Piggybacking the winter-sporting fever that came with the 2018 Winter Olympics and bringing some of that magic to sunny downtown Los Angeles, Air + Style closed out its weekend in spectacular fashion with a flurry of stunning musical and athletic performances. The festival took on an even greater role in the aftermath of this year’s […]

The Hollywood Bowl was the place to be this past Thursday night. Grammy Award-winning synth-pop slayers, Phoenix were headlining. Making their last stop in the US. for this tour before making an appearance across European festivals, they sure brought the heat. Touring in support of their latest and sixth studio album, Ti Amo, the guys […]

Phoenix’s Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix album was the album of my 21st summer. Their FYF Fest headlining set on Saturday connected to me on a personal standpoint, as they played their numerous hits from that album, putting into perspective just how things have changed in those five years since. Thomas Mars sounded just like he does […]

Arcade Fire at Capitol Records – Photo: Bryan Olinger Last week, the 24th Annual KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas announced it’s all-star line-up for night one of the two day music festival, and this morning KROQ released the line-up for night two! Night 2 of the KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas will feature the following acts: Arcade Fire, LORDE, […]

Day two of Outside Lands Festival featured sets from Milo Greene, James McCartney, Youth Lagoon, The Growlers, etc. and massive crowds came in to experience it. Jurassic 5‘s bombastic set included revamped classics such as “I Am Somebody” and “Concrete Schoolyard” and had folks dancing every which way. J5 did a somber but powerful “Freedom” tribute […]

Whoa, this is an odd combo … Phoenix is set to headline the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena with Dinosaur Jr. on Wednesday, Oct. 8. WTF … It’s like happy-go-lucky kiddie indie pop meets badass masters of loud-as-hell alt rock full of buzzing distortion. The crowds at this gig should be a hoot. Tickets to […]

Like FREE mixtapes? Well, here you go! While some of you in the Southern Hemisphere will find talk of Autumn foolish, the kids at Afternoon Records are busy preparing for a long winter in Minnesota. To help keep warm and spirits up, they made a 10-song mix tape they’re giving away for FREE!!! Go to […]

WORDS: Q Manning Day One of ACL was about as picturesque as you could imagine. The sun was out, the grass was lush and the party had started, because, when you get down to it, that’s all any music festival really is. Great food, music, a sea of cowboy hats and and scantily clad genders […]

“Kitsune Maison 7” by Various Artists– The latest compilation from the French techno label features remixes of Phoenix, Autokratz, La Roux, and more. I love listening to music in different languages, especially when it doesn’t come off as some joke for pure amusement. Naturally I love track three, a remix of Phoenix’s “Lisztomania” (CLASSIXX Version). […]