• Australia’s Golden Vessel Details Debut Album, SLOWSHINE & More: INTERVIEW

    SLOWSHINE is available on Ultra Records In May, 22-year-old Australian producer Max Byrne aka Golden Vessel released his highly-anticipated debut album, SLOWSHINE, and it’s a total gem. From the onset, the album flawlessly captures Max’s evolving and signature production of textured synths, intelligent beat-making, and an infectious lo-fi sound that draws influences from pop, hip-hop, R&B, and…

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  • INTERVIEW: Lucy Spraggan Details New Album, “Today Was A Good Day”

    Today Was A Good Day is out on Cooking Vinyl In 2012, with her guitar in-hand and exceedingly high hopes, Lucy Spraggan would step on the UK’s X Factor stage and rewrite her own future. The artist performed her original track, “Last Night (Beer Fear),” which immediately went viral and quickly placed Lucy in a…

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  • Governors Ball 2019: Five Artists We Can’t Wait to See

    Governors Ball returns on May 31-June 2: TICKETS Returning to New York City’s Randall’s Island at the end of the month is none other than Governors Ball Music Festival. Now in its ninth year, the growing festival continues to make a strong name for itself by delivering eye-opening lineups, curated experiential activities, and always ensuring…

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  • Stream Ellie Goulding’s Incredible New Ballad, ‘Flux’

    Ellie Goulding’s Flux” is out now on Polydor Records Is there anything better than a beautiful ballad by Ellie Goulding? I don’t think so. On Thursday night, the British pop star released her latest single, “Flux” and it’s absolutely incredible. The track is the anthesis of the stratospheric pop that dominated and defined Goulding’s third album, Delirium and…

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  • We Can’t Wait for ATG Fall Classic 2018

    Fall Classic returns to Union Market on October 6-7 Over the past few years, All Things Go Fall Classic has become a highly-anticipated annual event in our nation’s capital, known for highlighting some of the best aspects of DC’s culture. Now returning for it’s fifth year, the festival takes over Union Market on October 6-7 with a great lineup…

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  • Interview: Into The Super Sunset with Allie X

    Allie X’s Super Sunset is out Fall 2018, stream “Not So Bad In LA” below The city of Los Angeles can be rather unforgiving, often known for chewing up and swiftly spitting out a revolving door of big-eyed hopefuls. It’s a story many of us have heard and one few have survived. That, however, could not stop Toronto-bred Allie…

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  • INTERVIEW: What So Not Talks “Not All The Beautiful Things”

    Not All The Beautiful Things is out now on Counter Records It’s been nearly a year since we saw Australian DJ/producer What So Not rip through an iconic set in the desert of Indio, California. It was the final hours of Coachella 2017 — a pair of weekends immortalized with performances by Radiohead, Kendrick Lamar, Lady…

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  • Re:SET DMV 2023 @ Merriweather Post Pavilion: Review

    It’s been a while since a traveling ‘festival’ made waves. Warped Tour was a cultural monolith that is still remembered fondly today. AEG might be angling to fill that void with Re:SET, a nationwide touring concert series. Here’s how it works: throughout each weekend in June, AEG chose three geographically close metro areas to host…

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  • LPX Talks ‘Junk of the Heart’ EP, Women in Music: Interview

    LPX’s Junk of the Heart EP is out now: stream LIZZY PLAPINGER — Neon Gold Records co-founder, former MS MR frontwoman, and fearless feminist activist — is a decade into a flourishing music journey, and currently exploring a reinvigorated creative hunger with her exciting independent project, LPX.Since announcing MS MR’s hiatus in 2017, Plapinger has been ritualistically and…

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  • The Knocks Talk New Album, Live Show, and Remixing Odesza: Interview

    New York Narcotic is out now on Neon Gold/Big Beat Records If you didn’t play The Knocks at your last party, odds are the party was super lame. Not sorry. For over a decade, the nu-disco/electronic duo, consisting of Ben “B-Roc” Ruttner and James “JPatt” Patterson, have become increasingly known and celebrated for concocting extraordinary singles, dropping…

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