Anthony Moore, best known as the house producer and singer Romanthony, has passed away at age 46. Romanthony’s death was confirmed by his sister Mellony Moore via Facebook. Moore reportedly passed away at his home in Austin, but the cause of death is unknown. Romanthony launched his career as a producer in New Jersey, and [...]
Libyans started playing in Boston in 2007, and have since become a staple in punk communities locally and nationally, playing self-booked shows at basements, warehouses, zine libraries, and other DIY spaces regularly over the years. In 2010, the band released a debut record A Common Place, which they will now follow up with Expired Language [...]
The Hangout organizers presumably intend the word “Hangout” to be read with leisurely fellowship in mind, and certainly that matches the vibe here in Gulf Shores. But one passable alternate reading is “hang out” as in “Letting it all hang out,” as in my bare gut protruding across my belt line, as in eating something [...]
Shoegaze 4-piece Surfing recently relocated from Virginia to Bushwick. They’ve thoughtfully timed the release of their upcoming EP, due out at some point this summer. In the meantime, you can add the first single to your pre-summer playlist, the fine-tuned dream-pop track “Hollow Sparrow”. Check it out below.
It seems Fred Armisen is leaving Saturday Night Live. In addition to two epic Kanye West performances, last night’s episode featured a super-group of indie rock stars joining Armisen on stage for what appeared to be a send-off. Armisen played his punk character Ian Rubbish, leading a band featuring two other departing SNL players Bill [...]
Kanye West took the stage at Saturday Night Live last night to debut an aggressive new track, “Black Skinhead.” He also performed “New Slaves,” a song West debuted on Friday. The songs will appear on his next record, Yeezus. Dressed in a studded leather jacket, West’s stage presence on SNL was full of rage. He [...]
Seattle’s Big Eyes just released their sophomore full-length Almost Famous via Grave Mistake Records. The group have been playing around in various cities since 2009, and in 2011 released a debut full-length Hard Life. That record was an instant classic no-filler collection of poppy rock and roll songs, and their new LP is just as [...]
Last month we all heard the noisy melodic punk track “Pyro Hippies” by Cincinnati trio Vacation, from their forthcoming full-length for Don Giovanni, Candy Waves. Now the band have released another track from the album, the title track “Candy Waves.” In a recent Q&A, drummer/vocalist Jerri Panic told us about the inspirations behind the Candy [...]
The first considerations when attending a music festival on the beach are sartorial. Do you opt for filp-flops to facilitate the inevitable footwear removal and thereby risk blisters from stomping on plastic slabs all day, or do you go with sneakers to account for all that pavement pounding and thereby risk carrying them around all [...]
Last month, Kurt Vile released his fifth studio album Wakin on A Pretty Daze via Matador. In support of its release, Vile and his band stopped by Late Show With David Letterman last night to play “Wakin On A Pretty Day.” Head to CBS.com to stream last night’s episode of Letterman; the performance is at [...]
