Last week indie-pop artist Gus Dapperton kicked off his sold out North American tour and shared a short film for his newest single “World Class Cinema”. The video, co-directed with his longtime collaborator Matthew Dillon Cohen, takes the standard music video format and transformed it into a cinematic escape, with Dapperton portraying several iconic film moments throughout the short film. They also made sure to showcase Gus’s signature dance moves, while Bria Vanaite, from the indie breakout film “The Florida Project”, makes a memorable appearance at the end of the video. And today, he’s announcing a massive European headlining tour for 2019. See…
Author: Elicit Magazine
Philadelphia’s DEVIL MASTER have been spitting in the face of convention since forming in 2016 with their raw, twisted brand of death rock meets black metal punk mayhem. Today, in anticipation of their forthcoming compilation, Manifestations, the band share a remixed and remastered version of “Gates of Pain” debuted by CVLT who explain, “They are the only group that can combine the chaotic cold angst of [Deathrock] with the morbid sonic tempest of [Black Metal].” WATCH & SHARE “GATES OF PAIN” VIA YOUTUBE HERE DEVIL MASTER’s Manifestations includes their full catalog, two sold out demos from 2016 and 2017 (Tape & Inhabit the Corpse); all remixed, remastered and sounding…
Royal Trux have done as much to define the look, attitude and sound of rock & roll as any other group in the rock & roll era. In the 90s they were the male/female rock duo that defined the decade. Everything that followed in their wake was affected. Armed with albums of extrasensory scope, and accepting nothing less than the title of “The World’s Greatest Rock and Roll Band”, they came, they saw, they imploded. After a 14 year hiatus, the much-missed Trux reunited for shows in 2015. Their return to the studio is nothing short of a rock &…
Courtney Barnett graced U.S. late night TV screens again last night playing “Crippling Self Doubt and a General Lack of Confidence” on Late Night With Seth Meyers. The blistering and cathartic performance proving yet again why she is one of the most exciting artists on the scene today. Barnett will also play CBS This Morning: Saturday this weekend. Barnett is back in the US playing her biggest rooms yet to sold out crowds across the country. Last night she made a special stop in Brooklyn to perform at Mom + Pop’s 10th anniversary party. Mom + Pop are one of the US’ leading independent labels. Her sophomore album Tell…
Seattle trio Weep Wave are gearing up to release their debut album Seasonal Affective Disorder on January 11, 2019, which has been a long time in the making. New Single “Welcome Home” takes on the feelings and effects of months on months of overcast skies. Standing as a concept album, Seasonal Affective Disorder includes a lyric booklet of film photography that frontman Dylan Fuentes has taken during his time in Seattle. As for “Welcome Home” Fuentes notes, “We have been playing “Welcome Home” live for years. It’s great to finally hear it recorded. We kind of wrote the rest of the album around this song with it’s theme and lyrics popping up…