Wow, a musician using synthesizers, samples, keys and other electronica actually shows up for a concert with instruments and performers and then proceeds to play music!! I suppose I should avoid beating the dead horse that is the Sleigh Bells live show, but I must say that I find their approach disturbing (similar to how … Continue reading
Alternative and indie rock seems to offer a much larger multicultural and mixed gendered palette compared to their contemporary genres. It’s not tremendously unusual for newer bands to have a mixed bag of girls and dudes, and/or a variance of whites, Asians, blacks, Hispanics, and representatives from several other ethnic categories (okay, so most alt … Continue reading
Brooklyn is an awesome place for the incubation of some great bands. From Denmark (New Politics and Mew), to England (Deluca), to various small towns and big cities across North America, musicians from all over the world relocate to Brooklyn in order to make it in the US alternative and indie rock scene. On the … Continue reading