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Brooklyn-based post rock band, Good Looking Friends, share the first listen of their upcoming release of their debut album, Settle In, Decay, today on The Alternative. “Decay sounds like its actively avoiding all of the recent emo trends, simply using the idiom’s confessional lyricism and drab moods as a springboard …

Last November, NYC’s “technicolored synthpop powerhouse” (Nylon) Ariana and the Rose sold out Brooklyn’s House of Yes (2 Wyckoff Ave) with her immersive live music party light + space. This spring, Ariana and her galactic performance crew are back in Brooklyn for a three-event residency at the celebrated Bushwick-based creative space …

Grammy Award winner Jason Mraz brought his solo acoustic showcase to the Walton Arts Center in Fayetteville, AR this past Friday evening. The multi-talented singer-songwriter took stage to a sold out crowd, performing tracks like “You and I,” “Work in Progress,” and “Good Old Daze.” The audience adored his uplifting …

This week Bullet for my Valentine, one of the biggest names in hard rock, announced will release their new sixth studio album, Gravity, on June 29. Listen to the album’s first single “Over It” Gravity marks BFMV’s first album release under the Search and Destroy/ Spinefarm Records banner. It aptly …

After more than two decades and 20 million albums sold globally, Counting Crows will celebrate 25 years of making music by hitting the road for a worldwide “25 YEARS AND COUNTING” tour, starting with a 40+ city trek across North America this summer. Presented by Live Nation, the tour will begin June 27 in …

Irish electronic artist EDEN is still riding the high from the release of his debut album, vertigo, which came out on January 19th of this year. The album landed him in the top 50 albums on the Billboard 200 for the week of its release and built up hype for …

Franz Ferdinand have added several U.S. live dates in July and August. The band will make stops in Raleigh, Asheville, New Haven, Asbury Park, Nashville and more. Franz Ferdinand are about to embark on a North American tour beginning in April, which includes sold out shows in DC, Minneapolis, Santa …

Blessthefall‘s brand new album Hard Feelings  is out now via Rise Records. The band has just shared the cinematic and conceptual video for “Sleepless in Phoenix.” “It was pretty awesome filming this video about Phoenix while we were actually in Phoenix,” said frontman Beau Bokan.”The whole concept is about a dude who buys a possessed …

Today three of the most legendary bands in rock – Bush, The Cult, Stone Temple Pilots – announce they are teaming up to create a tri-headlining event like no other: the Revolution 3 tour. The 20-city outing produced by Live Nation marks the first time that these forces of rock …

Since 2008s debut EP You Gotta Start Somewhere, Texas born Sydney Sprague has been labelled with the charm of being “wise beyond her years”, taking worldwide themes of love, conflict and hatred into her lyrics from the start. Currently based in Scottsdale, Arizona, Sydneys’ latest track “ABomb” follows a 10 …

Theo Katzman just wrapped up the sold out U.S. leg of his tour before moving onto Europe.  I was able to catch a few of his east coast shows, but the show he played at the tiny DC9 Club in Washington, D.C. was pretty special. If you’ve never been, it’s …