Austin Meyer Whitlock With the seventh annual Electric Zoo Festival right around the corner, we here at Monsters & Critics are getting massively excited. The party will be coming back bigger and better than ever to Randall’s Island in New York, bringing the biggest names in electronic music culture. Taking place on September 4th, 5th, and 6th, this
Music and Art in the Most Unlikely Places: Interview with the Director of the Harrisburg Energy Festival You wouldn’t exactly expect a place like Harrisburg, Pennsylvania to have a bustling music and art community, and on the surface you would be right. But that doesn’t stop the people of the capital city from expressing their
HARD SUMMER frontman, Destructo, is back at it again, with more pineapple action. Referencing his appearance as the spiky fruit back in the wildly popular 2014 Hard Summer Official Trailer, Destructo will be headlining what he has named the Pineapple Express Tour. The tour will hit major cities like Toronto and Pheonix, and will end
SEØUEL calls his music “electronic darkness,” and cites the infant Christ as one of his major influences. Intrigued? I was too. A highly ambiguous character, the world loves those, right? SEØUEL has come rising out of the nefarious underground music scene of Edinburgh and London to drop musical bombs on us all. Debuting last August
In lieu of the recent release of their new album, London Road, out now on Max Records/INgrooves, Modestep will be hitting the road and visiting a city near you. Announced are eight official tour dates stretching from New York, to Chicago, to Seattle, and you can be sure that Josh and Tony Friend will be
I was fortunate this year to make it out to Michigan for what is known as the Electric Forest Festival. If you haven’t heard about it yet, I encourage you to check it out, as it is quickly becoming one of the most revered festivals in the US. Although believed by some to be one
After months of album teasers and a brief appearance at the Sonar Music Festival, The Chemical Brothers have resurfaced with Born in the Echoes, their eighth studio release since their formation in the early 90’s. Echoes begins with the typical Chemical Brothers flair, slow and gritty but building. “Sometimes I Feel So Deserted,” is a
For this week’s Nostalgia Bomb, we take you to the deep, dark, and mysterious realm of what is known as Underworld. A British electronic group formed in the 1980’s, Underworld has seen a cult following and some major commercial success early on, as some of their music was featured in the movie, “Trainspotting” in 1996.
Over the past five years, the artist known as Thundercat has made waves, not only through solo work, but also in conjunction with collaborations between Flying Lotus, Wiz Khalifa, Earl Sweatshirt, and most recently and notably, Kendrick Lamar. An eclectic, yet endemic individual, Stephen Bruner is the man behind the moniker. Having grown up playing
HARD SUMMER, the wildly popular southern California electronic music event, has now completely sold out and will reign in over 130,000 fans over a two day period. This comes as no surprise as the event has continued to expand every year. Headliners include, the Weeknd, The Chemical Brothers, and Jack U, and will take place