I’m not sure that I’ve ever been to a show where the supporting artist and headliner paired as well together as Xenia Rubinos and Tune-Yards did. Musically, politically, energetically, the two acts were made for each other. I managed to score a ticket to the tour’s recent (and sold-out) stop at Brooklyn Steel, one
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Somewhere between 2008’s Limbo, Panto and 2009’s Two Dancers, I was introduced to Wild Beasts and, as they say in the movies, it was love at first sight. I was immediately grabbed by the off-kilter complexity of the music, the astonishing falsetto of Hayden Thorpe’s vocals, the earthy deep richness of Tom Fleming’s. That
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Ida Maria is something of a musical chameleon. The Norwegian songstress exploded onto the scene with 2008’s Fortress ‘round My Heart, a pulse-pounding, wholly unique rock experience. It’s a little punk and a little pop, but definitely not pop punk. It’s got surprisingly tender moments, and those of pure unrestrained joys. Fortress ‘round My Heart
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“What were 2017’s best albums?” is, to me, a loaded and super difficult question. 2015 and 2016 were both stellar years for me. Quite a few albums from the period still feature heavily in my rotation. Just scratching the surface, there’s Coheed and Cambria’s The Color Before the Sun, Mbongwana Star’s From Kinshasa, Iggy Pop’s
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Typhoon, the Portland, Oregon-based 8-piece indie rock outfit, is here with “Darker,” their last single before the release of their fourth LP, Offerings. Offerings is the culmination, and compilation, of three “movements” of the album released periodically over the past several months. The first movement, Floodplains, was released last October and spawned the project’s first
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Coheed and Cambria is a band that has spawned many side projects. The most recent is Chonny and Clyde, made up of Coheed frontman Claudio Sanchez and his wife Chondra Echert. The pair weren’t yet ready to unveil the music they’ve been working on (first teased about two months ago), but found their hands recently
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The sounds of Apothek have been floating around the IBG staff for quite a while. I stumbled across a single, “Waiting for the Thunder,” back in February (having missed last October’s release of “Family”). I fell instantly in love, the way only a first kiss can make you do. Then, in June, my erstwhile colleague
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Once a week at roughly 12pm Pacific Standard Time on Monday, a gentleman by the name of Clark Dinnison releases a mixtape of 10 carefully curated songs that are making big waves on his radar. This is Noon Pacific. Noon Pacific // 210 “Something Special” by Slowes — A slow electropop tune. The vocals —
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Once a week at roughly 12pm Pacific Standard Time on Monday, a gentleman by the name of Clark Dinnison releases a mixtape of 10 carefully curated songs that are making big waves on his radar. This is Noon Pacific. Noon Pacific // 209 “Who’s Got You Singing Again” by PREP — Within four seconds, this
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Once a week at roughly 12pm Pacific Standard Time on Monday, a gentleman by the name of Clark Dinnison releases a mixtape of 10 carefully curated songs that are making big waves on his radar. This is Noon Pacific. Noon Pacific // 208 “Turn” by TEN FÉ — A little jazzy, a little funky, this
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Once a week at roughly 12pm Pacific Standard Time on Monday, a gentleman by the name of Clark Dinnison releases a mixtape of 10 carefully curated songs that are making big waves on his radar. This is Noon Pacific. Noon Pacific // 207 “Only” by Sunday — Despite a nice guitar part (fully modern but
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Once a week at roughly 12pm Pacific Standard Time on Monday, a gentleman by the name of Clark Dinnison releases a mixtape of 10 carefully curated songs that are making big waves on his radar. This is Noon Pacific. Noon Pacific // 206 “Solid Gold” by WILLS — Bumping bass line underscores this track, which
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Once a week at roughly 12pm Pacific Standard Time on Monday, a gentleman by the name of Clark Dinnison releases a mixtape of 10 carefully curated songs that are making big waves on his radar. This is Noon Pacific. Noon Pacific // 205 “Better Off Lonely” by FROST — Atmospheric synth… hi-hat… bass (could be
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Once a week at roughly 12pm Pacific Standard Time on Monday, a gentleman by the name of Clark Dinnison releases a mixtape of 10 carefully curated songs that are making big waves on his radar. This is Noon Pacific. Noon Pacific // 204 “Some Places” by Grapell — Atmospheric synth pop meets… muzak? The very
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Bucky Hayes lives in New York City, where he performs regularly and widely. But in his heart of hearts, he’s a Southern boy. Hayes was born — as was the country music he plays — in Nashville, and he grew up in Florida and Georgia. Though he has adapted to the fast, energetic pace of
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Once a week at roughly 12pm Pacific Standard Time on Monday, a gentleman by the name of Clark Dinnison releases a mixtape of 10 carefully curated songs that are making big waves on his radar. This is Noon Pacific. Noon Pacific // 203 “Outside” by TENDER — Sustained piano. Background noise. Synth. Bass that’s simple
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Once a week at roughly 12pm Pacific Standard Time on Monday, a gentleman by the name of Clark Dinnison releases a mixtape of 10 carefully curated songs that are making big waves on his radar. This is Noon Pacific. Noon Pacific // 202 “Leo Islo” by Golden Grave — Big squelchy synths, a smooth, bumpin’
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Once a week at roughly 12pm Pacific Standard Time on Monday, a gentleman by the name of Clark Dinnison releases a mixtape of 10 carefully curated songs that are making big waves on his radar. This is Noon Pacific. Noon Pacific // 201 “Stop Us” by SIYYU — This track is basically a distillation of
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Once a week at roughly 12pm Pacific Standard Time on Monday, a gentleman by the name of Clark Dinnison releases a mixtape of 10 carefully curated songs that are making big waves on his radar. This is Noon Pacific. Noon Pacific // 200 “Fever” by Roosevelt — Bright chirping keys are often a good sign.
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Once a week at roughly 12pm Pacific Standard Time on Monday, a gentleman by the name of Clark Dinnison releases a mixtape of 10 carefully curated songs that are making big waves on his radar. This is Noon Pacific. Noon Pacific // 199 “South Seas” by Ménage À Trois — A pretty bog standard modern
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Since 1955, The Village Voice has been New York City’s go-to alternative weekly newspaper, providing those in the know with refreshing takes on politics, current events, arts, culture, and events. For the past 15 years, they’ve also been holding live music festivals, most recently 4Knots Music Festival, begun in 2011. 4Knots is back this year
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Once a week at roughly 12pm Pacific Standard Time on Monday, a gentleman by the name of Clark Dinnison releases a mixtape of 10 carefully curated songs that are making big waves on his radar. This is Noon Pacific. Noon Pacific // 198 “Beast of Burden” by argonaut&wasp — Opening with very sustained organ, synth
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Once a week at roughly 12pm Pacific Standard Time on Monday, a gentleman by the name of Clark Dinnison releases a mixtape of 10 carefully curated songs that are making big waves on his radar. This is Noon Pacific. Noon Pacific // 197 “Back Pocket” by Vulfpeck — This song is stunning. Deep, big funky bass,
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Once a week at roughly 12pm Pacific Standard Time on Monday, a gentleman by the name of Clark Dinnison releases a mixtape of 10 carefully curated songs that are making big waves on his radar. This is Noon Pacific. Noon Pacific // 196 “Another Century” by Lawrence Arabia — My first thought listening to this
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Once a week at roughly 12pm Pacific Standard Time on Monday, a gentleman by the name of Clark Dinnison releases a mixtape of 10 carefully curated songs that are making big waves on his radar. This is Noon Pacific. Noon Pacific // 195 “Burnin’” by Steve Void & Alex Adair — This brings me right
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Once a week at roughly 12pm Pacific Standard Time on Monday, a gentleman by the name of Clark Dinnison releases a mixtape of 10 carefully curated songs that are making big waves on his radar. This is Noon Pacific. Noon Pacific // 194 “Palms” by Rationale — Really pleasant bouncy vibraphone-esque synth opens this track.
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Once a week at roughly 12pm Pacific Standard Time on Monday, a gentleman by the name of Clark Dinnison releases a mixtape of 10 carefully curated songs that are making big waves on his radar. This is Noon Pacific. Noon Pacific // 193 “Memory Lane” by Kolidescopes — Ten weeks after they last appeared on
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I’ve been a big fan of Wild Beasts for a while, since the second I laid ears on “Brave Bulging Buoyant Clairvoyants,” the quirky second single from their 2008 debut Limbo, Panto. The intricate, gorgeous, nigh indescribable layering of sound, Hayden Thorpe’s mind-blowing falsetto, Tom Fleming’s deep, throaty counterpoint to Thorpe… the whole package had
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Once a week at roughly 12pm Pacific Standard Time on Monday, a gentleman by the name of Clark Dinnison releases a mixtape of 10 carefully curated songs that are making big waves on his radar. This is Noon Pacific. Noon Pacific // 192 “Someday” by Falqo feat. Wild & Free — Guitar and a cowbell-featuring
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Once a week at roughly 12pm Pacific Standard Time on Monday, a gentleman by the name of Clark Dinnison releases a mixtape of 10 carefully curated songs that are making big waves on his radar. This is Noon Pacific. Noon Pacific // 191 “American C.R.E.A.M.” by Mons Vi — Jazzy guitar, down-tempo alt rock vocals,
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Once a week at roughly 12pm Pacific Standard Time on Monday, a gentleman by the name of Clark Dinnison releases a mixtape of 10 carefully curated songs that are making big waves on his radar. This is Noon Pacific. Noon Pacific // 190 “Summertime” by Latir (Aaron London remix) — This song fades in over
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Once a week at roughly 12pm Pacific Standard Time on Monday, a gentleman by the name of Clark Dinnison releases a mixtape of 10 carefully curated songs that are making big waves on his radar. This is Noon Pacific. Noon Pacific // 189 “Shouldn’t Have Done That” by Two Another — A slow fade in
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Once a week at roughly 12pm Pacific Standard Time on Monday, a gentleman by the name of Clark Dinnison releases a mixtape of 10 carefully curated songs that are making big waves on his radar. This is Noon Pacific. Noon Pacific // 188 “LIWY” by Saux — Marimba-sounding synth that are at once bouncy and
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Once a week at roughly 12pm Pacific Standard Time on Monday, a gentleman by the name of Clark Dinnison releases a mixtape of 10 carefully curated songs that are making big waves on his radar. This is Noon Pacific. Noon Pacific // 187 “I Insist” by Von Sell — What sounds like a very old
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I’ve been writing the opening of this piece in my head for weeks — starting, stopping, undoing, restarting, stopping again, and so on — ever since my ticket was confirmed. I couldn’t make up my mind. Nothing seemed adequate, yet at the same time it all felt way, way over the top. The dichotomy plagued
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He has creativity running through his veins. D.S. Bradford was raised in Boston in a heavily musical household. While he was growing up, somebody was always listening to a song, toying at a piano, or strumming a guitar. Somewhat ironically, Bradford was first drawn to the visual arts. He picked up the guitar not long
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Once a week at roughly 12pm Pacific Standard Time on Monday, a gentleman by the name of Clark Dinnison releases a mixtape of 10 carefully curated songs that are making big waves on his radar. This is Noon Pacific. Noon Pacific // 186 “Episode” by Gallant — An ‘80s minded soul/pop kind of song. The
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Once a week at roughly 12pm Pacific Standard Time on Monday, a gentleman by the name of Clark Dinnison releases a mixtape of 10 carefully curated songs that are making big waves on his radar. This is Noon Pacific. Noon Pacific // 185 “Baby” by KINGDM feat. Kevin Garrett — Smooth electropop with touches of
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Once a week at roughly 12pm Pacific Standard Time on Monday, a gentleman by the name of Clark Dinnison releases a mixtape of 10 carefully curated songs that are making big waves on his radar. This is Noon Pacific. Noon Pacific // 184 “Carpet” by Frenship — A real late ‘80s-early ‘90s Michael Jackson vibe
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Side Saddle has been knocking around the greater New York City metropolitan area, gigging consistently and putting out albums, since 2014. Based in Astoria, Queens, the contemplative indie rockers have their hearts in simpler times and quieter places — an earnest love of country, folk, and Americana, without irony or pretension, help define their sound.
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Once a week at roughly 12pm Pacific Standard Time on Monday, a gentleman by the name of Clark Dinnison releases a mixtape of 10 carefully curated songs that are making big waves on his radar. This is Noon Pacific. Noon Pacific // 183 “Across The Sea” by Falqo — You can’t help but be on
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Last week, I ventured out of my home in Queens on a Sunday and made my way by bus deep into Williamsburg. I went for a show at Black Bear Bar, a hip spot that’s one quarter skate park, one quarter bar, and one half sparse, dark, loud punk club. There were a lot of
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Once a week at roughly 12pm Pacific Standard Time on Monday, a gentleman by the name of Clark Dinnison releases a mixtape of 10 carefully curated songs that are making big waves on his radar. This is Noon Pacific. Noon Pacific // 182 “Young You” by kakkmaddafakka — Not their first appearance on Noon Pacific, kakkmaddafakka’s
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Once a week at roughly 12pm Pacific Standard Time on Monday, a gentleman by the name of Clark Dinnison releases a mixtape of 10 carefully curated songs that are making big waves on his radar. This is Noon Pacific. Noon Pacific // 181 “Just Tell Me” by Nico Yaryan — A jazzy, smooth R&B track
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Once a week at roughly 12pm Pacific Standard Time on Monday, a gentleman by the name of Clark Dinnison releases a mixtape of 10 carefully curated songs that are making big waves on his radar. This is Noon Pacific. Noon Pacific // 180 “Waiting” by HELO — Real groovy funk with a dash of modern
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Many would argue that the art of live performance is dying. Mel Alston Jr and The Sound Barrier Experience would like to disagree. Mel Alston Jr is a lifelong musician, singing since he was a child. The Philadelphia native joined up with The Sound Barrier Experience (SBE), crafting a blend of soulful R&B and energetic
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Once a week at roughly 12pm Pacific Standard Time on Monday, a gentleman by the name of Clark Dinnison releases a mixtape of 10 carefully curated songs that are making big waves on his radar. This is Noon Pacific. Noon Pacific // 178 “Your Call” by Duck House — With clear, bright guitar, a calm
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There’s just something about Nordic countries. They have an uncanny — though undoubtedly beautiful — habit of giving the world some truly great music, often of an electronic bent. Sigur Ros, perhaps predictably, is the first group that comes to my mind. Probably yours, as well. I don’t think it’s a stretch to say that
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Once a week at roughly 12pm Pacific Standard Time on Monday, a gentleman by the name of Clark Dinnison releases a mixtape of 10 carefully curated songs that are making big waves on his radar. This is Noon Pacific. Noon Pacific // 178 “Never Ever” by STRFKR — An eclectic track, “Never Ever” mixes a
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Once a week at roughly 12pm Pacific Standard Time on Monday, a gentleman by the name of Clark Dinnison releases a mixtape of 10 carefully curated songs that are making big waves on his radar. This is Noon Pacific. Noon Pacific // 177 • “So Much It Hurts” by Niki & The Dove — This
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