As was the case for a lot of people in the pre-hipster age, my introduction to The Beta Band was made through John Cusack and the brilliantly bipolar character he played in the 2000 film, High Fidelity. In one of the more iconic scenes in that movie, Cusack, all 80s club-kid hair Read More

Chicago-based R&B/soul group The Right Now is getting people dancing in the aisles with every concert they perform. Versed in jazz, funk, and then some, the septet just released their second album, Gets Over You. And it is hard to get over with Stefani Berecz’s dark and Read More

“Faith is not a genre….it’s a faith”, says Andrew Shirley, guitarist for the California-bred group, Switchfoot. It’s an issue the band has been trying to super cede for the majority of their career. It’s not exactly a surprising revelation when Read More

A band who chose to be partially funded by the KickStarter Campaign, a process where eager fans sponsored the early recording process, Stepdad has come a long way. The band started when member Ryan McCarthy attended a solo show of fellow band member, ultramark. Ultramark had been Read More

The lights in the Troc barely have a chance to dim before Overkill attacks the stage on a Friday night. Immediately, they begin to pound out the initial notes to “Come and Get It”, the first track on their new album The Electric Age. Like all proper opening tracks, Read More

A little over three years since their debut studio album Post-Nothing, Vancouver duo Japandroids set out to continue with the momentum gathered from the breakout release. And they’re doing it the way they know best, by letting their live shows do the talking. Japandroids have Read More