Forget the fact that singer-songwriter Trevor “Trouble” Andrew’s forthcoming record, set to drop March 28, is titled Dreams of a Troubled Man. By all accounts this former Olympic snowboarder with the freshest sound in town is living the dream. Between festival appearances (the latest of which is today’s SXSW performance with Wu-Tang Clan), loyal fans [...]

Friday evening isn’t usually where you’ll find a gaggle of models doing some charity time, but that was exactly the chiseled cheekbone crowd at the Christie’s Galleries at Rockefeller Center. Designers, models, celebs, editors and journalists brushed shoulders at charity org One Frickin’ Day’s upscale soiree, aptly titled Model Behavior. Founded by Elettra Wiedemann, her [...]

Singer-songwriter team The Weepies swept through New York City this past Wednesday, performing before a packed audience at the Maritime Hotel’s Hiro Ballroom. It’s no wonder the Cali collab drew a devoted audience, given their longtime cult following and the fact that they’ve been laying low for the past few years. Comprising of Deb Talan and [...]

One never knows what to expect come Halloween weekend. Norms take a U-turn and suddenly the coveted becomes what’s least mainstream and most aesthetically absurd or intellectually challenging. Such was the case Saturday night at Manhattan’s Roseland Ballroom where Calvin Harris mesmerized the massive crowd from 11:45 to 1:15. The Britain-based producer/DJ wasn’t the headliner [...]

Does it come as any surprise that Swedish threesome Miike Snow can turn an ordinary night into an all-out audible assault? Comprising singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Andrew Wyatt and producer duo Christian Karlsson and Pontus Winnberg (also known as Bloodshy & Avant), that’s just what these men did last Wednesday evening. Miike Snow was in New [...]

Last week at Terminal 5, self-promotion proved the last thing on the minds of Canadian band Dragonette. Try as I might, getting Martina Sorbara (singer-songwriter), Dan Kurtz (bassist & producer) and Joel Stouffer (drummer) to talk about their talent was tough. Tangents ran rampant, dragging us in unprecedented directions, far away from my collection of questions and [...]

Maybe you’ve heard of them, maybe you haven’t. In case you’re of the latter camp, it’s time you got to know the ethereal-electronic-rock dream team Home Video. Comprised of New Orleans-raised, Brooklyn-based music savants David Gross (keyboard/bass/sequencer/backup vocals) and Collin Ruffino (guitar/lead vocals), this twosome (with the intermittent contribution of drummers Jim Orso or Chris [...]

Manchester’s indie-ambi-dance darlings, Delphic, have been a bit negligent when it comes to touring the U.S. They were prevented from playing Coachella due to some supposed volcanic ash cloud and the one time they actually puddle-jumped was for a short stint in June, when I was on another continent. The audacity. The foursome, comprising of [...]

Portland, Oregon-based electro-pop duo Mackintosh Braun return today with their second full-length album, Where We Are, but it’s the first time the Northwest band polished up their sound by hitting the studio. Comprised of Ian Mackintosh (guitarist, keyboardist, producer) and Ben Braun (bassist, keyboardist, producer), the pair couldn’t have fallen into more capable hands for [...]

Kele Okereke was all smiles Wednesday night, performing with a three-piece backup band before a not-totally-stuffed Webster Hall. The lead singer of Britain’s Bloc Party, the handsome man, dressed in a Pistons jersey (#33 to be precise), cargo shorts and canvas sneaks, has gone solo – for the time being anyway. Touring in support of [...]