Headlining this year’s Austin City Limits Music Festival, in his only Southwest appearance in 2014, Eminem will be joining Pearl Jam, OutKast, Skrillex, Beck, Calvin Harris, Lana Del Ray, Lorde (Weekend Two only), Foster The People, The Replacements and Zedd.
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Atlanta’s own sons of punk the Black Lips took the stage with beers in hand at the Paradise Rock Club in Boston this weekend. Relatively tame compared to infamous stories of onstage antics including vomiting, nudity or infernos, the show was your typical amalgam of mustachioed and leathered up fans looking to spray beer showers and crowd surf to some rebellious American music. Drawing inspiration from their southern roots, the Black Lips effect a unique combination of blues, doo-wop, country and punk. Read more…
A couple of L.A.-area skater kids get together and start making music — a California story if there ever was one. With a kind of dance-heavy disco-funk sound, they’re already drawing comparisons to LCD Soundsystem and the legendary Talking Heads. With that kind of hype floating around, people are almost legally required to take notice of a record like De Lux’s first full-length release, Voyage. Read more…
Take in Kelis’ Food — a thirteen-course album titled with numerous food references. Sadly, there is no sign of “Milkshake.” Completely laid-back, the album delivers a soul-food like listening — funky bass lines and horn sections complete with ’70s throwback feels. Read more…
There isn’t a ton out there about Reality Grey (at least in the American English internet world), but here’s the background: they are five average guys who seemed to have come out of nowhere. Define Redemption, however, just put them squarely on the online map. Started in 2004, Italian metal band Reality Grey is now on their second full-length album and fourth release to date. Read more…
Portishead frontman and lyricist Beth Gibbons teams up with the stoner metal trio Gonga to cover “Black Sabbath”, the self titled track of the legendary metal band. Read more…
Following their very successful sets at Coachella (Green Day’s own Billie Joe Armstrong joined the band for an ass kicking performance) , the seminal rock band does an exception on their ‘just festivals’ new rule and plans going back home to perform after 23 years of absence Read more…
According to a recent article, Jello Biafra, formerly of the Dead Kennedy’s, is set to tour with his new band The Guantanamo School of Medicine. Also discussed in the article is a video in which Biafra shows off his extensive and eclectic record collection. His band will join Negative as they play venues throughout North America, but only after Biafra and crew travel through Europe.
It’s 2014, and the UK’s Reading and Leeds Festival is back, with a characteristically diverse lineup, featuring the Arctic Monkeys, Blink-182, and Vampire Weekend.
The six piece band from Los Angeles formed at a local diner, where vocalist Bradley Hanon Carter and bassist Sean Danielle Stentz first met through mutual friends. The band’s debut full length El Prado was one of the most anticipated albums of 2014. The recognition comes as little surprise as the band has been buzzing since their 2011 EP release of Don’t Worry, You’ll Be Here Forever. The band quickly became local favorites and on everyone’s list of bands to look out for. The success continued into 2012, where the band toured along side Best Coast, Father John Misty, Smashing Pumpkins and The Naked and Famous. Their debut mixes heartbreak and optimism and continues to receive the highest of praises.
mxdwn had the chance to speak with bassist Sean Daniel Stentz about El Prado, Echo Park, and their upcoming tour with Yann Tierson. Read more…
Los Angeles concertgoers are frequently spoiled by amazing line-ups. Recently at The Echo, I caught a vision of neon light, LA native Juliette Commagere, who rocked out royally on keyboard and whose performance, supported by her legendary father-in-law Ry Cooder, lingered with me. Running home, I eagerly explored this former Hello Stranger lead singer’s discography, highlighted by her latest offering, Human.
Mxdwn spoke with Juliette recently, in the middle of rehearsal for a show she’ll perform on top of a Mexican pyramid with Maynard James Keegan’s (of Tool and A Perfect Circle) Puscifer. We had lots to chat about and touched upon topics which yielded some warm and revealing stories. Visit Juliette’s site and watch for a new EP coming out soon.
Juliette Commagere shot for mxdwn by Sharon Alagna
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