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The 1975 Mesmerize Live @ Barclays Center

Amidst a massive five-continent tour that will take them through the spring, summer, and fall, English alt rockers The 1975 stopped by the Barclays Center on Tuesday to bless Brooklyn with a killer spectacle of light and sound. Despite the specificity of the band’s name, The 1975 has borrowed from many decades to create the […]

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Rooney Returns Re-Energized from Hiatus

Fans of The O.C. will fondly remember Rooney as the first musical act to appear on the show. In a mid-Season 1 episode, the band performed “I’m Shakin’” and “Popstars” at a Newport Beach concert where Seth, Summer, Marissa, and Ryan were caught in a series of love triangles — a dramatic time in Orange […]

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Bayonne Amazes Live @ Baby’s All Right

Amidst an extensive spring and summer festival tour, Roger Sellers, the producer and musician sometimes known as Bayonne, made a pit stop in Brooklyn to open for U.S. Girls at Baby’s All Right on Friday, May 13. After raving about his debut album, Primitives, for IBG last month, I was thrilled to check out the […]

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White Lung Popify Slightly in “Paradise”

Starting out in the Vancouver underground scene, White Lung is a three-piece punk rock band that’s been quietly accruing critical acclaim throughout the last decade. With albums and singles that have already earned nods from the likes of Pitchfork, Spin, and Rolling Stone, the band has just dropped their fourth studio record, Paradise. As a […]

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James Holt Releases Truly Impressive EP

A classically trained pianist, guitarist, and cellist with a degree in composition and arrangement, James Holt has been a student of music his entire life. Currently working towards a graduate degree in music composition, he regularly performs at venues and festivals around his native Manchester, UK. Now, at age 22, Holt has just released a […]

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Parc en Ciel Experiments with Sound and Science

Parc en Ciel (roughly translating to “Sky Park” from French) is a solo project of composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Mathieu Thomas, a Parisian transplant living in Scotland. His debut album, Path Integral, is an otherworldly compilation, inspired by scientific discovery and the natural rhythm of the earth. With the help of Wikipedia, I gave myself […]

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Britta Phillips Drops Brilliant Solo Debut

It’s been a long ride in for American singer and musician Britta Phillips. Since lending her pipes to voice the title character of the 1980s cult classic television show Jem, Phillips has been playing alongside her husband, Dean Wareham, from the early ‘90s to now with the bands Luna and Dean & Britta. Now, at […]

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Made Violent Continue Winning Streak

After forming just a couple years ago and dropping their debut EP in February, three-piece American rock band Made Violent has released a two-track bundle, “On My Own/Shadow” and kicked off a spring tour. The New York-based band, consisting of best friends Joe White, Rob Romano, and Justin Acee, has seen a steady rise in […]