• An Interview With: JAUZ

    An Interview With: JAUZ

    I caught up with Jauz after his Spring Awakening Music Festival set in Chicago to talk about what he’d be doing if he weren’t a musician, why staying grounded is important, and if he really does like sharks. I saw that you were going to film school before your music career. So, my question is, [continued]

  • Festival Rundown: FYF 2017 (P.S. It’s Hot.)

    Festival Rundown: FYF 2017 (P.S. It’s Hot.)

    FYF has an absolutely stacked lineup this summer, which is awesome, but makes it very hard to narrow down a preview. Fuck Yeah Fest has heavyweights from just about every genre that you won’t want to miss. With so much to see, here’s a list of my highlights from each day to make your planning [continued]

  • Festival Report: Mamby On The Beach 2017

    Festival Report: Mamby On The Beach 2017

    There’s something to be said about a festival when you can look back on it a week later and remember only the highlights of it. Mamby On The Beach finally hit the mark that it feels like React Presents has been trying to hit with its festivals for a few years now, and it’s because [continued]

  • Premiere: “O Death, Where Is Thy Sting” – The Bones of JR Jones and Cecil Otter

    Premiere: “O Death, Where Is Thy Sting” – The Bones of JR Jones and Cecil Otter

    Two artists—one singer-songwriter, one rapper—each tackled the same song, showcasing the influence of the blues in modern music. [continued]

  • Saint Audio Selects: PRIDE + The Stonewall Riots

    Saint Audio Selects: PRIDE + The Stonewall Riots

    While Pride Parades have been happening around the world all month, we’ve now reached the anniversary of the Stonewall Riots on June 28th 1969 which began the modern LGBTQIA+ movement. It’s a perfect day to remember the human rights violations that were once legal in the U.S.A., to remind ourselves of the changes that still [continued]

  • An Interview With: Christian Holden of The Hotelier

    An Interview With: Christian Holden of The Hotelier

    This year’s Boston Calling Music Festival featured a stacked lineup of bands from Boston and beyond. Many of the local bands in attendance at the festival are a part of the budding New England altrock scene. A majority of these groups got their start playing basement shows in Alston before graduating to packed venues across [continued]

  • Essentials: “Nobody Else But You” – LCAW

    Essentials: “Nobody Else But You” – LCAW

    Summer’s officially here, and we’re rolling the windows down and grabbing our bathing suits. 22-year-old Leon Weber, aka LCAW, has a feel good summer tune out now, just in time for the summer heat. His latest offering on “Nobody Else But You” is a smooth summer groove that mixes elements of funk, disco and dance. [continued]

  • Essentials: “DSGD” – Manus

    Essentials: “DSGD” – Manus

    Following his first single “Favorite” (produced by YNG Cloud and Lazerdisk), Manus delivers a choice R&B track, “DSGD.” The Vermont-born, LA-based rapper is known for his love of video games and all things anime. So much so that he has coined the term “nerdswag” to define his music—he describes the term as anything that pertains to turning up and [continued]

  • Premiere: “LIGHTBEAMS (feat. Keyz2thagame)” – GoldenLord

    Premiere: “LIGHTBEAMS (feat. Keyz2thagame)” – GoldenLord

    Experience the good life in GoldenLord and Keyz2thagame‘s R&B chiller, “Lightbeams”. The video features a quirky dream sequence featuring a cardboard box head and beautiful women, while the track showcases fire verses from Keyz2thagame and GoldenLord’s catchy, Usher-like vocals. Follow GoldenLord on Twitter. [continued]

  • Festival Rundown: Mamby On The Beach 2017

    Festival Rundown: Mamby On The Beach 2017

    Mamby has cemented itself as a rare experience in downtown Chicago that people, by and large, seem genuinely excited about each time it comes around. Revived by React in 2015 from its block party roots of yesteryear, the move was initially met with skepticism — people were confused about everything from React’s involvement to the [continued]