With 17 years and five albums now under their belt, Toronto indie rockers the Trews can pretty much be called music veterans these days. They recently released a self-titled album, which has become their highest-charting LP in their homeland. “A hit record … leads to a lot of sold-out shows, […]
Americana duo Ari & Mia have their musical eyes set beyond playing the stage. They want to spread the love for an old musical tradition to as many people as possible. While Ariel and Mia Friedman trained and graduated from Northwestern University and the New England Conservatory respectively, the sisters […]
After listening to Hospice and Burst Apart, it’s clear that there is more to The Antlers’ music than just a collection of songs that are sonically pleasing to the ear. Between the elaborate instrumental arrangements to the backstories behind the albums, the Brooklyn indie rock outfit has crafted a catalog […]
Most band hiatuses signal an end of an era. But for St. Louis-based garage rockers the Feed, their break was an opportunity to regroup, enlist a new member and move toward a stronger musical identity. “[There is] more mature songwriting and a better concept of what we sound like,” basisst […]
Estelle is urging her fans to embrace their sexual side. And if you couldn’t tell by the video for her latest single, ‘Make Her Say (Beat It Up),’ off her upcoming album, ‘True Romance,’ she shows what real couples (including herself) like to do between the sheets — without all […]
Sam Smith is way more than your average crooner. The 21-year-old Cambridge singer was inspired by the R&B and soul singers that his mum would listen to in the car when he was a child, which then led him learning jazz and musical theatre. This combination not only taught him […]
Having fronted the Flaming Lips for 30 years, Wayne Coyne has gotten to do many things, and with those many things have come even more stories. From rolling over audiences in his giant bubble to collaborating with the likes of Ke$ha, Yoko Ono and Erykah Badu, Coyne is the epitome […]
With so many of today’s songs focused on partying and jumping in the sack, it seems that music has lost its sense of romance. Sure, Miguel and the Weeknd are some of R&B’s biggest crooners at the moment, but Omarion is cementing his place as the courtship king in the […]
If you think Miley Cyrus invented the booty-popping movement known as twerking, you’re sadly mistaken. The Ying Yang Twins are the first to make a claim to that fame. From ‘Salt Shaker’ and ‘What’s Happnin’ to ‘Shake’ and ‘Badd,’ the Atlanta hip-hop duo have been in the business of making […]
Au Revoir Simone have always been a band that doesn’t want to make a lot of noise. But when they want to be heard, everyone stops to listen. For the last four years, the dreamy Brooklyn synth-pop outfit has been especially quiet, as school, families and, well, life have kept […]
