ATP curated by The National Day 3 Yellowbirds (Brooklyn, NY), My Brightest Diamond (Detroit, MI), The Philistines JR. (NYC), Perfume Genius (Seattle, WA), Wye Oak (Baltimore, MD), Owen Pallett (Toronto, CAN), Local Natives (Los Angeles, CA), The National (Cincinnati, OH) December 9, 2012 Pontin’s in Camber Sands, United Kingdom Gallery: ATP curated by The National Day(…)
ATP curated by The National Days 1 & 2 Bear in Heaven (Brooklyn, NY), Kurt Vile and The Violators (Philadelphia, PA), The Kronos Quartet (San Francisco, CA), Lower Dens (Baltimore, MD), Sharon Van Etten (Brooklyn, NY), The Antlers (Brooklyn, NY), Wild Beasts (Kendal, England) December 7 & 8, 2012 Pontin’s in Camber Sands, United Kingdom(…)
Time and time again, I’ve professed that Johnny Foreigner know more about Midwestern music than most Chicagoans, Badgers or Twin Cities people. It’s stunning, since they’re from England-far flung from Reckless and Electric Fetus land. The quartet is back Stateside, having released their latest Names EP via Chicago’s Swerp Records. Nov. 15th, they hit up Subterranean(…)
Citizens! is anything but typical when it comes to your alternative rock groups. For starters, the UK-based group of guys has found a home with French record label Kitsune, choosing to market themselves that way. Unsurprisingly, the group has been making waves in Europe for a while now, and just starting to gain a bit(…)
I’m all for shortcuts, be it that they make life much easier. Once you get them down, you can tear through complicated things in no time at all. Isn’t it ironic that one shortcut is making the music world grind to a halt to bask in its spacious, calculated scores? Alt-J, or ∆ as it(…)
Marcus Foster (London, England) and Ben Howard (London, England) September 26th, 2012 The Vic Theatre in Chicago, IL Gallery: Ben Howard at the Vic Theatre How often do you convince a friend to attend a concert of an artist they don’t know much about? Or who they haven’t heard? Ever fear what they may think or(…)
Back at one of the [PIAS] Nites here in Paris, Alt-J was sold out. Every disc. They weren’t even performing. Nor there. Sold out. All of them. Since the video of “Breezeblocks” began circulating, the Leeds/Cambridge group’s album An Awesome Wave has been the talk of France and the United Kingdom. It will be released in America on(…)
Bombay Bicycle Club is the indie-rock band composed of Jack Steadman (lead vocals), Jamie MacColl (guitar, guitar), Ed Nash (bass), and Suren de Saram (drums). Emerging from Crouch End, London in 2006 after wining the “Road to V” competition and subsequently playing the opening slot at V Festival. They’ve gone in a radically different direction(…)