Julian Cross, the talented DJ and producer from the Netherlands, has swiftly ascended the ranks of the electronic music scene, transitioning from local bar performances to headlining massive events like Tomorrowland the Gathering. Since signing with Afrojack’s WALL Recordings in 2021, Julian’s rise has been remarkable, driven by his debut album ‘The Stories of the […]
Wildly Successful Bands Who Got Their Start While In School
Getting an education is important. It can set you up for success in your chosen field, provide you with networking skills you’ll need later in life, and if you’re really lucky, it can help you form a wildly successful band that’s loved by millions of people all over the world. Okay, maybe that last part […]
The Best Rock Couples To Grace The Stage
If there’s one thing more impressive than being a rockstar, it’s being a rockstar couple. There’s something invigorating about seeing two artistic souls join forces. Some musician couples collaborated from the start and drifted apart, like Sonny and Cher. Others began solo and came together later on, like Johnny Cash and June Carter. Whether their […]
Room On Fire Turns 20
In the wake of the Strokes’ debut, any band with messy haircuts and “the” in their name could count on the public’s attention for at least 15 minutes. It didn’t matter if you’d been toiling in the trenches for years or if “New York City Cops” had inspired you to form your first band. These […]
It’s Odesza Szn. (Who Are Odesza?)
Odesza are big. You know it. I know it. Even your mom might know it, assuming she spends any time perusing festival lineups. It has become one of life’s universal truths: Name any random big-tent festival, and there’s a solid chance Odesza are headlining it. Seldom have I seen artists include a “Festivals” section as […]
The Number Ones: Flo Rida’s “Right Round” (Feat. Kesha)
In The Number Ones, I’m reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart’s beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. Pete Burns wanted to make his version of a Luther Vandross record. This did not exactly fall within his skillset. Burns came […]
Soviet Kitsch Turns 20
Discovery stories don’t get much more indicative of an artist’s talent than the one that producer Gordon Raphael tells about Regina Spektor. Raphael says he first heard Spektor play at a studio in the East Village, after being encouraged to meet up by mutual friend and drummer Alan Bezozi. “I said hello, and she smiled, […]
SXSW Announces Hundreds More Artists Including New Order, Killer Mike, & Militarie Gun
SXSW 2023 has announced its third wave of performers, which features hundreds more artists from across the globe. Taking place this year from March 13-18, the Austin-based fest will feature performances by New Order, Killer Mike, and Militarie Gun, plus Protomartyr, THUS LOVE, Tangerine Dream, Frankie Rose, Anwan “Big G” Glover, Coco & Clair Clair, […]
Everything Everything – "Arch Enemy"
UK art-rock band Everything Everything have announced Re-Animator, their first new album since 2017’s A Fever Dream. Recorded over the course of two weeks with producer-to-the-indie-rock-stars John Congleton, Re-Animator was in part inspired by frontman Jonathan Higgs’ fascination with psychologist Julian Jaynes’ theory of the bicameral mind. “This idea of the divided self captivated me,” […]
Stream The Strokes' First Album In 7 Years, 'The New Abnormal'
Hey, there’s a new Strokes album out! For the first time in seven years, Julian Casablancas, Nick Valensi, Albert Hammond Jr., Nikolai Fraiture, and Fab Moretti have joined forces to drop a full-length collection of songs on us. It’s called The New Abnormal. It was produced in Malibu by the band’s fellow Lower Manhattan music […]