Tabitha Timms
Gully Boys are the band they always wanted to see onstage growing up
With an LP and an EP under their belt, Gully Boys are making head-turning moves with their music. The band home in on the special connection they can make with their fans while keeping them on their toes.
Being named Minnesota’s Best New Music Act in 2018 resulted in being able to play First Avenue’s main stage. Hypnotizin...
Troi Irons actually hates flowers, and here’s the reason why
Harnessing her vulnerability and having an intense desire to wake people up through her music, Troi Irons finds a unique way of gathering attention. From expressing herself through visuals and fashion to expanding on the importance of individuality, Troi Irons creates music bold enough to make new listeners feel as fearless as she is...
10 films that were flawlessly scored by singer-songwriter Danny Elfman
The soundtrack behind a movie sets the emotion and tone for a scene. Mastermind Danny Elfman has a way of capturing that exact feeling. Elfman showcases various sides to his creativity and emphasizes an ominous and slightly eerie atmosphere in “Sally’s Song” from Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas. He also shines a light...
10 alternative songs you wish you could hear for the first time again
All die-hard music fans can remember the first time they discovered a new band or heard a song that made them smash the replay button. Sometimes tracks have this unique capability to take your breath away, creating a fresh relationship that can launch you into a new world of music discovery...
10 reasons ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas’ is actually a Halloween movie
With Halloween right around the corner, the long-debated question of whether The Nightmare Before Christmas is really a Halloween or Christmas movie has resurfaced yet again. From Jack Skellington dangling from Christmas lights and enjoying the smell of chestnuts roasting on an open fire to hoping for a box filled with a delightful pox, the lines admittedly begin to blur...
Here’s how to see Red Jumpsuit Apparatus play ‘Don’t You Fake It’ in full
The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus recently released their The Emergency EP, and now the band are set to play the new tracks in a live setting. The audience can also expect to hear fan-favorite tracks as TRJA will be playing Don’t You Fake It in celebration of the album’s 14th anniversary. The discog...
How the Myspace era helped Snowblood (ex-Millionaires) come into her own
You may remember scrolling through Myspace around 2008 and finding it nearly impossible to not hear “Alcohol” blaring through someone on your Top 8’s music player. Studded belts and shutter shades may be long behind us, but former Millionaires vocalist Dani Artaud is still thriving with her own solo project, Snowblood, and utilizing what she learned as Dani Gore along the way.
Artaud is pro...
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Here’s how Vivienne Westwood inspired this new punk Vans collab
We know you already have a closet filled with Vans, so you’re probably itching to grab yourself a pair from their forthcoming punk-themed collab inspired by Vivienne Westwood’s iconic designs.
From the brand’s debut logo in 1976 on The Vans #95 (now known as The Era) to keeping up to date with recent trends, Vans holds nothing back when it comes to creating charismatic shoe patterns. Whether it’s
Anti-Flag are taking you beyond barricades in a new documentary
For 27 years, Anti-Flag have gone beyond being just a band. They’ve drawn attention to themselves by delivering specific political messages in a bold way. From highlighting former President George W. Bush’s controversies in 2004 with a compilation disc, Rock Against Bush, Vol. 1 and 2, t...