VIDEO REVIEW: HIGHASAKITE’S “DARTH VADER”
Intrepid Norwegian quintet, Highasakite, have taken indie pop in a completely new direction. Given the chance, Pancakes & Whiskey have scooped up the opportunity…
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LAST WEEKS RELEASE: HOZIER TEACHES HUMILITY & KICKS SOCIAL ASS ON HIS DEBUT
This may sound a bit far-fetched, but I’m going to go ahead and compare Andrew Hozier-Bryne, performing under the name Hozier, to Nirvana. A…
ANDY MCKEE BRINGS THE PASSION TO BB KINGS
You would think that someone with a video of his own original songs on YouTube with over 50 million views would be a pop star, right?…
LAST WEEKS RELEASE: ZOLA JESUS GOES BACK TO THE FUTURE IN TAIGA
Just last week I was at a YouTube panel for Indie Horror Film makers, and in retrospect, I feel like Nika Roza Danilova aka…
VIDEO PREMIERE: VUG ARAKAS – “START AGAIN”
By joining the mid-western landscapes of his youth with visions of the chromatic California skies he now resides under, musician Vug Arakas has produced…
CMJ MUSIC MARATHON INTERVIEW WITH MATT McDONALD: TIPS FOR BANDS AND FANS
As a New Yorker, there are tons of fun things to do in the fall. I try to keep myself busy with all the…
WIN FIRST AID KIT TICKETS!
We are giving one lucky fan a pair of tickets to the First Aid Kit show at the Hammerstein Ballroom on 10-24-14 There are…
ASTR INTERVIEW: LIVE FROM ESCAPE FESTIVAL
This past weekend’s Escape Music Festival out on Governor’s Island brought an array of musicians to the newly renovated island. While most of the…
ESCAPE MUSIC FESTIVAL – DAY 2
Running on little sleep, I made my way back to Governor’s Island for Day 2 of the Escape Music Festival. The weather was decidedly…
ESCAPE MUSIC FESTIVAL – DAY ONE
Fall is definitely upon us, but there’s always room for one more music festival, right? This past weekend, the inaugural Escape Music Festival took…