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Hello friends here’s the pop your top link To kick off 2013, Bus Stop Poets and Falling Down Beer Company are working together on a video short and we need your help! Send us your videos of creative ways to open beer bottles. We all know that Bic lighters are just as good as an [...]

Go to newvega.bandcamp.com and pre order Exit Ocean you will get a download of Wandering to add to your playlist. This is a great opportunity to discover new music and grab the album on Pre Order for a great value. This is New Vega’s freshman release on WHOA Label.The Dayton Ohio four piece, New Vega, [...]

Tune in 9am EST www.whoa100.com or record the show from the website. The Pinz is an alternative band from Jacksonville, FL. Anti-Complacency League EP, produced by David Kalish and Grammy Award-winning producer, Chris Testa, was released June 2012. Teenage Stereotype was released December 2010 and Short on Time EP was released May 2010. Live performances [...]

Ian Ross Subtitle: Hyper-Organic Art By: Michael Keel Photos By: Rob Evans   So who is Ian Ross and why did I choose to share Graffiti art with our readers? The simple answer equals dedication, originality, perseverance and imagery that makes your head spin back a few times. I can honestly say graffiti art is [...]

SuckerForLights is a Dreampop duo from Portland, Oregon. The band was started in 2008 by vocalist Olivia Voss and guitarist Bryan Brunt. Their self-titled 5-track EP, released March 2011, was produced by Jeremy Sherrer (The Dandy Warhols, Hockey) at the Odditorium, Spooky Electric studios, and the Family Farm. While listening to SuckerForLights’ EP, you’ll enjoy [...]

Zambri is the ethereal duo of Cristi Jo and Jessica, sisters whom have been making music together since they shared a bedroom as kids. Spending endless hours creating stories and building universes with their voices and toys, their debut album, House Of Baasa, out April 10th, 2012, is a powerful expression that embodies the spirit [...]

Catch them Wednesday Morning WHOA 100 www.whoa100.com The Cast of Cheers release their debut single “Family” on February 20th on School Boy Error/Cooperative Music. “Family” is the first taster from The Cast of Cheers debut album proper, produced by Luke Smith (ex-Clor) and set for release in 2012. The band has made a new remix of [...]

Besides being a signature song for Suckers, “It Gets Your Body Movin’” is a mission statement for the band as well.  Ever since slowly coalescing in Brooklyn four years ago, they’ve been restless experimenters, thriving on creative momentum.  And while the trio’s just-completed sophomore album Candy Salad, due April 24th on Frenchkiss, is a remarkable [...]

Most people assume that when a band makes it—that is, reaches a critical mass of listeners, where shows across the country get packed, where the big festivals come calling, where placement on year-end lists seems preemptively settled—the work stops. It’s as if all the hours spent writing and rehearsing, tacking flyers to utility poles or [...]

  Brooklyn-based lonesome pop lovers We Can’t Enjoy Ourselves  are premiering their latest single, “Your Darkest Thoughts Will Shine,” courtesy of Interview Magazine. It’s the first tune from their upcoming album “Never Listen To The Ones You Love” being released on 4:3 Records. We Can’t Enjoy Ourselves make music that draws comparisons to Morrissey, Beirut, and Belle & [...]

        Narnack Records and Greatminds are pleased to announce the release of the limited edition double vinyl LP compliation. Available on Record Store Day, November 25, 2011, Beat LA is a collection of songs from today’s Los Angeles-based artists such as Crystal Antlers, No Age, Bobb Bruno from Best Coast and more, revisiting tracks from previous LA [...]

Anthony Gonzalez a.k.a. M83 has finally revealed the album cover for his upcoming double album release Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming available October 18th via Mute. He has been building the anticipation for the new album. First with a teaser video then with the release of the first single, “Midnight City.” Listen to the first single [...]

By: David Alexander In a Grand Rapids, Mich. amphitheater, with a dying sun illuminating the resplendent foliage like a scene from a Platonic play, two bands took the stage in succession and gave an all-ages crowd a taste of what a happy marriage sounds like. Rarely does a concertgoer have the privilege of witnessing the [...]

by: John M. Wohlgemuth Swedish indielectronic group Baron Bane is definitely a group that I find very relieving. There was a particular style of electronic music that was seemingly perfected sometime in the early to mid-nineties around the time that Trent Reznor put out The Downward Spiral. New musical technology was being introduced to the [...]

Words and Photos By: Jessica Cassino I am still recuperating from The Raveonettes free concert at The Beekman Beer Garden.  I actually stumbled upon ultra-chic Sharin Foo while looking for the public relations people. She kindly led the way. If not for her, there would be no awesome photos of the band. It was hot [...]

Festival Pantiero in Cannes has established itself as one of the major events in the summer calendar and this year will be celebrating its 10th anniversary with performances from Blonde Redhead, A Place to Bury Strangers, Gold Panda, La Femme and more August 10-13th. For more information on how to purchase tickets and show times [...]

By: Koty Neelis What is your creative process like?                                        For songwriting, I tend to find a musical idea while playing my guitar that almost forces me to write lyrics. That said, I don’t have one set process I stick to. There have been times when I’ve had lyrics first, but that’s more rare. I think [...]

Words and Photos By: Jett Wells When I first tuned into Darwin Deez off The Hype Machine, I immediately got hooked to his friendly pop tunes and clear gentle voice, but then I saw a photo of him. Rock stars will be rock stars, and they often get away with looking outrageous at times by [...]