The last couple of years have been a cornucopia of riches for fans of bands who haven’t toured in ages and who have chosen to reunite. And there are even those rare opportunities, like in the case of The Folk Implosion, of a group that not only got back together, […]
Photo by Micah E. Wood The band, manners manners, celebrates their record release for I Held Their Eyes, I Kissed Them All Friday, July 26th on 20/20 Records, and the band – Jack Pinder (vocals/guitar), HS (vocals/drums), and Jes Welter (bass) – chatted up the new record with These Subtle […]
The amazing Brooklyn-based duo of Matt Johnson and Kim Schifino, better known as Matt and Kim, hit the road again after four years (and four years too many!) and it promises to be a great tour. Says Matt, “THIS TOUR IS GONNA BE SO RIDICULOUS! And we mean that in […]
“We wrote this around George Bush Jr time, and the lyrics are more relevant to what’s happening now than they were then,” Kathleen Hanna, singer of the dance punk trio Le Tigre told a sold-out crowd at the Baltimore Soundstage Wednesday night. “ I’m just saying it’s fucking weird… and […]
@thenational return to DC to play two sold out shows at @theanthemdc
This stupid world – it’s killing me / This stupid world – is all we have What can you say about a band who, for the better part of 40 years has been a driving force in American independent rock and roll and, along with contemporaries like Sonic Youth and […]
Foxing is one of those bands I had listened to; loved the song craft and texture of the music but had never witnessed live before. And if you know the band, you know the live show is an integral part of what makes this band. Made up of singer / […]
After taking a break as Bright Eyes in 2011, the trio of Conor Oberst (vocals/guitar/piano), Mike Mogis (guitar/lap steel/mandolin), and Nate Walcott (keys/trumpet) made their big return to not only performing as a band but also putting together their first album since that time – released in the midst of […]
Since the release of the fantastic Things Take Time, Take Time the latter part of last year, Courtney Barnett has been busy. Not only touring with her longstanding band of Dave Mudie (drums) and Bones Sloane (bass) but kicking off the touring festival “Here and There” which saw Barnett go […]
