steven Shepherd – Day one of the 2016 Seasons Music Festival at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver featured performances by Australian EDM duo Knife Party, who released their fourth EP, Trigger Warning, on November 20th, 2015 via Big Beat Records, synthpop artist Porter Robinson, who released his debut remix album, Worlds Remixed, on October 2nd, 2015 via … Continue reading
By: James Pew – “No Pop (noun) – short for Not Popular. Meaning anti-commercial, non-chart-friendly, also inferring there is no expiration date on music nor is it limited by geographic or regional boundaries” The first time I wrote about No Pop was over a year ago. I re-read that piece in preparation for writing this … Continue reading
Photos by: Timothy Nguyen – Metalcore band August Burns Red, who released their seventh album, Found In Far Away Places, on June 29th, 2015 via Fearless Records, which featured the singles “The Wake”, and “Identity”, performed at the Vogue Theatre in Vancouver last night with North Carolina-based progressive metal band Between the Buried and Me, who released their sixth … Continue reading
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