Moogfest: A Celebration of Culture, Technology, Music, and the Future
Between May 19 and 21, musicians like HEALTH, Sunn O)) and Gary Numan descended on Durham, NC, for Moogfest. Cody Davis recaps an eventful weekend.
Concert Reviews
Festival Coverage: CBC Music Festival, May 28, 2016
The 2016 CBC Music Festival featured performances by Alvvays, Whitehorse, Tokyo Police Club and New Pornographers. M Milner recaps an eventful afternoon.
A Daily Six Pack of Bands You Should See at Free Press Summer Fest
Are you going to Free Press Summer Festival this year? Need to know what acts to catch? Then Daniel Jackson's got what you need with his FPSF 2016 Preview.
The Vilification of Yuck – In Defense of a Critically Battered Indie Rock Band
After soaking up critical love following their self-titled debut, Yuck has encountered increasing amounts of malice from critics, here's why BGM disagrees.
Torche / Kvelertak / Wild Throne: Redefine What it is to be Metal
Experiencing Torche, Kvelertak, and Wild Throne up close certainly hasn’t cleared up my ambivalent attitude regarding the labels associated with heavy music
An open letter response to Lauryn Hill
For the last several years, you've become notorious for late and erratic live performances, Enough is more than enough, Lauryn Hill. Time to call it quits.
The Beauty of Inelegance: Frightened Rabbit Live
The strength of Frightened Rabbit live rests in that many of the band’s best compositions are straight up designed to be performed live.
The Thermals @ The Grog Shop, Cleveland Heights, OH – April 22, 2016
Whenever The Thermals played a song off The Body, the audience went nuts, dancing and singing and moving in possessed gestures...
Brother O’ Brother / Riverhorse @ Chicago Street Pub (Joliet IL), March 26th, 2016
Having Brother O' Brother and Riverhorse share a record label would be strange enough, much less the same bill. But something about the night worked.
Chairlift’s Moth and a Return to Where it All Began
Back to Colorado, the state where it all began for Chairlift, for a show at the Gothic Theatre. Caroline Polachek's dreams have come true.