Our Most Memorable Live Sets of 2025

After seeing more than 600 live sets and shows in 2025, these are the performances that stayed with us. Spanning rock, Americana, electronic, hip-hop, pop, country, and everything in between. From small rooms to festival fields, these are the shows where everything aligned.

Album Review: Alison Wonderland โ€“ Ghost World

In our Alison Wonderland Ghost World review, we explore the albumโ€™s balance of melodic EDM, hard-hitting bass, and the dual creative forces driving her latest release.

AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW with COUCHERON

Los Angeles-based Norwegian beat-making wunderkind Coucheronย began his musical journey in, of all places, the kitchen.ย โ€œI started out as a kitchen drummerโ€”strictly pots, pans, and the occasional kettle as a kid, until I discovered Iron Maiden,โ€ Coucheron says with a laugh. โ€œMy brother and I started playing along to heavy metal songs when we were six... Continue Reading →

AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW with GUIDANCE

โ€œI think weโ€™re going to revert back to new forms of rock music, but the technology and capabilities of electronic music arenโ€™t going away,โ€ observes Stefan Pruett, who conducts his musical business under the moniker Guidance. ย A lifelong lover and maker of electronic music, Pruett feels it has become sadly generic these days, and that... Continue Reading →

“LOUD” – NEW MUSIC from COUCHERON

Norwegian songwriter/producerย Coucheronย has been a busy guy since moving to Los Angeles, finding himself featured under spotlights and on lists, producing tracks fromย Mayer Hawthorne,ย Charlieย Puthย andย Nickย Jonas, to name a few; he also just finished a 20-dateย US tour this fall with Scandi comradeย Lemaire. Now the 22-year-old is working on his own material andย recently released aย brilliant new A-side single, "Loud,"ย viaย Tooth... Continue Reading →

AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW with THE BROCKS

Utah has seemingly become a hotbed for nurturing huge pop bands like Neon Trees, Imagine Dragons, and soon-to-be-icons like The Moth & The Flameโ€”is there something in water? โ€œI donโ€™t really know for sure,โ€ laughs Christian Darais, drummer of up-and-coming Utah-based electro-pop band The Brocks. โ€œThereโ€™s some seriously awesome stuff coming out of here.โ€ The... Continue Reading →

NEW TO ‘ROO: THE FLOOZIES

There are countless ways to combine samples, sounds, and samples of sounds to make music, and few, if any, bands uniquely demonstrate that better than The Floozies.ย  Comprised of siblings Matt and Mark Hill, who have been jamming together since childhood, The Floozies have been funkafying concert halls and making folks shake what their mamas... Continue Reading →

PREVIEW: POLYENSO at THE END on 5/15/16

Experimental indie-electro trio Polyenso, is on tour supporting the release of their latest album, Pure In The Plastic; this summer marks the bandโ€™s first foray into the major festival market, with an appearance planned for this weekend at Shaky Knees in Atlanta, and will end the tourโ€™s run with a performance at Bonnaroo in June.... Continue Reading →

THE EAST OF 8TH TOP 15 OF ’15: “The Business of Emotion” – Big Data

The next song on the list is from blog favorite Big Data's debut album, 2.0,ย released earlier this year. ย Big Data, a.k.a. producer Alan Wilkis, enraptured the ย universe with his first big hit, "Dangerous", a commentary on the dangers of electronic voyeurism. ย  He is successfully riding theย "paranoid electronic music" wave he created, but told me... Continue Reading →

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