With his solo project as Between Giants, Tyler John has released a five tracks EP a couple of months ago. “Skies & Skin” is on this EP and it is gorgeous! The electro-pop artist says about his sound: I wanted to create a sound that was fresh, unique, and dynamic and with[…]
For Friday, the Lower East Side was again packed with excellent music and we would have needed to divide ourselves into pieces to see everybody we would have liked to. But then we stayed mostly at The Delancey, our unofficial home base where most of our own showcases take place.[…]
On Thursday we saw old favorites and some new ones we discovered while working through the Mondo.NYC lineup. While it is difficult to carry some festival spirit to the streets in New York City with its countless events and distractions, inside the venues it felt clearly that something special was[…]
It’s fall, it’s Mondo.NYC time! Mondo what? You may not have heard about the new festival in town that wants to take over the space that CMJ left vacated for two years. Mondo is still a good order of magnitude smaller, but features a great conference and a surprisingly international[…]
Last year, MONDO.NYC hit the New York music scene for the very first time and is heading into round two, starting October 4th. While MONDO.NYC is still a fairly small festival with roughly 180 participating artists, they come from all over the United States, Europe and Australia and this means a[…]
Listening to “Fall”, the new single by Welsh four-piece Climbing Trees, it is not surprising to learn that the quartet has gained a lot of attention on their home turf, from radio to TV to festivals. “Fall” starts out on a mellow note and swells, gets bigger and bolder and[…]
Emily Underhill aka Tusks’ likes big, intense music and often lets her songs build into big cinematic soundscapes. She says: I’m a very visual person, I love being outdoors and surrounded by nature. I grew up by the sea and I’ve always tried to spend as much time outside and[…]
On the heel of her just released stellar EP “Transcends”, Austin-native Jackie Venson goes on tour with a stop in New York. From her blues inspired rock album, we chose the single “Flying” as our Song Pick of the Day. “Flying” not only showcases Jackie Venson’s thrilling guitar chops, but[…]
Band videos, trying to convey a glimpse of live atmosphere plus telling some sort of story are either hit or miss, with easily either too little or too much going on. “Divided By One”, the latest video by French four-piece Grit though is definitely a hit! The song itself is intelligent indie[…]
“Where Were You When” by dream pop duo Holy Golden delights with bright, ethereal vocals, steady beats, a touch of wistfulness and an overall positive and totally irresistible vibe. Leslie Schott and Andrew Valenti form the duo and their bio reads as fantastical and mysterious as their dreamy music sounds: the two met[…]
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