Beyond the stellar line-up of performances, this year’s New Orleans Jazzfest saw the convergence of two colossal talents working in unison to record the magic of the music on canvas. Legendary performance painter and New Orleans mainstay, Frenchy, worked side-by-side with Colorado by-way-of-Orlando artist Kevin “Scramble” Campbell. These 2 artists share a similar style which [...]
I had no idea a bunch of synthesizers, drum machines (an occasional real kit), a good female lead, and one giant guitar could be so fun. Brooklyn duo, Sleigh Bells, pounding, screeching, infectiously delicious noise pop explodes on their debut album, Treats. Songs like “Riot Rhythm” and “Kids” sound [...]
I don’t know much about this band other than one of the guys on SIRIUS XMU’s Blog Radio started a record label (a dubious undertaking these days) and Cults is one of the bands – another indie duo actually. If you pop their name in a search engine, you better add “the band” or “music” [...]
I recently took a jab at Black Rebel Motorcycle Club for remaining comfortably in the retro, DIY, garage pocket they helped to define, but surmised that since they do it so well it might not be such a bad thing. Another group that could easily follow the same path is The [...]
You may ask yourself, “Where is that large automobile?” No, really – you may ask yourself, “What the fuck is chill wave?” Well some may call it a breakthrough new trend in the world of rock music while I would call it a nifty sub-genre of a sub-genre (Rock>Alt Rock>Indie Rock>Chill Wave). Either way, there [...]
