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  • Brownout at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 2014 at the Fairgrounds Race Track, New Orleans Louisiana. Photo provided.

Brownout Presents Brown Sabbath, Vol. II Available October 28

By |October 5th, 2016|Categories: Austin, Entertainment, Featured, Music News, National News, Previews, Texas, YouTube|Tags: , , , , , , |

The 8 piece Austin band known as Brownout will be releasing Brownout Presents Brown Sabbath, Vol. II with Ubiquity Records on October 28. "It's fucking awesome, this fucking Mexican guy sounds just like me." Ozzy Osbourne Following their release of volume on in 2014, this project continues to push the boundaries from the music to the heavy rock band Black Sabbath. "When we recorded Volume I, we had only played a couple of live shows, and it was a very new thing," explains guitarist Adrian Quesad The band performed at the 2015 Bonnaroo Music Festival. We spoke with Greg Gonzalez, bassist in Brownout before the event

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  • The Post Office in Marion, Illinois. Photo by: Matthew McGuire

Google Presents: Local Guides Challenge 2016

By |October 4th, 2016|Categories: Economy, Featured, Google, Illinois, Local News, National News, Photography, Tech News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

Google Local Guides is hosting a challenge to capture and record local businesses via photography and written reviews. During October 2016, Google is opening up Local Guides to encourage users to add informed, clearly written reviews to Google Maps. 'The 5 cities that contribute the most reviews and photos in October will be invited to an epic event in their hometown.' MegS - Google Moderator I've been working as a contributor on Google Maps. After researching this event, I noticed that users need to sign up as a 'Local Guide' to contribute information to be recorded for the Local

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  • The Chainsmokers cover art for All We Know featuring Phoebe Ryan. Photo provided.

Stream The Chainsmokers ‘All We Know’ ft. Phoebe Ryan

By |October 4th, 2016|Categories: Entertainment, Featured, Music News, National News, Pop Culture, YouTube|Tags: , , , , |

The Chainsmokers have recently released a new track to stream with Phoebe Ryan titled 'All We Know' available on iTunes & Spotify. "We are working 24/7 on new music and pushing the boundaries of what people have come to expect from us." - Alex & Drew (The Chainsmokers) The band has seen remarkable heights after their success with tracks such as: 'Don't Let Me Down,' '#SELFIE,' 'Roses,' and their most recent hit with Halsey titled 'Closer.' Most international pop stars don't send me personalized emails going over their new music. In reality, most of them pay publicists to do the

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  • Aaron Kamm and the One Drops, St. Louis-based, reggae band performing at Carbondale Rocks Revival. Photo taken on Friday, September 30 in downtown Carbondale, Illinois. Photo by: Matthew McGuire

Carbondale Rocks Revival 2016 Review & Multimedia

By |October 3rd, 2016|Categories: Carbondale, Entertainment, Featured, Festivals, G. Love, Illinois, Local News, Music News, National News, Photography, Reviews, YouTube|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

Carbondale Rocks Revival hosted their 6th Annual music festival in downtown Carbondale, Illinois on September 30 & October 1. The city of Carbondale and members from the Carbondale Music Coalition help put together this event. Caylan Hill, event organizer, noted that over 3,000 guests attended the two day event featuring: G. Love and the Special Sauce, Houndmouth, The Woodbox Gang, Split Lip Rayfield, Aaron Kamm and the One Drops, as well as several local, regional and national acts. Luke Oliver taking a photo of the Davinci Stage at Carbondale Rocks Revival 2016 in downtown Carbondale, Illinois. Photo by: Matthew

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  • Bob Weir performing with Furthur at All Good Music Festival 2013. Photo by: Matthew McGuire

Album Review on Blue Mountain from Bob Weir

By |September 30th, 2016|Categories: Bob Weir, California, Entertainment, Featured, Los Angeles, Music News, Nashville, National News, Reviews, San Francisco, YouTube|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

Bob Weir's latest album Blue Mountain is officially available in stores and on major online music outlets. Weir is currently on the road with the Campfire Tour. He has mentioned that this album reminds him of the times when cowboys would sit around the campfire at night and sing songs and tell stories togethers. His latest tour connects those moments in Wyoming with audiences around the United States. In 2014, Weir worked on the release to The Other One: The Long, Strange Trip of Bob Weir. The documentary was produced by Netflix, and premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. Since then, he

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  • John Butler Trio at All Good Music Festival 2013. Photo by: Nicholas Hess

John Butler Trio Hosts Frack Off! in Western Australia to Help Ban Fracking

By |September 30th, 2016|Categories: Australia, Clean Energy, Entertainment, Environment, Featured, Music News, Politics, World News|Tags: , , , , , , |

John Butler Trio quickly sold out 3 Oceans Winery in Western Australia to help raise awareness against fracking, and have announced a second show the following day. The band is set to perform on November 26 & 27 with Mama Kin, The Pigram Brothers, Peter Rowsthorn and Ten Cent Shooters from 1:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. A second concert was announced after the first day sold out quickly. Frack Off! will also be held on Sunday November 27th at the same location, 3 Oceans Winery, www.3oceans.com.au, located between Busselton and Margaret River on the Bussell Highway. Tickets for this event have gone on sale this today at: www.3oceans.oztix.com.au.

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  • Artificial intelligence in cardboard form. Photo by: InstaWally.

Amazon Announces the Alexa Socialbot Artificial Intelligence Challenge

By |September 29th, 2016|Categories: Amazon, Economy, Featured, National News, Tech News, YouTube|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Amazon, a Seattle-based technology company, announced today that they will be hosting the Alexa Prize Competition. This annual competition will take place on a college level at universities, and will focus on developing and managing code that will benefit the field of artificial intelligence (AI). "The Alexa Prize challenges students to build socialbots that can acquire knowledge and opinions from the web, and express them in context just as a human would in everyday conversations," said Rohit Prasad, Vice President and Head Scientist, Amazon Alexa. One of the goals to this competition is to help advance vocal recognition in computer science. Currently

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  • Flume 2016. Photo by: Cybele Malinowski. Courtesy by: Sacks & Co.

Listen to New Music with Flume on ‘Say It’ featuring Tove Lo

By |September 29th, 2016|Categories: Austin, Austin City Limits Festival, Australia, Berlin, Canada, Entertainment, Featured, Festivals, Lollapalooza, London, Los Angeles, Melbourne, Music News, Paris, Perth, Pop Culture, Sydney, World News, YouTube|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

Australian producer and musician, Flume, has just released a new music video featuring Tove Lo for 'Say It' from his album Skin. These two artists share a passion for electronic music. The latest video is directed by NEZ, and is a futuristic visual piece to layer with the contemporary audio from 'Say It.' An EP of all new material recorded during the Skin sessions, entitled Skin Companion EP I, will be released November 25 on vinyl via indie retailers nationwide, and is available for pre-order now. Flume will be performing at the Austin City Limits Music Festival this weekend,

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  • Lollapalooza Chile 2016 lineup. Photo provided.

Lollapalooza Returns to Brazil, Chile and Argentina with Metallica and +50 Live Acts

By |September 28th, 2016|Categories: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Entertainment, Featured, Festivals, GRiZ, Lollapalooza, Music News, Pop Culture, Previews, South America, World News, YouTube|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Lollapalooza South America has just announced their music lineups for 2016. This year the international festival will host a collection of over 50 live acts in three different countries. Metallica, The Weeknd, The Strokes, Flume, The XX, The Chainsmokers, Two Door Cinema Club, Rancid, Duran Duran, MØ, The 1975, Tove Lo, Vance Joy, G-Eazy, Marshmello, GRiZ, Cage the Elephant, and Glass Animals will be performing during all three weekends. Lollapalooza South America hosts live acts from each of the respected countries. Brazil | March 25 & 26 | www.lollapaloozabr.com Argentina | March 31 & April 1 | www.lollapaloozaar.com Chile | April 1 & 2 | www.lollapaloozacl.com The South

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  • Glass Animals 2016 tour dates. Photo by: Glass Animals

Glass Animals Tour Behind Latest Album How To Be a Human Being

By |September 28th, 2016|Categories: Argentina, Berlin, Brazil, Chicago, Chile, Entertainment, Europe, Featured, Lollapalooza, London, Los Angeles, Music News, Paris, Pop Culture, San Francisco, United Kingdom, World News, YouTube|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

Last August, the Glass Animals released How to Be a Human Being on 2016 Wolf Tone Limited. They have just announced shows at @LollapaloozaBR (Brazil), @LollapaloozaAR (Argentina) & @LollapaloozaCL (Chile). The band originated in Oxford, England with an international feel to most of their tracks. Glass Animals will be touring this year in the United Kingdom, the United States, as well as sections of Europe. This youthful group started in 2012, and bring a refreshing presence to the UK music scene. Glass Animals produces an alternative blend of pop music that captures the elegance and sophistication of Oxford, and mixes it with a garage rock

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