Snow Patrol performs “This Isn’t Everything You Are” at the Hollywood Palladium on May 8th, 2012. matt ktc mgmt TAGS: Hail Beat, Northern Ireland, Shout-out to Silversun Pickups, HP, Best song on Fallen Empires, Christian Rock show kinda

by Charissa Lock Three years since their last record (Swoon), Silversun Pickups are welcomed back by eager fans and curious bystanders.  Their fourth LP has had quite a respectable reaction.  With their inclusion in many popular summer festivals (Sasquatch Festival, Firefly Fest), as well as hitting number one on iTunes the day after the release, it [...]

After storming the scene with the timeless track “Please Don’t Go”, Barcelona returns with Not Quite Yours, a fan-funded album on par with any album self-released in 2012.  We caught up with Barcelona to see how things are going and how they manage to keep pleasing their deep network of 600k+ fans on facebook. This interview [...]

The wildly talented (and married) Mates of State bring you a gorgeous one-shot video for the song “Unless I’m Led” from their latest album Mountaintops. We can scan back to November of last year where we put together a video of this song too.  A great lyrical hook in this song brings you in and [...]

Describing themselves as homemade music Thomas Wesley Stern is a 4 piece southern/bluegrass band out of Jackson, NJ.  Recently they just released an album called American Pain that is fantastic.  To get a taste of what they’re doing you can listen to them on Soundcloud or get their debut album Hope Folk (a more appropriate genre for [...]

Snow Patrol performs “Shut Your Eyes” at the Hollywood Palladium on May 8th, 2012. matt ktc mgmt TAGS: Rain Brigade, Shut Up and SING, Ireland bands, The Hollywood Palladium rules, @SSPU, Ed Sheeran, 

by Charissa Lock Since both these ladies have had album releases in May, I figured it would be fun to have them battle their female talents with their albums speaking for their abilities and general jam-worthy nature.   Though for Niki & the Dove, there is a male counterpart adding to the musical instrumentation and in [...]

Now, Now is a three-piece indie band created, loved and shared since 2003.  A name change, passionate songwriting and a bit of luck have brought them to Europe with Paramore, a record deal with Death Cab For Cutie guitarist Chris Walla’ label “Trans-Records” and a current tour that stretches them across North America with New [...]

Joe from Cymbals Eat Guitars cover “Ex Girl Collection” (The Wrens) at Origami Vinyl in Silverlake/Echo Park on March 2nd, 2012. matt ktc mgmt TAGS: Floor Toms Drink Keyboards, Charles Bissell, impossible to decipher lyrics, famous indie bands, green arrows, kidnapped white shirts

by Charissa Lock “That is one long line.” “You mean, a long line of 15-year-old girls.” I added surprisingly, casting a glare at the multitude of high school females who were sitting on the sidewalk of Boston eagerly anticipating getting to the front of The All-American Rejects show at the Royale (Boston). I was quite excited [...]

Manchester Orchestra performs “Everything to Nothing (into) The River” from the album Simple Math at The Fonda Theater in Los Angeles on April 16th, 2012. matt ktc mgmt TAGS: Long video, Cardiff Collection, Everything IS Nothing, no light show, complete beard-os, What was the Music Box is now the Fonda

by Charissa Lock I’m not sure if many people know how epic Jack White is.  With a guilty conscious I must share that I didn’t realize how intense he was until I read his Wikipedia page, which may or may not be entirely accurate, and the fact that I’m doubtful of the credibility is further evidence [...]