NEW YORK – It has been quite a run for Minus The Bear. Drawing their name from an inside joke about a 1970s TV series, the Seattle quartet never took themselves too seriously (part of their enduring charm), but their incredibly sweet guitar taps and over-the-horizon time signatures had a serious and very positive impact […]
BROOKLYN – There are many good reasons why the Brooklyn Warehouse has become a hub of New York’s after-hours nightlife. Aside from being in one of the borough’s hippest neighborhoods, the cavernous 100,000 square foot former warehouse offers enough space to host shows by the hottest EDM and deep house stars. For all its advantages, […]
NEW YORK – Bob Moses is on a roll. The Canadian duo of Tom Howie and Jimmy Vallance followed up their Grammy-winning debut Days Gone By with the release of their Battle Lines LP on September 14, and quickly saw it jump to No.3 on Billboard’s Dance/Electronic chart. Blending industrial rock undertones with signature Bob […]
WILLEMSTAD, Curaçao – Since it started in 2015, the Flying Dutch festival has employed a novel method of spreading DJ wealth in The Netherlands. Taking place simultaneously in Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Eindhoven, it shuttles the country’s leading DJs from city to city by helicopter throughout the day, so every fan in each location gets to […]
JACKSONVILLE, FL – When planning for their current tour in support of their sixth studio album, Attention Attention, hard rock masters Shinedown told their lighting designer Carter Fulghum that they wanted more saturated colors and darker looks than they’ve had in the past. It’s easy to see why. With its raw gut wrenching songs about […]
BERLIN – The power of collaboration is not to be underestimated. Take German electro duo 2raumwohnung, for example. After meeting in post-reunification Berlin in 1990, electronic musicians Inga Humpe and Tommi Eckart embarked upon two long-term successful collaborations – one of them romantic, and the other as one of Germany’s most successful electropop bands of […]
NASHVILLE – Opportunity knocks in different ways. Eric Price was enjoying his summer last year when he got a call from his old friend David “Suge” Jun, whom he had worked with on tours in the past. The guitar tech for Taking Back Sunday, Jun told his friend that the band was looking for a […]
BALTIMORE – How do you create big looks for a seven-time Grammy winner, while still conveying an evocative sense of intimacy in a 2600-seat venue? Aaron Kovelman faced this challenge on Sunday, October 7 when he lit John Mayer’s acoustic solo performance at One Night, One Show, One Cause, a benefit for the Johns Hopkins […]
PHOENIX – At the entrance to Bassrush Massive AZ was a massive art display that featured two cubes, a smaller one wedged inside a larger version of itself. Emulating the signature artwork of the festival’s promotional material, the object attracted the immediate attention of fans, most of whom stepped inside the mesmerizing cubic structure for […]
OMAHA – A really good thing about touring with a band like Lettuce is that you never quite know what to expect. Masters of weaving influences from jazz and funk into their own distinctive sound, the chart-topping sextet takes off on a joyful musical romp every show, pulling in sounds from all sorts of directions, […]
LAS VEGAS – When describing his lighting design for the second leg of superstar Romeo Santos’ Golden Tour, Bruce Rodgers of Tribe, Inc. says, “It’s all about scale and simplicity.” The “scale” part is readily apparent to anyone who catches a show on the 18-city tour that began in September. Dominating the area over center […]
NASHVILLE – It’s easy to see why songs by Newsboys have played such prominent roles in hit films and videos like God Is Not Dead and the Dove Award-winning children’s series Veggie Tales. The rich, vivid imagery of this Grammy-nominated Christian rock quartet’s music, with its ebb and flow of heartfelt emotion, seems to beckon […]