Stomping Ground: Thao and Mirah at the Rhythm Room, Live Review

Posted on June 23rd, 2011 By

Looking back at my notes for the evening one word crammed its way onto my phone more frequently than any other: ‘stomping’. This wasn’t just referring to Thao’s surely scuffed-to-fuck cowboy boots, but the raw music itself – here was a sound pulsing with the most sonically destructive of beats, and yet it rang in that jovial vein of play and bliss. This was something warm, something loud, a sun-tinged gift brought by Thao & Mirah

Bon Iver’s Eponymous Release Delivers, Album Review

Posted on June 23rd, 2011 By

Something in Bon Iver’s music, especially the new self-titled album, really pulls you in and almost forces you to connect with the song regardless of what the lyrics are saying



A Night of Intimacy: Wooden Birds at the Rhythm Room, Review

Posted on June 19th, 2011 By

The final few strums gave way to a fade as the chorus to “Long Time to Lose It” sang true. “That was a closer,” frontman Andrew Kenny explained to view the crowd. “In case you were checking things off on your mid-tempo rock-bingo cards, that was a fucking closer.” Live Review: Wooden Birds at the Rhythm Room – Phoenix,

FYF Fest Lineup Announced

Posted on June 19th, 2011 By

With festival season in full swing, FYF Fest is an increasingly popular festival for people who live in LA. Though the festival is mostly known for it’s punk-alternative orientation and Broken Social Scene, Explosions in the Sky, Death From Above 1979, and Cold War Kids are guaranteed to pack in a ton of attendees



Official Music Video for Bon Iver’s “Calgary”

Posted on June 18th, 2011 By

Though the self-titled follow up album of Bon Iver leaked weeks ago, excitement still buzzes around the new music video for the single, “Calgary.” The official music video for “Calgary” was just released and depicts the story of a young woman who lives underground

FREE MP3s: Jesse Hughes (Eagles of Death Metal) Feat. Brody Dalle – Boots Electric Theme

Posted on June 16th, 2011 By

While Hughes has definitely taken a new direction with his solo effort (electronic drums, glam-pop, keyboard-heavy dance grooves), rest assured EoDM fans, these are still tunes you can strut to



VIDEO: Stereo Hearts by Gym Class Heroes, feat. Maroon 5′s Adam Levine!

Posted on June 16th, 2011 By

Check out this lyric video for “Stereo Hearts,” the brand new single from Gym Class Heroes, feat. Maroon 5′s Adam Levine! “Stereo Hearts” is the first single from the band’s upcoming album, The Papercut Chronicles II, available this fall and catch them on Warped Tour this summer