[April 1, 2016] by Justin Taing // Photos courtesy of http://daywavemusic.tumblr.com and https://www.facebook.com/pg/daywavemusic/photos/ Indie-rocker Jackson Phillips (otherwise known as the hazy Day Wave) is captivating fans while gaining praise from critics and established rock stars alike. [...]

[March 30, 2016] By Jake Feder What do you get when you mix the infectious DJ Mustard sound with an incredibly clean sonic aesthetic from across the pond? Ella Mai and her breakout release, “Time EP.” The recent 10 Summers imprint signee really struts her stuff on th [...]

[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 consider The Halo B [...]

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 passion led to Kingdom’ [...]

[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 through either. Son Lit [...]

[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 affected or influenced the way you make music? [...]

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 regret in the minds of Unwound. When a band plays [...]

By Arlo Bender-Simon [March 11, 2016] HA! HA! HA! 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 you by the artist on stage. &nbs [...]

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 festivalgoers [...]

[March 7, 2016] By Alex Siegers / Edited by Shay Mehr 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 Lectures Series, I understand why. Fleming’s performance was the perfect marriag [...]