Category: News
Track Premiere: EL MAR – “Dreamcatcher”
Brooklyn singer-songwriter Joey Primero, under the moniker El Mar, is all set to release her debut full-length, Try To Forget, next Friday, August 11. Self-defined as “mystic mermaid rock,” the album is a follow-up to her recently released The Road EP. To give you a little taste of what Primero—along with a collective of musicians—has cooked up for…
Video Premiere: Powerkompany – “Learning to Love”
Athens, GA-based dream-pop duo Powerkompany (Marie Davon and Andrew Heaton) are debuting their music video for their sexually frustrated (aren’t we all?) trip-fest “Learning to Love.” “Every time I listened to the song, it pushed me into another world of excitement and frenzy,” said Davon of the track. “And that’s what I tried to create in the video,…
Track Premiere: The Majorleans – “Dancing With The Darkside”
The Majorleans are a New York-based lo-fi rock project led by singer-songwriter Nick Francis DiFonzo and guitarist Chris Buckle, with Christian Bongers on bass and Colin Brooks on drums. Today, they’re debuting their titillating new single “Dancing With The Darkside.” “I had originally written this song for the band Mother Feather, or with them in mind at least,” said DiFonzo,…
Artists Not to Miss: Sloss Fest 2017
Over the next two days, the music and lifestyle event Sloss Music & Arts Festival will take over the Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark in Birmingham, Alabama. We’re anticipating sets from headliners Alabama Shakes, Widespread Panic, ODESZA, Sturgill Simpson, Run the Jewels, and more. We’re taking a look at a few artists you should not…
Top 10 Bands You Better Not Miss at Forecastle This Weekend
If you’re one of the lucky ones heading out to Louisville KY for Forecastle Festival this weekend, we know you’re gonna flock to see the headliners—and we’re right there with you. Forecastle’s big guns form quite the armory this year with sets from Run The Jewels, LCD Soundsystem, PJ Harvey, Spoon, Weezer, and Sturgill Simpson. Not to mention the glorious…
Electric Forest 2017: Weekend 2
[tps_header] What a crazy, surprising, and hypnotic two weekends of Electric Forest this year. We’re still trying to process all the magic, but in the meantime we have some photos for you to reminisce to. Headliners for both weekends included The String Cheese Incident, Bassnectar, Big Gigantic, Dillon Francis, The Revivalists, and Lotus. Second weekend festival…
Track Premiere: Hidden Hospitals – “Smile And Wave”
Chicago pop rock trio Hidden Hospitals are dropping the newest single from their second full-length, LIARS, out later this year. “Smile And Wave” hits you where you live, with a climactic-scene-of-a-movie, hope-for-the-future, montage-of-the-past impact. Or, as the band describes it, “Christmas meets summer crush and the facade of playing house.” So there you go. Check out the premiere of “Smile…
Electric Forest 2017: Weekend 1
[tps_header] Before we dive back into the world of Electric Forest for Weekend 2, let’s take a little look back at the EF first weekend. It was rainy, it was muddy, it was exhilarating, and above all…it was magical. Headliners for last weekend included: The String Cheese Incident, Bassnectar, Big Gigantic, Dillon Francis, The Revivalists, and…
Bonnaroo 2017: Cam x Vinyl Mag
Bonnaroo Sundays are a struggle, to say the least. With the hot Tennessee sun beating down on your third, maybe fourth, maybe even fifth day of the festival, the motivation to start your day is usually lacking. As the temperatures began to rise and the fight against afternoon lethargy began, we made our way behind…
Bonnaroo 2017: In Review
It was Sweet 16 for Bonnaroo this past weekend. The nonstop party hosted some of today’s biggest names in music and was home to over 65,000 attendees during the four-day festival. Some highlights from the weekend included U2’s legendary performance, the addition of the new Other stage that played host to thousands of dancing revelers…