by Downtown Magazine | Sep 4, 2015 | Culture, Events, Music
Imagine co-founding one of the most influential British bands of the 1990s, going on to inspire bands like Coldplay, Ash and Death Cab For Cutie. Then for your next band, you pump out a few more hit singles. Then you join Oasis, arguably the most successful English...
by Downtown Magazine | Sep 3, 2015 | Culture, Events, Music
While a lot of people are against the idea of tribute bands, there are a fair share of tribute bands out that are original and breathe life into classic material. Judas Priestess, an all-female tribute to Judas Priest, is one of those special tribute bands as have a...
by Downtown Magazine | Sep 2, 2015 | Culture, Events, Music
Brooklyn’s own Escort began in the early 2000s as the studio-based duo of Dan Balis and Eugene Cho. It wasn’t long before the duo expanded into a proper group with a reputable live show as Time Out New York called Escort one of the best live acts of 2007. A few years...
by Jackie Hart | Sep 2, 2015 | Culture, Events, Music
Since coming onto the scene in 2012, ODESZA has taken the electronic music scene by storm. Consisting of duo Harrison Mills (CatacombKid) and Clayton Knight (BeachesBeaches), their sound is uniquely different, which Mills describes as “experimental pop with a...
by Downtown Magazine | Sep 1, 2015 | Culture, Events, Music
The quintet known as The Glorious Sons is in a unique spot of having built up a healthy career in their native Canada, but not yet having done a headlining tour in the United States. Winners of 2013’s HTZ-FM Rocksearch, three of the four singles from their latest...
by Downtown Magazine | Sep 1, 2015 | Culture, Events, Music
In Gigantic, a documentary about They Might Be Giants, TMBG co-founder John Flansburgh relates being one of the biggest independent bands to being the world’s tallest little person. When referring to The Flamin’ Groovies, it’s not hard to refer to...
