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February 13, 2019

Canada’s Anemone Opens Up About Inspiration & Audience Participation Ahead of Album Release

Anemone interview

by David Garrick

For the past couple of years, the music coming out of Canada has been better than anything penned by Celine Dion or Alanis Morissette. Acts like Daniel Romano and Michael Rault are just a couple of examples of artists who’ve released wonderful music coming from the great white north. When you look at infectious pop...More Please

February 6, 2019

Turning Jewels Into Water Are Creatively Unique & Intriguing

electronic Turning Jewels Into Water

There’s a good chance that you’ve never heard of Turning Jewels Into Water, but their music is like nothing else you’ve heard before. Mixing in ritualistic styles and MIDI controllers alongside record scratches and polyrhythmic percussion, their sound is easily one of the most inventive things you’ll hear for a minute. Their new track “Dark...More Please

February 5, 2019

Interpol Returns to Their Past on Fine Mess

Last year Interpol returned to form with their stunning and powerful release Marauder. There was an energy there that the band hadn’t had in years, thus proving their weights as a band and that some bands get better with age. Now, with a new single “Fine Mess,” the band takes some steps towards their past...More Please

January 25, 2019

DEGA is More Than a Typical Synth Pop Duo

by David Garrick

In music sometimes, we categorize things too quickly. Sometimes we compartmentalize music into spaces that they can fall into, but they might be so much more than that in ways that are worthy of further exploration. That’s kind of the deal on synth-pop duo, DEGA. A married couple made up of industry veterans, DEGA is...More Please

January 18, 2019

El Ten Eleven Discuss Banker’s Hill & the Tour Around it

El Ten Eleven interview

by David Garrick

The world of post-rock is littered with acts that either don’t stand out, or by those who really stand out. For over fifteen years, Los Angeles based duo El Ten Eleven have really stood out among those who live in the post-rock genre. Armed with looping pedals, drums and a double-neck bass, the band has...More Please

January 17, 2019

Lionshare Promises to Be An Experience Like No Other

Immersive Experience Lionshare

by David Garrick

There’s something happening down in Houston, Texas that’s not tied to sports, the weather or big oil. Once again, the team behind Dinolion are ready to bring music and performance together like only they can. Their last immersive experience, Red House was an emotionally charged thriller earmarked by the dark electronica of Black Kite that...More Please

January 17, 2019

Get A Life Wants to Be Your Favorite New Band

Get A Life Indie

by David Garrick

Tongue-in-cheek music isn’t always as good as what comes from Houston’s Get A Life. The band, essentially comprised from the brain of multi-instrumentalist, producer, and classically trained guitarist Chase DeMaster has always left many listeners in the dark on what’s real and what’s a joke. Where most bands that go this route seem to fail,...More Please

January 14, 2019

Alejandro Escovedo, The Crossing & the Tour Behind It

Alejandro Escovedo interview

by David Garrick

In the music industry today, you can find plenty of artists with a story to tell. No matter how hard you look though, you might not find one who’s telling such a story as The Crossing by Alejandro Escovedo. While Escovedo was misunderstood by the music industry for a good part of his career, cutting...More Please

January 8, 2019

City Rallies to Benefit Local Promoter

by David Garrick

In every city, there are people who work at venues, book shows, and make sure that those who perform and those who attend have the best evening possible. It’s a pretty thankless job that doesn’t pay well and typically doesn’t offer any health benefits. For over forty years, Houston has seen plenty of ups and...More Please

January 2, 2019

We’re Crushing on Keep Up

Garage Pop Loose Tooth

When Australian trio Loose Tooth dropped their latest release Keep Up back in August, we kept meaning to cover their album. A mix of garage pop and punkish undertones, the three piece remind you of the early years of The B52’s when they didn’t fit into any one genre, but rather spanned across several. With...More Please

December 28, 2018

Alejandro Escovedo Brings it Home on The Crossing

Alejandro Escovedo Rock

Alejandro Escovedo has seen it all. His band, The Nuns opened for The Sex Pistols, he’s collapsed on stage and he’s been misunderstood by the music industry, as well as praised by critics and adored by all who see him perform. In fact, you’re hard pressed to find a music critic who won’t call him...More Please

December 27, 2018

You Should Catch The Beths on Their Upcoming Tour

Indie Rock The Beths

by David Garrick

New Zealand is known for so many things, and thanks to three piece The Beths, you can add indie rock perfection. on their latest full length Future Me Hates Me, they craft a sound that’s part indie fuzz, part alterna rock and indie pop that’s hard not to love. Now with a new run of...More Please

December 25, 2018

Greg Dulli Gets Dark on Video for Holiday Cover

Greg Dulli Holidays

by David Garrick

Greg Dulli of The Afghan Whigs is no stranger to darkness. However, with the video for his somber yet stunning cover of the track “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,” it’s definitely a bleak and incendiary tone. While the track stands out on its own, the video could gain as much steam for its imagery...More Please

December 20, 2018

Camper Van Beethoven & Cracker Head Out on Annual Winter Tour

Camper Van Beethoven Cracker

For a while now, Camper Van Beethoven and Cracker have been touring together in the Winter time. Both bands, lead by David Lowery have collectively dropped four albums in the last five years. Cracker with the eighteen track release Berkeley To Bakersfield and Camper Van Beethoven with their latest being El Camino Real, both acts...More Please

December 12, 2018

Mitski Drops Tour Dates For 2019

by David Garrick

After a year full of accolades for her release Be The Cowboy, Mitski has already announced her tour dates for 2019. While Be The Cowboy not only did well with fans, much of her tour this year saw sell out dates, including her run at Brooklyn Steel earlier this month where all the shows sold...More Please

November 20, 2018

Waxahatchee Announces 2019 Tour

bonny Doon Tour Waxahatchee

by David Garrick

Being an indie rock artist in today’s world can be stressful and busy life. Many artists are touring more to make up for the fact that album sales aren’t where they used to be. So after a long run supporting last year’s Out in the Storm including a run of solo dates, Katie Crutchfield of...More Please

November 7, 2018

Ceremony is Ready To Bring It For Power Trip Anniversary

Ceremony interview Punk

by David Garrick

Hardcore has always been a place where members of bands were also the members of multiple other bands. Sometimes one band rises to the top, and the other bands have to take some time off. However, for Ceremony after their last album The L-Shaped Man and the tours that followed, the band has become a bit...More Please

November 5, 2018

KT Tunstall Comes Full Circle on Her Latest Release

interview KT Tunstall

by David Garrick

Face to face interviews can sometimes be daunting, because no matter how much you think you know an artist through their music, they might not be that person at all. When we sat down with Scotland’s KT Tunstall, we realized that not only her music thoughtful, soulful, and at times warm; she is all of...More Please

October 27, 2018

Pale Waves Perfects Pop With New Album

by David Garrick

So much of pop imagery can be saccharine sweet or just overall bubblegum. When you look at the dark imagery of U.K. pop act Pale Waves, pop music isn’t what you’ll be expecting. Looking closer to a new wave act or an alt rock group, their latest album My Mind Makes Noises is pop perfected,...More Please

October 26, 2018

Catching Up With Lee Camp

Comedy Lee Camp Politics

by David Garrick

There’s a good chance that you don’t know comedian Lee Camp. He got on our radar a couple of weeks ago when he interviewed Julian Casablancas for his RT show, Redacted Tonight. Camp has been making the comedy rounds for a good while, though it’s his show on RT that’s brought him the most attention....More Please