Lay Low

Lydia Ainsworth released debut LP on Arbutus (streams), playing CMJ including M for Montreal & Arbutus showcases

Lydia Ainsworth is based in Toronto these days but has spent time in both Montreal and New York City as a music student. It was while at NYU that she began delving into pop music…

SXSW reveals a lot more 2013 artists

Savages at BV-CMJ 2012 (more by Dominick Mastrangelo) Last month, SXSW revealed its first round of artists for their 2013 festival, which happens from March 12-17, and now they’ve revealed a second announcement with way more arti…

Of Monsters & Men played Park West w/ Lay Low (pics, setlist), streaming NYC show online (tonight)

it takes a pretty great band to get me to head into the dank, black pit of chicago’s park west. this is my least favorite of all the windy city’s hoppin’ venues, and it is a shit show at it’s finest…

Daughter played Glasslands with Lay Low (pics) & Mercury Lounge (video), playing BV-SXSW

UK trio Daughter had their first U.S. shows this past weekend playing Mercury Lounge on Friday (3/9) and Glasslands on Saturday (3/10). I made it to the latter which happened prior to the BV-presented Django Django show…

are Of Monsters and Men Iceland's Mumford & Sons? (MHOW sold out; Bowery moved to Webster Hall) --- 2012 Tour Dates

While the rest of the world was asking who the #$%@ Bonny Bear and Paul McCartney were, I was asking that same question of Of Monsters and Men who are playing here in April…

M For Montreal 2010 - night 1 in pics & review (We Are Wolves, Braids & Icelandic bands too)

It’s the week before Thanksgiving so I must be in Montreal. This is my third time attending the M for Montreal Festival, which is celebrating its Fifth Anniversary this year…

Bumbershoot 2010 lineup (Bob Dylan... Hole... Mary J Blige)

Memorial Day Weekend officially opened the summer, and for those in the Pacific Northwest it also brought Sasquatch Music Festival (pictures from all three days are coming soon)…

What is up with Iceland? Benni Hemm Hemm, Mum, etc

DOWNLOAD: Benni Hemm Hemm – Snjórjljóssnjór (MP3) * Screaming Masterpiece is a new DVD about Bjork, Sigur Ros, Mum and other Icelandic music…