WELLES CUT TO THE CHASE OFFSTAGE: ‘WE JUST MAKE ROCK & ROLL MUSIC’
“We’re just four dudes. I don’t know,” Welles said with a conclusive laugh, as if that was all the detail we needed. It was…
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THUNDERPUSSY PLAY AN INTIMATE AND INTENSE SET AT PICKTHORN
Thunderpussy, a band led by four young and furious rockers, could only be created deep in the bowels of the mystic blacksmith’s workshop where…
GETTING TO KNOW LO MOON: ‘WE DON’T WANT TO SKIP ANY STEPS’
The really memorable thing about Lo Moon’s Governors Ball set this past weekend was their cool dynamic together, as well as their perceptible creative…
VANT TALK POLITICS & THE ROLE OF PUNK: ‘THE FUTURE IS IN RENEWABLE ENERGY‘
It seems that pretty much everyone has an opinion about U.S politics nowadays. Few bands, however, were as outspoken about theirs at Governors Ball…
CHILLING WITH BLOSSOMS AT GOV BALL: ‘THE PRESSURE IS A GOOD THING’
From my spot in the grass during Blossoms’ show at Governors Ball on Friday, it seemed like every square foot around me contained a…
BENJAMIN BOOKER GOES HARD AT ROUGH TRADE
Following his 2014 self-titled first album, Benjamin Booker just released a brand new record called Witness (the title track features the incredible Mavis Staples)…
GOVERNORS BALL SUNDAY: TOOL, CAGE THE ELEPHANT, FRANZ FERDINAND, ROYAL BLOOD + MORE
With all the stereotypes about metalheads, an outsider may have been surprised to see that the vibe at Governors Ball on Sunday was so…
CHARLES BRADLEY WARMS UP FOR GOV BALL AT BROOKLYN BOWL
Before his set at Governors Ball last weekend, Charles Bradley and his Extraordinaires played a warm up gig at Brooklyn Bowl. Bradley was recently…
ROYAL BLOOD RECLAIM THEIR THRONE AT WARSAW
After releasing a massively successful self-titled album in 2014, it had been nearly 2 years since Royal Blood last played New York, with appearances…
GOVERNORS BALL SATURDAY: WU-TANG CLAN, BANKS, LOCAL NATIVES & MORE
Even though we’d been praying hard to the rain gods, the slightly-cloudy weather that came on day two of Governors Ball was an unexpected relief…