SXSW 2011: Best Of South By Southwest Photo Gallery
With over 2000 bands performing all over town, and crowds everywhere you turn, South By Southwest can be an overwhelming experience. But it can also be absolutely rewarding. And it’s still among the best live events around today where you can both see well-known bands and discover brand-new ones. The artists here were the best [...]
SXSW 2011: The Vaccines Photo Gallery
, recently featured as Last.fm Discover artists of the week, unleashed their punk-rock energy on a daytime crowd during the Filter Magazine party at Cedar Street Courtyard in Austin, Texas. These U.K. favorites played several gigs during South By Southwest this year, and are more than ready to break in the States.
Unwrapped: Cage The Elephant 3/02/2010
Here’s the final Unwrapped session from the unseen archives. Matt & Brad Schultz along with Lincoln Parrish of stopped by our studio to play two songs from the debut album and a track that is still unreleased. The Bowling Green, KY based band who all went to the same high school together, were in New York [...]
Unwrapped: Ash 2/04/2010
Another dip back into the unseen vaults of sessions that were never seen until now. For this session, we ventured out of our studio and headed about thirty blocks south in New York City to Atomic Heart Studio. This is the place where , Mark Hamilton and Rick McMurray of make all the musical magic happen. At [...]
Last.fm Presents: Red Wanting Blue
Until about two years ago when they signed with Fanatic, the Ohio band have been doing it the “DIY route” since 1995. While many bands might have given up along the way, the passion of each band member has kept their drive in full-gear. Their new album From The Vanishing Point was released this past [...]
Last.fm Presents: Risa Binder
has just released her debut album Paper Heart this week, and recently took the time to stop by with her band for a performance and interview. The Columbia, MD native, who moved to Brooklyn, NY around eight years ago, started writing songs about the things going on in her life at the age of nine. She [...]
Company Of Thieves Steal This Year’s Summer Session Crown
It was a voting frenzy that came down to the last few days, but got the title in the voting for our best Summer Session of 2011. The Chicago, IL band released their sophomore album Running From A Gamble back in May by the good folks at Wind-up Entertainment. They stopped by our studio about a month [...]
Vote For Your Favorite Summer Session of 2011
All summer long, each week, we featured an artist in our Last.fm Discover Summer Sessions series. Now we’d like you to use your thoughts and your mouse to vote for the best session. To refresh your eyes & ears click thru to watch all of the sessions then make your choice. Last year’s winners were We Are [...]
Singer-Songwriter Olu Bliss Announces The Release Of His Debut EP, “En Contraste” (Free Download)
In today’s music scene diversity is key. There is no such thing as a single, simple genre in contemporary music anymore. The best songwriters bring to the table a whole new crossbreed of their varying inspirations & motivations to coin radical new & fresh formats. For instance, no-one would have anticipated the revolution in style that could [...]
Swedish Swagger Comes To Brooklyn
Fans of will appreciate the new/old sound that have brought to their international acclaim, and a few lucky hipsters were treated to an exclusive preview of their latest work titled Get Some. I was one of those hipsters and I have come here today to share my good fortune (including a couple of freebies…)
