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[EVENT] Pickathon Festival
[LIVE REVIEW] Majical Cloudz @ The Chapel
A little while back we made an impromptu visit one of our favourite San Francisco venues, The Chapel, to see Montreal's Majical Cloudz...
Read MoreThe Last Shadow Puppets: Bad Habits
The time has come. The long-awaited, longwindedly rumored return of The Last Shadow Puppets is upon us and the gloves are off. Miles Kane and Alex Turner, alongside longtime collaborator James Ford (Simian Mobile Disco) and L.A's own Zach Dawes (Mini Mansions), broke the silence with the announcement of their Coachella slot which was followed soon thereafter by the tip of the iceberg, "Bad Habits"...
Read MoreGUM: Glamorous Damage
Jay Watson is one distinguished dude. Allocating efforts between Tame Impala and POND, he has garnered the privilege of working with innovators of the time because he is one himself. For these other more established projects, expectations based on previous work can sometimes hinder the impressions of new material, but Glamorous Damage operates outside that realm...
Read MoreThe Big Moon: The Road
Each tune from The Big Moon seems to be lifting their followers further from earth and closer to that ball of cheese in the sky. Their brief but sterling catalogue has a swaggering indifference to it that adds a dark shine to their melancholy guitar-pop...
Read More[EVENT RECAP] Capitol Hill Block Party
Exploring new places is always a welcomed endeavor, so when these adventures string us through a hotbed of music, food and drink it's easy to feel spoiled. After a morning jog along the water and a brief walk down Broadway Street I found myself in the thick Seattle's Capitol Hill Block Party...
Read More[PLAYLIST] Capitol Hill Block Party 2015
The time for Seattle's Capitol Hill Block Party is finally upon us and we couldn't be more ready. Well, 'ready' may be an overstatement considering we are still packing our bags but as always we had to get our tunes in order first...
Read MorePearl Charles: You Can Change
Amidst the sometimes crushing inner-city pressure of Los Angeles a fresh-faced heroine of harmony has been forged and her name is Pearl Charles...
Read More[Event] Capitol Hill Block Party
While the list of copy-cat festival lineups continues to gain weight with each passing season Capitol Hill Block Party managed to separate itself from the pack early on. Taking place at Seattle's Capitol Hill between Broadway and 12th Avenue & E. Pine Street and E. Union Street the six blocks will come together in a grid of good times and even better tunes...
Read More[Video] Foals: What Went Down
[EVENT] CRSSD Festival
Fingers CRSSD brings it inaugural festival to San Diego’s Water Front Park March 13 and 14...
Read More[PHOTO DIARY] CMJ 2014
The CMJ Music Marathon is an experience that is hard to explain in words. A week of musical showcases that take over the Lower East Side of Manhattan, and other parts of New York City, where up-and-coming artists come from all over the world to play shows back-on-back in front of crowds of industry professionals. You can only really truly understand the madness if you've attended yourself, but we will attempt to share our experiences with you in photo format...
Read More[EVENT RECAP] Culture Collide San Francisco: Day 1
Started by co-founder of FILTER Magazine Alan Miller, Culture Collide has established itself as an online editorial platform and gained international recognition for highlighting music, art and culture from all corners of the globe through reviews, travel tips and tech trend-spotting...
Read More[PHOTO & VIDEO DIARY] Hopscotch Festival: Day 3
We sent Victor and Robert to Hopscotch Festival a few weeks ago, and Victor was kind enough to capture the whole festival on film.
Check out the video he made below of the highlights from Saturday, featuring Valient Thorr, Death, Mastodon, Funkss, Holygrailers, Ava Luna, How To Dress Well, Dent May, and Jamie XX.
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