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Happy New Year everyone! This was an especially good year for music, which made it tough to choose a playlist for tonight. Great examples of genre-bending rock and idiosyncratic dance music to get your pulse pumping. Check out these albums if you get the chance and see you in 2023!
Every so often a band comes along that defies any expectations you might have had just looking at their name or their album cover or their press photos. One time in 2016, my roommate had a playlist on in the background and when the opening spidery riffage of ‘Ankles’ by Palm locked my attention, I […]
Sorry is a band from North London, consisting of five central members, Asha Lorenz on guitar and vocals, Louis O’Brien on guitar and vocals, Lincoln Barrett on drums, Campbell Baum on bass, and Marco Pini on electronics. They’ve come up in the scene with noisy contemporaries like black midi, Squid, and Black Country, New Road […]
In this episode, DJ Asher shares an interview with Twitch live streamer and podcaster, NinaPizzaQueen! Nina share’s about her time as a streamer and what inspired her to be one as well as the many games she’s played. They also get to reviewing the spooky game, Phasmophobia, and get some laughs on some of the […]
FFO: Broken Social Scene, Stars, Tegan and Sara, Blood Red Shoes Last Tuesday, October 11th, Canadian indie-rock stalwarts Metric brought the tour supporting their new album, Formentera, to the Crystal Ballroom. Metric formed in the 1990s, originally the project of singer Emily Haines and guitarist James Shaw, with Josh Winstead (drums) and Jules Scott-Key (bass) […]
This coming Monday, August 8th, NYC’s Bodega take to the stage at Holocene. DJ Womble of Real Soon in Rose City reviews their L.A. date in anticipation. Listen to Bodega on Spotify // Find Bodega on Bandcamp // Follow Bodega on Instagram // Book tickets to Bodega’s Holocene show on 8.8 Last night New York’s […]
Wallows have kicked off the US leg of their world tour celebrating the release of their latest album, Tell Me That It’s Over. After their two first shows in Seattle and Vancouver, B.C, the band spent two sold-out nights in Portland at McMenamins’ Crystal Ballroom. Roaring cheers welcomed band members Dylan Minette (known for his […]
With its simple but effective chord progressions, accented vocals, and breakneck tempos, Subhumans’ “From the Cradle to the Grave” is quintessential British punk. Not to be confused with the Canadian band of the same name, Subhumans have been active and making music, breakups and reunions aside, since 1980. “From the Cradle to the Grave” is […]