We are very excited to announce a fun series that we're working on with Portland's Banana Stand Media. BSM is a live music outfit that hosts and records live [...]
There are four things fans of Joywave should know in order to understand the motivations of the Rochester, N.Y. indie rock quintet.
First is that Rochester is the home base [...]
Into the Pit is a new series dedicated to showcasing the Bay Area metal scene in its many forms, spanning artists, genres, venues, and locations. This week features stoner [...]
This Week In PR is a column curated by Victor Valle and Jody Amable, celebrating the press releases that caught our eye but we couldn't use. Here are some [...]
For Hutch Harris, the frontman of longstanding Portland indie rock trio The Thermals, it happened a little over a year ago. Standing onstage, looking into the curious crowd, he [...]
What do you call pop music that doesn’t reach the mainstream? As today’s Top 40 continues to be gentrified by esoteric personalities squeezing out populist idealism, chart success seems [...]
Dark Beach (Photo by Niki Pretti Photography)
Mermaids, monsters, and music: If there could ever be a tagline for Dark Beach, it would be that. But what's so amazing about the East [...]
Pros, cons, and hindsight — Toronto synthpop quartet Metric have never shied away from direction-shaping changes. In 2007, the band ditched a traditional label to start their own distribution [...]
The Knocks (photo: Ian Young)
Interview with The Knocks: Brittany O’Brien
Wordsmith/Writer: Melanie Mazza
Photos by Ian Young
Portraits by Brittany O'Brien
Many a love story has been set in New York City. This one, [...]
Since 1989, Jesse Townley has played in numerous East Bay punk bands, such as Blatz, The Gr'ups, The Criminals, and The Frisk. The first time that Townley — known [...]
This year's Burger Boogaloo will include a meet and greet with Traci Lords
Are you sitting down? Sit the fuck down, this is huge. The lineup for this year's Burger [...]
I'm a relative latecomer to the WATERS bandwagon. After all, I listened to Chuck D when he told me not to believe the hype, and for the most part [...]
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