The New Colossus Festival returns to New York City’s Lower East Side from March 9–13, 2022, and is excited to announce the second round of confirmed artists. The festival promises to deliver another highly curated lineup of emerging artists from around the world paired with a conference that hosts informative discussions with industry professionals on...Continue Reading

Some throwback advice from Lindsay Paige Garfield, formerly from the band Paige and the Thousand and currently working on new project Lovebug & Me.  In 2009, while spending a lot of time on the road with her band, she wrote this advice about what she suggests woman pack when going on tour. I BRING MY...Continue Reading

My favorite part of Noise Pop are the Happy Hour Events. They're free, open to everybody, and a great place to discover new bands. Not to be biased ... but I am ... and I must erge you not to miss Thursday's happy hour, hosted by my project Balanced Breakfast and featuring some of my...Continue Reading

I believe in live performance. I love seeing bands in person, up front and center stage to be able to get a sense of what people can do, and frankly, I’m looking for bands that can WOW me into wanting to listen to their recordings… Slackin’ Since The 80s EP by Couches This is always how...Continue Reading

Hey all! I’m Emily Sevin, a local photographer interested in all things that reflect humanity and emit energy. My first memories of holding a camera are those from when I was six, photographing the neighbor’s tulips with a disposable plastic camera. Twenty years later I earned my master’s degree in photography and have had my...Continue Reading

I get bored super easy! So when I saw that Before The Brave was finally going on tour I told them "I want in!" I'm not going to Lie ... I may have begged a bit. It's possible I may have been telling Jason Perry Stevens for months, "the second you go on tour ......Continue Reading

Noise Pop starts this week … I hope to see you out at a show!!! There are five free happy hour shows. I am going to see them all, however, I know some of you aren’t willing to commit that much of your week to music. Thus you will likely pick one show to see,...Continue Reading

Me As An Island…these guys can really sing. This acoustic duo from Napa has the sickest harmonies. When they start to sing the room gets quiet. Mike and Alex were previously in a band called “Us As A Nation” and decided to get together to perform some acoustic music. Their voices fit extremely well together. They...Continue Reading

The band is called Yalls, but he’s a band of one?! From the other side of Rock Make, I speed walked past all the vendors to see what band was creating such an amazing collage of sounds. Upon arrival, I realized the sounds I had been enjoying were coming from one man and his digital...Continue Reading

About 2 weeks ago Pion 2 Zion a local Napa Reggae band rocked Trinity Gold Media Studios for their CD Release show. One of the best Reggae bands I have ever seen and some of the nicest guys too! I had such a good time rocking out to their upbeat fun music! Check them out on FB....Continue Reading

Being that I have never gone on tour with a band… I’m a touch Worried that I might forget something. In order to avoid that happening… I’ve made a list of must-have items! I would love your feedback in case I’ve forgotten something! I intend to blog about my entire trip, return here regularly for...Continue Reading

[MAGGIE_ GUEVARA]:   “Tell me the story of how OVER THE FALLS came to be! Were you guys all friends before you formed the band? Did you all grow up together?” [Bret Fontaine _ Guitar, Vocals]: “Actually, we’re all from different parts of NorCal. I moved up to Santa Rosa in 2001 and was in a...Continue Reading