Hailing from the so-small town of Baraboo, Wis., six high school friends relocated to Madison to find fulfillment in music together and became PHOX. After a couple years of cohabiting, creating home videos (a fun series you can watch on YouTube), and recording music in their bedroom, they attracted the interest of producer, Brian Joseph […]
Why it took so long for this show to sell out, the spirits only know. But to packed El Rey Theatre on Saturday night, the Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger and Fever the Ghost delivered psychedelic experiences both whimsical and moving. They left the crowd – with its fair share of men with women’s […]
Fresh out of SXSW and looking forward to a month-long tour in Europe, the party bus that is Together Pangea made a stop at the Troubadour on Thursday night in celebration of their major label debut, “Badillac.” No time passed before the L.A. locals announced, gesturing with a finger, “We are a band from the […]
Hi-Five if you’re lonely! Despite the woeful tone with which loneliness saturates life, St. Louis singer/songwriter Angel Olson takes the “misery loves company” notion to a new level in her single, “Hi Five.” Her dramatic drawl is rife with alluring persuasion, carried by tremelo-style guitar and robust percussion. Toeing the lines of rock ’n’ roll, […]
You can certainly discern the folk background in this electronic collaboration. Made of Oak’s Nick Sanborn and Mountain Man’s Amelia Meath have joined forces as Sylvan Esso to elaborate on their raw like-minded momentum to produce finely layered compositions. The North Carolina-based duo is pleasantly synced on instinct, offering a genuine connection to their stripped-down, […]
This L.A.-based duo makes noise enough for four. Singer-guitarist Brian Rich and drummer Douglas Jewell slather on the menace with a heavy march of drum rolls and champagne cymbals to fill every bit of auditory space. Self-described as “gothic cantina,” the Echo and the Sound combine an aggressive mentality with blues-rock rhythms for a thick […]
When she isn’t teaching her English class in Boyle Heights, Cassandra Violet picks up a different tool of influence, her guitar. The L.A. native put herself on the map in 2012 with her folk release, “November.” The graceful six-song EP featured intricate string arrangements to complement Cassandra’s fragile vocals and intimate lyrics. Her newest song […]
Somewhere between Chelsea Wolfe and Lana Del Rey lives Marissa Nadler, calmly resting in the shadows. After nearly swearing off music entirely, the Boston-based songwriter found herself back in the studio last year on a serendipitous whim. Her sixth album, “July,” released this week via Sacred Bones Records, is directional, complex and a gentle vision […]
A trio with a robust music background, Zoë Kravitz, James Levy and Jimmy Giannopoulos met quite simply: as neighbors running into each other on the street. Now a random jam session has turned into Lolawolf and a self-titled EP, released on Feb. 4 via Innit Recordings. The track kicks off with glittering Biz Markie hip-hop […]
If you have caught any one of the numerous live performances in the past eight months, you are already aware of the resplendent spectacle that is Fever the Ghost. The quartet of Casper Indrizzo, Bobby Victor, Nicolas Overhauser and Mason Rothschild [one of our Bands to Watch 2014] mete out a mind-altering psychedelic rubdown, fusing […]
