Indie Rock – Tonight at Dawn

Artist Spotlight: The Gotobeds

@KralTunes Naming your band after a member of the influential English rock band Wire, AND releasing your album on a label named after a song by said English band, can be seen as either unshakeable dedication or grounds for a restraining order. Fortunately for Pittsburgh post punkers The Gotobeds, option A is the more likely choice. Comprising of formerContinue reading “Artist Spotlight: The Gotobeds”

Fuller, Green and Yo La Tengo

Written by Kimberly Cecchini (Text reposted from the Montclair Film Festival site: Sunday, May 10) Thursday night’s headline for the Montclair Film Festival was a film event that fit its subject; it was larger than life and totally outside of the box. The live documentary screened at the Wellmont Theatre was a tribute to R.Continue reading “Fuller, Green and Yo La Tengo”

Courtney Barnett

***Opinions in this article are those of @KralTunes, and not necessarily shared by Tonight At Dawn*** Courtney Barnett is the type of artist that is rarely seen around these musical parts these days: a clever lyricist with an actual message to convey. Her newest album, Sometimes I Sit and Think and Sometimes I Just Sit, has beenContinue reading “Courtney Barnett”

Imagine Dragons: Smoke + Mirrors

IMAGINE DRAGONS: A band that seemingly appeared out of nowhere onto the music landscape, destined to provide us with gi-normous anthems that are played ad nauseum on seemingly every pop station and CW television series. Admittedly, I know very little about this group (other than the previous album’s singles), so rather than bore the alreadyContinue reading “Imagine Dragons: Smoke + Mirrors”

Viet Cong

@KralTunes The hype machine was in full effect for the debut release from Canada’s VIET CONG. How can I describe this quartet? Cue visions of bobbing for apples; band members Matt Flegel, Mike Wallace, Scott “Monty” Munro, and Daniel Christiansen dunking their heads into a bucket of sounds and coming up with whatever will fit in their mouths (boy, that sounded a heckContinue reading “Viet Cong”