Summer means festival season and this year The Governors Ball Music Festival on Randall's Island in New York City has an interesting lineup with a variety of artists from different genres. Many of the bands playing this year are quite new, having formed and released a debut album in just a few short years. One… Continue reading Uncharted: The Rubens
Category: The Music Safari
The Music Safari: Putting French Rockers BB Brunes on the Stéréo
As part of la nouvelle rock scène française (“the new French rock scene”), BB Brunes formed in 2005, joining the ranks of what the French media called Les Bébés Rockers (“Baby Rockers”), marked by their youth, good looks and post-punk influence. Lead singer Adrien Gallo first attempted to form a band in 2000 called “Hangover” but was disbanded after… Continue reading The Music Safari: Putting French Rockers BB Brunes on the Stéréo
The Music Safari: The BIGBANG Theory
If you wanted to dive into the world of K-Pop and were turned off by PSY’s atrocious foray into the music industry (please do not even try to defend Gangnam Style), give it a second chance and start off with BIGBANG. While the rest of the world was slowly warming up to the prospect of a boy… Continue reading The Music Safari: The BIGBANG Theory
Teta Alim: In Pieces 