St. Vincent to perform at the Newport Music Hall TONIGHT!

photo via Anika Mottershaw

Tonight, one of my all-time favorite style-icons/rock goddesses, St. Vincent's Annie Clark, will perform at The Newport Music Hall in Columbus, Ohio with guest Shearwater.  

This will be her first time headlining in Columbus since her show on February 20, 2010 was cancelled at the very last minute due to PA failure and a huge misunderstanding.  That night she tweeted that “next time, you will get a show you deserve, good people.” Annie was obviously heartbroken.

Dudes. I’m so bummed.

— st vincent (@st_vincent) February 21, 2010

I am so excited to finally see this woman wail on her guitar in real life. We have a photo pass for the show, so expect a review tomorrow!  

Ms. Clark, you are the epitome of cool. Welcome back to Columbus. See you tonight.

Columbus, Ohio welcomes Beach House to the
Newport Music Hall on Friday, July 20 with Wild Nothing!

BEST. NEWS. EVER.

For a full list of Beach House tour dates, click here.

Suckers - Chinese Braille

photo by Marley Kate

Today, Suckers' sophomore album Candy Salad hits record stores! The trio has forged a more polished and cohesive sound with this album, versus the wild and sometimes uneven pace of their 2010 release, Wild Smile.  My favorite tracks off of Candy Salad include “Chinese Braille,” “Turn on the Sunshine,” and “Bricks to the Bones.”  You can stream the album in it’s entirety here.

Columbus can catch Suckers live at The Basement this Friday, May 4 with Detroit psych-pop band Turn to Crime. 

Real Estate | Newport Music Hall | April 30, 2012 | Columbus, OH

It was amazing to see Real Estate (their first time in Columbus) perform to a packed 1,700 capacity venue last night.  

GPOY: So much love for Doldrums!

I have been suffering from a very severe case of wanderlust.  So, to temporarily relieve the travel bug, I drove from Columbus to Nashville and Memphis, Tennessee this past weekend. It just so happened that Bear in Heaven, Doldrums, and Blouse were performing in both cities, so I was thrilled to meet up with them again!  

Doldrums played a lot of new tracks at the show at Hi-Tone in Memphis on Sunday. Check out my new fave, EGYPT, below, off of their upcoming 12” release. It’s fantastically funky and fresh! Pre-order through Souterrain Transmission before it drops on June 4 here! 

EGYPT by DOLDRUMS

The picture above is of Airrick Woodhead (Doldrums) and I outside of the Hi-Tone Cafe just after we danced our faces off, hence the huge smiles and glowing skin.