The Movement & Signal Fire @ The Attic – Ybor City
The night began with all of us “certified MVMT junkies” relaxing like royalty in the downstairs bar and lounge area of The Attic in downtown Ybor City in Tampa, FL. The Attic is a perfect ...
[Album Review] Frankie Cosmos – Vessel
Greta Kline known under her stage name as Frankie Cosmos is an independent pop artist from the city of dreams, known world-wide as “The Big Apple”, New York City. She started her musical career ...
[Album Review] Princess Nokia – A Girl Cried Red (Mixtape)
Princess Nokia identifies herself as a tomboy, a classic New York Boricua shorty, a feminist, and queer woman who isn’t burdened, but empowered by her complexity. She is a versatile artist that can switch ...
[Album Review] Tinashe – Joyride
Joyride is an album that has been affected by numerous setbacks. The project was first announced in 2015, later being promised to appear in the balmy months of both 2016 and 2017, with nothing ...
[Fresh Music] Janelle Monae – PYNK
Psychedelic soul and indie pop/rap artist Janelle Monáe has just premiered a new song from her forthcoming album and film project Dirty Computer. Premiered along with a music video starring Tessa Thompson and directed ...
Artists We Like: Sleeping At Last
Producer, composer, and singer-songwriter Ryan O’Neal shares his creations with the world under the name Sleeping At Last. Though a fairly unknown artist, his songs have been featured on popular shows and movies, such ...
[Single Review] Mike Shinoda – Crossing a Line
Fresh off of the still spinning wheels of January’s Post Traumatic EP, by Mike Shinoda, which was the songwriter and vocalist’s first solo release underneath his own name (separate from Fort Minor), the established ...
[Album Review] Rich The Kid – The World Is Yours
The World Is Yours is Rich The Kid’s debut album. The 14-track debut project includes features from top artists in the industry like: Kendrick Lamar, Lil Wayne, Future, Rick Ross, Chris Brown, Quavo, Khalid, ...
[AltWire Interview] State Disco
Indietronic dance rock band, State Disco, was conceived in a dream about an imagined European realm where people rave at government-sponsored dance parties. One listen, and you’ll lose yourself in driving, urgent beats, melodic ...
[Concert Review] Anne-Marie @ O2 Academy Glasgow – March 27th, 2018
Essex girl Anne-Marie Nicholson first came into the public eye as one of the Rudimental backing singers. I remember first seeing her singing their chart smash hit “Free”. The track originally was released with ...
[Album Review] of Montreal – White is Relic/Irrealis Mood
From Athens, Georgia is the band of Montreal which come radiantly from within the depths of recurrent mind-binding musical trips which are in consequence of inspired 60’s psychedelic indie pop. Founded by vocalist and ...
Artist To Watch: PVMNTS
So who are PVMNTS? The three-piece pop-punk outfit hail from Los Angeles and are made up of Tyler Posey, Freddy Ramirez and Nick Guzman. Posey and Ramirez previously played with Lost in Kostko, a ...
[Album Review] Garden City Movement – Apollonia
After 3 EPs in the span of many years, a remix album, as well as several collaborations in between, it is here in 2018 that Garden City Movement, the alternative, electronica and indie pop ...
[Album Review] Stone Temple Pilots – Self Titled (2018)
The first item to address when we talk about Stone Temple Pilots is Jeff Gutt. The third permanent front man for STP already has a long standing link to the band having had former ...
[AltWire Interview] Shadow of Whales
Vocalist Joshua Flores, drummer Caleb Flores, lead guitarist Chris Fraga, bassist Jeremy Boyum, and keyboardist JD Vazquez make up the alternative-indie band, Shadow of Whales. They first performed at the Austin Convention Center, and ...
[Album Review] Tory Lanez – MEMORIES DON’T DIE
Less than two years after the success of his debut album I Told You, Tory Lanez releases his sophomore album. On MEMORIES DON’T DIE, he features: Future, Wiz Khalifa, 50 Cent, Nav, Fabolous, Paloma ...
Hey Violet: Sublime Pop-Rock
Hey Violet didn’t always start off as the successful rock-pop group they are now. Originally, lead vocalist Rena Lovelis, drummer Nia Lovelis, and ex-keyboardist Miranda Miller were in a band called Cherri Bomb, who ...
Perfect By Tomorrow: A Chat With Drummer Justin Dobbelaar
We all know the story. A few kids from a small town, all musically apt and naturally gifted join forces and take over the world. This just might be the case for the four ...
[Single Review] Janelle Monáe – Make Me Feel
Sometimes there comes along an artist that commands presence, and there are few others who exhibit such a quality better than Janelle Monáe. She comes along as if she were the cool breeze on ...
Artists We Like: The Wombats
London-based indie-rock trio The Wombats first formed in Liverpool in 2003 when lead vocalist and guitarist Matthew Murphy, drummer Dan Haggis, and bassist Tord Øverland-Knudsen were attending the Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts. Before ...