By: Staff – Banks & Steelz – a musical collaboration between Wu Tang Clan’s RZA and Interpol’s Paul Banks – have announced that their upcoming debut album will be titled Anything But Words. The duo have also revealed the album’s track-listing (see below), plus special guest appearances by Florence Welch of Florence + The Machine, Kool Keith, and Wu Tan Clan’s Ghostface Killah, Method Man, and Masta … Continue reading
Photos by: Theo Rallis – New York City-based alt rock band Interpol, who released their fifth album, El Pintor, on September 8th, 2014, which features guest appearances by Brandon Curtis of Secret Machines, Roger Joseph Manning, Jr. and Rob Moose of Bon Iver, and which was engineered by James Brown (Foo Fighters), and mixed by Alan Moulder (Nine Inch Nails, The Smashing Pumpkins, My Bloody Valentine), performed … Continue reading
Photos by: Jade Park – 91X’s Wrex The Halls 2014 concert took place last night at the Elephant Valley View Casino Center in San Diego, CA, and featured performances by Kentucky-based alternative rockers Cage The Elephant, who released their third album, Melophobia, on October 8th, 2013 via RCA, which spawned the singles “Come a Little Closer”, “Take It or Leave … Continue reading
By: Elaisha Green (@elaishajade) – The final day of the three-day Governors Ball festival kicked off with female West Coast natives Banks and Meg Myers. Sporting all black in the heat, Banks’ gentle vibrato was carried across the Gotham Stage. Downbeat tunes “Change”, “Warm Water”, and “Drowning” were highlights of her set. Earlier, Myers screeched into the microphone at the … Continue reading
Photos by Ashley Gheerawo – The third and final day of Governors Ball 2014 featured performances by New York City-based indie pop band Vampire Weekend, who released their third album, Modern Vampires of the City, on May 14th, 2013 via XL, which spawned the singles, “Diane Young”, “Ya Hey”, and “Unbelievers”, New York City-based post-rock … Continue reading
By: Rebecca M. Williams (@rebeccapeppers) | Photos by: Curtis Sindrey (@SindreyCurtis) – A brilliantly beautiful sky met the first day of Arts & Crafts’ Field Trip – performers and fans alike couldn’t stop commenting on the sunshine and hot temperatures. Toronto’s Fort York steadily filled with smiling festivalgoers, liberally applying sunscreen and drinking beer. The booming sounds of the first performer’s … Continue reading