As Brightr, Laurie Cottingham makes a brand of acoustic twinkle-infused heartfelt music that he describes as ‘gloomy emo pop’. His songs, however, are anything but gloomy; on his debut release “Year One“, Brightr pours his soul into 13 tracks punctuated by crisp (one could even say bright, but we’ll try not to) guitar tones and noodling riffs that betray his skill as both a musician and songwriter. Read the full review below. Continue reading
Evan Thomas Weiss, also known as Into It. Over It. was on tour with Modern Baseball and Tiny Moving Parts in March. Whilst in Amsterdam, he played us a new song. Watch “Local Language” below! Continue reading
Illinois Indie act Into It. Over It. will be heading to Europe in March 2015 with Modern Baseball and Tiny Moving Parts. Evan Thomas Weiss will be playing full-band shows. Read on to see all dates. Continue reading
Frank Turner is being a busy bee. I know we started the last article with exactly the same words, but it could not be more true. He flew over to St. Vitus in Brooklyn, New York for a half hour show in between Into It. Over It. and emo pioneers Mineral to play a set consisting merely of new songs. Continue reading
The Belgian hardcore/punk festival Groezrock has divided all acts over four stages: the Monster Stage, Impericon Stage, Etnies Stage and Acoustic Stage. While we already had our presumptions for the Acoustic Stage, here is a full list of all stages. Continue reading
AcoustiX 'n Stones 