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Who the F*&! is Spooky Black? Nobody anymore because we have Corbin. “See my face when I slide through – Every place I will find you – Everytime we fell apart – Girl I see it in the scars – “ Written by a young man named Corbin Smidzik at the young […]
Perfume Genius is the stage name of the talented singer/songwriter that is Mike Hadreas. Hailing from Washington state, Hadreas dropped out of high school his senior due to the constant abuse, on account of being homosexual, from the high school football team and lack of action from the school. He was assaulted by a group […]
Over a decade later and still selling out venues. Chevelle may have made less than a handful of radio hits but their music has spoken to thousands. It was a new experience to go to a concert that began at 6:30 PM but with the amount of music that each band had to offer, it […]
Princess Nokia, also known as Destiny Frasqueri, is an NYC born rapper and artist. She has been taking on the rap scene by storm since the release of her album 1992 last year. She is known for her powerful pro-black feminism, her support of NYC’s female skate club Brujas, her podcast on feminism called “Smart Girls […]
If you’re a fan of house, electronic, or R&B music, Cashmere Cat is an up and coming Norwegian producer and DJ you might be a fan of. He began his music career producing songs for various artists across genres, as well as remixing and editing popular songs. He gained recognition and fame when he took […]
hard to talk about Pussy Riot and not talk about politics as they have taken to use their music to voice their very strong stance on the political nature of their nation: Russia. Pussy Riot is a punk rock band with feminist girls that protest against capitalism and current Russian politics. When they first formed […]
Rezz, an electronic DJ and producer, has been taking over the world with her Mass Manipulation album and tour over the last several months, and her growth as an artist has been incredible in such a short amount of time. Being only 22 and having only a few EP’s out, she’s already selling out shows […]
Starting a career at 15 can’t be easy by any means (I’m 23 and I’m still struggling) and for someone who is now 25, a decade later, Sky Ferreira is still producing music but is now doing it her way. Ferreira it seems has always been destined for music seeing as how her grandmother was […]
The English electronic duo known as Mount Kimbie have had a busy year with the release of their third album, Love What Survives. Kai Campos and Dom Maker started their musical venture while both were attending Southbank University, and in doing so, they became very familiar with the always busy London music scene. Taking cues from […]
James Blake is an English singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer from London whose talent has been gaining major attention over the last few years. His subdued, downtempo energy and sound is chill but extremely powerful at the same time. His voice is strong, melodic, and haunting, and some of his newer music reaches new […]
Annie Erin Clark is a Grammy award winning artist who is better known by her stage name St. Vincent. Though born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Clark moved to Dallas at the age of three and was partly inspired by her uncle and jazz musician Tuck Andress to pick up the guitar at age 12. Her inspirations […]
Ambient, dark, melancholy and industrial are but a few of the adjectives that can be used to describe Canadian band Godspeed You! Black Emperor. Originally a 3 piece band out of Montreal, Quebec consisting of Efrim Menuck, Mike Moya and Mauro Pezzente, the band has since underwent several line-ups in a revolving door fashion before […]
The veteran electronic duo Justice will be performing at Day for Night 2017. If you do not know about Justice, they are a French duo composed of Gaspard Augé and Xavier de Rosnay that have been cranking out electronic music on par with legendary contemporaries, Daft Punk. Coming off of their third album Woman, which was released in […]
Houston’s very own B L A C K I E will be making an appearance at Day for Night 2017. Michael LaCour’s noise, hip-hop, industrial, hardcore punk project is an explosion of chaos and experimentation that not only shatters boundaries but rips up and eats it. LaCour is a veteran of the Houston scene as he’s been […]
Living their lives as punk activists, Priests originate from a city rich with political activism and an exploding music scene. The D.C. four-piece that consists of vocalist Kate Alice Greer, drummer Daniele Daniele, bassist Taylor Mulitz, and guitarist GL Jaguar, all of whom have been hard at work since 2012, but it is not until […]
Pretty Lights is an American electronic music producer, often called and known as the “face and voice of a new American electronic scene.” Over the last decade, the EDM and rave scenes have been re-vamped and again became a major part of American youth culture, and Pretty Lights has played his own role in creating […]
Mild High Club’s name is a play on words akin to a joke, but make no mistake, their music is far from a joke. Mild High Club is the product of Chicago native Alexander Brettin. A student of jazz music during his time college, Alex music successfully conveys the sound of his studies with Mild […]
Last Friday, at White Oak Music Hall, I had the opportunity to see Death Grips and Ministry perform. Prior to the show I had never really listened to Ministry. The few songs I heard had the same industrial/EBM feel that Death Grips is known for in their production. I assumed that there would be some […]
