Band: Midnight Pool Party Song: “If You Were Mine (Baby)” Why You Want to Listen: Midnight Pool Party (hey, that’s a name I can get behind), a Sydney, Australia duo, gives us some hot disco. “We drew inspiration from legends like Prince, Justice, Presets, DaftPunk and Stevie Wonder-and I think if you listen really closely […]
One of Seattle’s coolest bands, the Mama Rags, recently did a session at FunkFarm, a Seattle music organization promoting and booking bands right here in the city. We’ve got some debut videos of the performance for you!! The Mama Rags The Mama Rags just released their first album, Hectic Electric, in June; here’s a peek […]
Ireland’s Celtic Thunder, an all-male vocal band, headlined the Paramount Theatre on March 8th. Naturally, I was there, as I am pretty into Irish things; however, I was not so familiar with this group’s PBS specials. Celtic Thunder’s PBS shows have created a huge following of the singers, who bring string, bagpipe and harp instruments […]
Artist: Raw Calibre Song: “Madman” Why you want to watch: Manchester, England’s Raw Calibre get locked up and bloodied, piñata style. This is probably NSFW. In the words of the director KC Locke, it’s “Sick in every meaning of the word.” Details: A cool-sounding grime band whose debut EP, Hierarchy comes out next month.
The instantly-attractive song “Laced,” by Australia trio DMA’s (that’s no typo – that’s how they spell their name), came to my attention quite recently. I wish I’d heard these guys earlier, but now that I know them, I will appreciate them greatly. Originally I was going to feature the video for “Laced” on its own, […]