TYLER PEARCE

Coming from the classical music traditions of Southern India, the brother-sister duo of Lalgudi G.J.R. Krishnan and Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi is known for its melody, rhythm, and violin mastery. The two musicians were raised in an environment of sublime and divine music, and are products of a distinguished lineage — prominently the great composer Shri Thayagaraja. […]

Atlas Genius is an alternative rock duo hailing from Australia. Hand claps, driving drums and hooky lyrics pump through most of its songs, which can be seen on the 2013 debut, “When It Was.” Atlas Genius has just released the follow-up to that full-length with “Inanimate Objects.” The band is currently with Warner Brothers and […]

This weekend at Water Street Music Hall, local metal bands will fight for a chance to melt faces at the annual Knotfest music festival in San Bernadino, California. In the two-day event, put on by The Entertainment Collective, more than 15 bands — including Voice of Valor, Beneath Hell’s Sky, Unwill, Black Magic, After Earth, […]

The Golden Link Folk Singing Society will host 3 days of concerts and workshops this weekend, as well as jammin’, dancin’ and eatin’. Maria Gillard, Hey Mavis, and John Kirk & Trish Miller will pluck and croon Friday night and through the weekend. The event also features a New Voices Emerging Artists stage, showcasing the […]

Neil Van Dorn has some earworm choruses that I’m singing to myself as I write this. The band isn’t distinctly a pop, folk, or rock act, but it seems totally comfortable with that. Neil Van Dorn’s honest croons fill out with his supporting four-piece. Last July, the group released its 7-track debut EP, “Cellars and […]

Frontwoman Kimi Shelter dubs her band, StarBenders, “blasphemous candy-coated bubblegum punk,” and there’s definitely some saccharine hooks — mainly in the earworm guitar lines and choruses. But popping out front are the grungy pumping guitars and Shelter’s voice spitting teen pop punk. The band is a jean-clad four-piece from Atlanta signed to Institution Records and […]

Nathan Kalish has a rock band, a country band, and a solo project. He keeps pretty busy blowin’ miles around the country between the three. It all seems to come back to his lyrics from the road and voice that wails and breathes. Rock guitars and drums drive through his latest under his country hat, […]

After creating a band, and a week of writing and new collaborations, the little ladies of Girls Rock! Rochester are ready to hit their strings (and other instruments). This week-long summer camp is in its 4th year, hosting girls and trans youth ages 8 to 16 and teaching them all things music. This year’s showcase […]

Grace Potter is energetic and electric with powerful pipes and presence. Her words pump clean while blonde locks fly wild around her. She’s equally captivating whether soft and intimate on acoustic or rocking electric with her band, the Nocturnals. This rock troupe hails from cozy Burlington, Vermont, where they began in 2003. Signed to Hollywood […]

This English four-piece from Oxford are cool and groovy with occasional “weird interludes,” to use the band’s own phrase. Glass Animals’ song “Gooey” is likely one you’ve heard, which talks about “peanut butter vibes” and other liquidy mellow things. Drums keep the pulse while a lot of etheric and ambient sounds are layered on top. […]

Michael Ledbetter pumps out so much sticky soul in his voice, that it adds 20 years to his youthful look. And all while Nick Moss’ tight blues grooves have made him a 16-time Blues Music Award nominee with the likes of Buddy Guy diggin’ his sound. The band is fresh, unique and funky. Earlier this […]