April 2012

Video: King Stork – Summer Rental

Jeffrey Greenblatt April 13, 2012 No Comments

Check out the first video from up-and-coming Brooklyn act King Stork.

Bruce Springsteen and E Street Band Add More Dates

Scott Bernstein April 13, 2012 No Comments

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band have added dates to the Wrecking Ball Tour.

Watch Alabama Shakes Take Manhattan

Scott Bernstein April 13, 2012 3 Comments

Watch Alabama Shakes perform Hold On for Letterman and video from the group’s Webster Hall performance.

Televised Tune: On The Tube This Weekend

Scott Bernstein April 13, 2012 No Comments

Australian singer Wally De Backer, aka Gotye, will make his Saturday Night Live debut tomorrow on an episode hosted by Josh Brolin. Goyte has blown up in America this year

Sigur R

April 13, 2012 No Comments

Sigur Rós has announced a handful of North American dates in support of its sixth full length Valtari due May 28th. Featuring eleven people on stage, the shows this summer

Herzog: Cartoon Violence

Shawn Donohue April 13, 2012 No Comments

Herzog are a new band (much like Surfer Blood) that swims in the same waters of late 90’s indie guitar rock made popular by Modest Mouse and Built To Spill. The guitars are layered and textured at times reaching arena ready levels while the grooves always seem incredibly bouncy. The lyrics are secondary and at times buried to deep but focus on heartbreak or distance without ever becoming bitter.

The Mother Hips: The Compound, Phoenix, AZ 3/22/12

Mike Roesler April 13, 2012 No Comments

To borrow the description from their fan site The Grotto, The Mother Hips are known as “progenitors of California Soul, songwriting riff-layers, and harmonizing mood-swayers”. These Northern California harmonizing riff-layers brought their roots rock act to The Compound Grill in Scottsdale and gave this intimate crowd a good night of California soul music.