[March 28, 2016]
By Spencer VH
Many side projects of famous or notable musicians are often thought as a lesser divergence of their more recognizable work. Even the concept of a ‘super group’ has often delivered fairly meager results throughout music history. While you could…
By Chadwyck Moore
[March 25, 2016]
Born in Winnipeg, Canada but based in Saint Paul, Minnesota, Allan Kingdom began recording music as a Christian rapper at a young age. These early recordings with a fellow churchgoer inspired a young Allan Kyariga to pursue music. This…
[March 24, 2016]
Written by Shay Mehr // Photos by Stephen Masnyj
Leon Bridges filled the Arlington Theater on Friday March 18th after his first visit to SXSW this March. And he didn’t bring one of those openers you wish you hadn’t had to sit…
[March 16, 2016]
By Spencer VH
SPENCER: You grew up in the Seattle area and still call it home. Despite your travels around the world, do you think it will always end up being your home base? Do you think your life there may have…
By Spencer VH
[March 14, 2016]
Some bands never really break out of the underground. Sometimes they don’t want to. When you tour the world five or six times over and release over eight albums worth of material in ten years, I doubt there’s much…
By Arlo Bender-Simon
[March 11, 2016]
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One way to tell that you are listening to a set mixed by The Gaslamp Killer….listen for the laugh. It interrupts the bass-heavy flow of noise and adds a dependable, ominous, texture to the beats delivered to…
Written by Shay Mehr // Edited By Stephen Masnyj
[March 9, 2016]
Coachella Valley Arts and Music Festival announced a fall version of their already hugely successful spring festival on February 21st. After expanding from one weekend to two five years ago, Coachella hosted 198,000…
[March 7, 2016]
By Alex Siegers / Edited by Shay Mehr
Image courtesy of Arts and Lectures for review purposes only.
Renée Fleming is often referred to as ‘the people’s diva’, and after watching her perform at Campbell Hall as part of the UCSB Arts and…
[March 5, 2016]
By Spencer VH
With a career spanning over twenty-five years, Edinburgh, Scotland’s Boards of Canada just might be one of the single most influential electronic music artists of all time. That being said, they still might also be one of the most…
[March 3, 2016]
Written by Jake Feder // Edited by Shay Mehr
Kirk Knight, an East Coast lyricist from the Pro Era collective, added his debut album to the almighty iTunes store this past October. The project, cleverly titled “Late Knight Special,” contains 12 tracks,…