In my #3IsABand series, I feature bands whose music excites me and who are comprised of exactly three band members. While some long time favorites don’t play this year’s festival, or some I won’t feature (again), I discovered a few new ones I am very much looking forward to seeing live.[…]
It’s that time of year again: CMJ is just around the corner, and with that we focus on bands playing the music festival, which celebrates its 35th anniversary this year. Searching for three pieces I might like, I was immediately intrigued by Methyl Ethel, by their name for starters. Then they[…]
Heaters are Andrew Tamlyn, Nolan Krebs and Joshua Korf hailing from Grand Rapids, MI, creating solid psychedelic rock pearls, one after the other, with the tracks on their upcoming album Holy Water Pool maybe being the most accomplished to date. While I liked all their works on Bandcamp, I became ready[…]
Browsing through the initial line-up for CMJ 2015, I was on the look-out for cool trios, and what’s more obvious than a band name with a number in it? Bingo! I listened to DF3 and liked what I heard: upbeat, 80s inspired contemporary synth-pop, with big choruses, great vocals and unmissable (dance)[…]
One of my current favorite bands, Darlia, a three piece from the UK as it happens, also is responsible for this week’s 3 Is A Band feature, a band comprised by three brothers, no less, also from the UK. Those who know me a little, know my special affinity to[…]
It’s easy to be honest here, Darlia got me at… Darlia! I love the name, whatever its meaning, it makes for a memorable moniker, no easy feat these days. When I stumbled across Dear Diary the other day, I jokingly said to myself, “they better are a three piece” and lucky[…]
For the last several days, I have And The Wave Has Two Sides, the second studio album of the Minneapolis three piece ON AN ON on repeat. I absolutely love it, every one of the twelve tracks. It’s a beautiful, harmonious album with airy guitars, unobtrusive percussion, lots of electronic elements, charming vocals[…]
In a city that hosts some of the biggest music festivals in the country, and with a very broad variety in musical genres, it’s hard to stand out and that is when “less is more” becomes more than just a saying! Calling Austin, TX their home, Love Inks seem to build their songs[…]
When I attended 4Knots Festival recently, I was not prepared for who’d be playing next after the more mellow but equally cool UK trio Happyness (photos & review) and was absolutely blown away by this New Brunswick, NJ three piece! I think nobody that day matched the pretty intense and simply awesome[…]
There would have been ample opportunity for me to come across Happyness before last Saturday, when they played 4Knots, because Happyness are relentlessly touring – Europe and North America and get obviously well received. No surprise here. I came a little late to the festival but luckily right in time to see Jonny Allan[…]
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