OFFSTAGE: K.Flay (Bonnaroo 2012)

Bonnaroo’s known for several things: rock n’ roll, hippies and a serious wave of heat – and by serious we mean you could probably cook an egg off of your friend’s back if you wanted to. To help capture the experience, we asked a few artists to share their own photos and though many didn’t make it out of the phone signal wasteland alive, California MC K.FLAY (aka Kristine Flaherty) did.  Battling the music romp of the... Read More

OFFSTAGE: La Sera

It’s hard to write an album by accident, especially when various recordings conform to ring with a such a lush and overbearing tone, but it was the case for Katy Goodman and her new project LA SERA. With a guitar and her own personal oasis hidden inside of her bedroom at night, the Brooklyn instrumentalist pieced together a memorable debut that led into Sees The Light, a trigger-happy sophomore record that gently and fiercely tugs on heart... Read More

OFFSTAGE: Perfume Genius

It’s rare to be given the opportunity to call an artist “genuine”. Not because a majority of musicians these days are lost in a sea of fabrication and trying to cultivate another style, but because there are a few that can portray a naked sense of emotion. Indie pop songwriter Mike Hardreas, otherwise known as PERFUME GENIUS, has that innate ability. Even during his set-up for his recent performance at The Drake Hotel in Toronto,... Read More

OFFSTAGE: The Dead Throne Tour

From top to bottom, THE DEAD THRONE TOUR is built on passion. All four bands involved – The Devil Wears Prada, Every Time I Die, Oh Sleeper and letlive. – aren’t bands that belong to a certain clique or movement and don’t have a shtick. If they did have a shtick, it would be to play music. That aspect along with their genuine work ethic is spotlighted in their recordings, their albums and their shows which fans deem legendary, as every single... Read More