Wolf Alice, the alternative band from London, will be playing a handful of shows across the West Coast this month leading up to an appearance at SXSW and then their UK tour and a number of festivals in Europe. The group’s debut album, My Love Is Cool, is coming in June. [Read more…]
Live 105 is holding BFD 2015 on June 6th this year at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View. This will be the 21st annual event, and the day long festival event is expected to run from 11am to 11pm. Artists on the bill include Modest Mouse, Of Monsters And Men, Panic! At The Disco, Cold War Kids, Atlas Genius, and dozens more. [Read more…]
In support of their debut studio album released last week, Our Own House, NY pop band MisterWives kicked off their first headlining tour in Philadelphia on Friday. Their U.S. tour will keep them on the road through mid-April, though they are scheduled to appear at a few festivals thereafter. [Read more…]
Australian brother-sister duo Broods will be returning to North America for a new set of tour dates starting next week. Supporting their amazing debut album, Evergreen, Georgia and Caleb Nott will include support from Mikky Ekko for half of the tour and Erik Hassle (who has an interview featured here on the Rock Subculture Journal) for the other half. I ranked Broods’ Evergreen as one of my Top 10 albums of the year, their self-titled EP as my favorite EP of the year, one of last year’s shows one of my Top 10 concerts of the year, and their single, “Bridges”, as my #1 Song of 2015. [Read more…]
Australian alternative band The Church kicked off their Further/Deeper tour in Vancouver over the weekend, with a North American tour taking them to 19 dates ending up in Austin for SXSW toward the end of March. Further/Deeper is their 21st album released in the past 35 years. [Read more…]
Well already into their 2015 tour, Jefferson Starship will be traveling all over the United States in the coming months, celebrating the music of Jefferson Airplane and it’s 50th anniversary. Jefferson Airplane was founded by Paul Kantner in 1965 and he founded Jefferson Starship in 1974. The band is expected to play rock staples from both bands like “Somebody to Love”, “White Rabbit”, “Get Together”, “Jane”, “Miracles”, and more. [Read more…]
Alternative rock and folk singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega will be touring the United States over the next three months, and then play a number of shows in the United Kingdom and Norway over the Summer; it is expected additional dates will be added. Her latest album, Tales from the Realm of the Queen of Pentacles, was released last year. [Read more…]
The Lovemakers will be playing a special “My Bloody Valentine’s Day Party” concert event on Friday the 13th of February. The Popscene show at Rickshaw Stop is sure to be a stunner, and Beginners will be performing as well. [Read more…]
Indie/post punk/shoegazers Vela Eyes will be having an EP release party at Elbo Room in San Francisco on February 20th. Scissors for Lefty, Survival Guide, and The Greening will also be performing. The new single, “Lantern”, is already out an available and the full EP will be out the same day as the event, on February 20th. [Read more…]
The Jesus And Mary Chain will be touring North America in May to celebrate the 30th anniversary of their debut album, Psychocandy. The Jesus And Mary Chain were authentic music pioneers, as evidenced by their landmark album, which was released squarely in the middle of the 80s. The band and their sound influenced many that followed and even newer artists today. [Read more…]