(Picture it, June 2016, at the Bunbury Music Festival) “Let’s see…  I want to check out a band I haven’t seen before…  hmmm….  who’s playing?  Oooh, cool!  Dead Man String Band!  I really like string bands, with the banjos...

The “Renegade” and “Unsteady” rockers, X Ambassadors, will be going on a nationwide summer tour and will be hitting Cincinnati on June 3 during the Bunbury Music Festival.  The Brooklyn-based alternative rock band have been recently selling out shows due to their...

If you’re a fan of Outkast or Phantogram, listen up: Big Grams brings you a little bit of both, in an experimental new sound.  Big Boi – half of the Outkast duo, sans Andre 3000 – discovered Phantogram – the duo of Sarah Barthel and Josh Carter – in 2010, when he...

“Dead Mau Five? Have you heard of that guy?” “Is that the dude in the trippy looking Mickey Mouse head?” It sure is, friend. But the things he does in that Mau5 head go far beyond anything a Disney icon has to offer, and straight to the glitchy undercurrent that is your...

One of the world’s most elevated rock bands of the 21 Century, The Killers, will be hitting the road this summer and may be coming out with new material by the end of the year or beginning of next. Their tour started in January and will continue throughout the summer making stops all over...

In London, 2007, a special thing happened. Florence Welch & Isabella Summers got together and formed the band Florence + the Machine. While they had already been playing small clubs in the area, they were destined for something more. They owe a lot of thanks to the big break they received from...

Human nature appreciates growth. There is something viscerally appealing to watch something develop; our brains crave the analysis. Eyesight is not always what's required to detect growth. The esteemed hip-hop producer and lyricist Oddisee has proven this with his seemingly limitless frame to grow...

Once in a while, an artist comes along whose very unwillingness to bend to industry rules or creative expectation leads to their success. Prince and David Bowie both come to mind. It’s far too early to tell if Grimes’s career will have such an impact, but like St. Vincent and Janelle...

You think of Tom Petty and only one band comes to mind: The Heartbreakers. Over the last four decades, he’s filled stadiums and knocked out hit after hit with the Rock and Roll Hall of Famers. But before the world fell in love with “American Girl,” Petty played bass for a group...

The Shelters are releasing their self-titled debut LP June 10th on Warner Bros. Records.  Having released an EP at the end of last year, their full-length is also a blast of Southern Californian rock and roll from a four-piece like the old days when rock and roll was king. Co-produced by Tom...

Some things are just meant to be. Whilk & Misky, for example. Nima and Charlie, to use their real names, met in November 2012. Within three months, they were living together, making music and tearing up the blogosphere. They’ve pursued an near-vertical upwards trajectory ever...

Charles Bradley released Changes earlier this month on Daptone Records imprint Dunham Records to wide praise.  Bradley sounds vital... the singer remains a precious commodity: the real thing. He’s not reenacting or revisiting, he’s on his first run through. And it's still...