POSTED // Apr 2,2013 - James Loomis’ approach at 2012’s DJ Spin-off was “to mix as tight and fast as possible, which is as risky as it gets, and to incorporate a bunch of my own music.”

POSTED // Mar 29,2013 - Logistical accidents are the best kind, as The Joy Formidable singer and guitarist Ritzy Bryan can attest. While touring in 2011 behind their raucous, critically acclaimed debut, The Big Roar,

POSTED // Mar 28,2013 - It’s been a hell of a year for Max Pain & the Groovies. Since winning the band component of the 2012 City Weekly Music Awards, they’ve played a nationwide tour, welcomed new bassist Jordan Deveraux, gotten a clothing sponsorship

POSTED // Mar 27,2013 - Anyone with a video camera and a version of “Harlem Shake” can score a few watches on YouTube. But reaching more than 250 million total views—as violinist, composer and choreographer Lindsey Stirling

POSTED // Mar 21,2013 - It’s the stuff of dreams, Imagine Dragon’s chart-soaring 2012 LP Night Visions. Based largely on the subconscious nonsense that comes during deep sleep, the album—and singles “It’s Time” and “Radioactive,”

POSTED // Mar 21,2013 - You have to be true to yourself. That’s what the guys in the Seattle-based band Pickwick discovered several years ago after they decided they didn’t want to be a folk band anymore.

POSTED // Mar 14,2013 - Talk about your meteoric rises. Right now, Unknown Mortal Orchestra bassist Jake Portrait is hanging out in Donald Trump’s green room at Late Night With Jimmy Fallon.

POSTED // Mar 14,2013 - “When you boil it down to its essence, Flogging Molly is all about playing music that is very real and organic, and playing it with all the piss and vinegar and passion you can in each note,” says guitarist Dennis Casey.

POSTED // Mar 14,2013 - A new music discovery is one of the supreme joys of appreciating—really digging into—the art. Maybe you’ve heard of Neon Trees, King Niko, Max Pain & the Groovies, Tolchock Trio and others for the first time

POSTED // Mar 12,2013 - Jim Rose’s priceless, cursed shrunken head was “stolen” in 1993. The Jim Rose Circus had performed at the second stage at Lollapalooza in 1992 ...