Recorded live at the Miami Pop Festival on May 18, 1968, I thought this release would be just another set of recordings that would fall through the cracks like many of the posthumous Hendrix releases have. It’s too early to say how it will be received, but I think this one has a few special […]
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The Fights (Live In-Studio)
Local favorites The Fights have excited lately with a couple of excellent shows. Sunday, however, they brought their show to the PGU Studios with Loud & Local. Ashley got to sit down with the band to talk about all sorts of things. Stream the interview/performance above.
Cut Copy – Free Your Mind (Review)
At first, Free Your Mind is a bit of a disappointment. To be honest, I dug into the album with a stubbornly set mind, convinced that the album would not meet expectations set by the awesomeness of 2010’s Zonoscope. I know it’s never fair to expect a band to beat the same ideas into the […]
Monday Mixer
With all the red runny noses and constant coughs, I feel as though a good mix of healthy dancing jams will brighten all those who are cursed with these symptoms. Feel free to turn the music up, and I advise for a good dance session to clear those sinuses. WARNING: there is no specific genre, […]
Sky Ferreira – Night Time, My Time (Review)
After listening to the first three songs off of Sky Ferreira’s debut album, Night Time, My Time, I knew she finally started to figure things out. My first interpretation of Sky was this young, wild-child girl from California doing whatever the hell she wants with a very rebellious soul. I think she’s still in the […]
Elsinore – Push/Pull (Review)
As a life-long resident of the Champaign-Urbana area, it’s hard for me to look at Elsinore without rose-tinted glasses. They’re arguably the biggest band to come out of Chambana in my life-time, and are one of the only “local” bands to tour outside of the midwest after every album release, including a recently-announced East Coast […]
