“Song Holiday,” the opening track of Sugar Glyder’s most recently self-released EP, Lovers at Lightspeed, has a creepy ’80s theatrical intro that quickly fractures into a smooth late ’90s synthesized Brandon Boyd-esque [Incubus] vocal paired with a catchy riff and echoing crowd participation hidden somewhere in the background. So, initially, Sugar Glyder has a lot going on, […]
Staff Writer Leah Henry follows up her Justin Jones preview with some quality time with the not-so-melancholy-in-real-life performer. In the back lot of IOTA, Justin Jones was not as depressed as his music implies and appeared more hopeful and energetic than I’d anticipated. Based on my conversation with him, his family can relax a little; […]
Staff Writer Leah Henry “gets” the boot. As the lights flashed at 9:30 Club, Crystal Castles’ twenty-three year old vocalist, Alice Glass, armed with a boot (recently broken ankle), charcoal eyeliner, and a cane was revealed, her leg alluringly pressed against a speaker, white-knuckled fist clutching the mic, raring to go. Glow sticks stirred, excitement […]
From our motherblog, staff writer Leah Henry on Ivan & Alyosha’s lyrics and aunts in New York. During a show last week at The Living Room in New York, smiling and floating from the warm pop-musical vibes, I waited in line for the restroom and was brought back to reality by a middle-aged woman. “Did […]
Darkest Hour released their new album, The Human Romance, on February 22nd. (Side Note: What’s with all metal sites having black background and white font?) Staff writer Leah Henry had the pleasure of sitting down with John Henry (Lead Screamer) before Darkest Hour performed at 9:30 Club, Friday, February 25, 2011. Click Here To Watch […]
Staff Writer Leah Henry attends the “Yawn Tiersen” show. “Incredible Musical Talent” —Clash “Ingeniously Catchy” —Mojo “Unconditionally Beautiful” —Artrocker Yann Tiersen may be everything proclaimed on his website’s homepage (see quotations from Clash, Mojo, Artrocker above), but at the stroke of midnight, Tuesday, February 15th at 815 V Street, he was not an unconditionally beautiful, ingenious […]
Staff Writer Leah Henry visits Nashville, feels at home with Huck: At the edge of a deserted Nashville strip mall, after being issued free love advice by a charming drunk – She will be your girl for your life, let me tell you why! – we follow the music through a parking lot and slip […]
It’s our very first Q & A ‘First Date’ and it’s also the debut of a new contributor to TVD, Leah Henry. —Ed. She is huge in Sweden. Now, Jenny Wilson is ready for the US. Jenny Wilson, founder of First Floor Power, who began her solo career in 2004, took the New York City […]
VIA PRESS RELEASE | Nashville’s ever-involved, ever-expansive Acme Radio Live is at it again—this time with Keep The Music Playing, a star-studded live stream fundraiser sponsored by Jack Daniel’s benefiting Music Health Alliance airing June 17th. Utilizing live and pre-recorded performances from a smattering of famous and infamous Nashville locations—The Ryman Auditorium, Bluebird Cafe, Acme […]
Part four of the TVD Record Store Club’s look at the new and reissued releases presently in stores for April, 2020. Part one is here, part two is here, and part three is here. NEW RELEASE PICKS: GRID, Decomposing Force (NNA Tapes) Featuring Matt Nelson (Battle Trance, Elder Ones) on saxophone, Tim Dahl (Child Abuse, […]
Since forming a partnership with AEG, the industry giant that produces Coachella, the indie tastemaker festival in the California desert, Festival Productions, the producers of Jazz Fest, has made great strides in diversifying the talent lineup for the annual event. In addition to hundreds of mainstay New Orleans acts, several highly acclaimed bands that appeal […]
