Festival Features

Music festivals thrive on energy, and it’s not always positive. Mix rock star egos, illicit drug use and $4 bottles of water, and things can turn ugly. While most music festivals are simply celebrations of artists and fans coming together, a few have seen major tragedies...

Now that CMJ 2013 has mercifully come to an end, diehard New York City music fans can stop complaining about overindulging in live music and alcohol and get back to their normal routines (of overindulging in live music and alcohol).

The CMJ Music Marathon brings together up-and-comers and music veterans making their comebacks, and from Oct. 15 to 19, hundreds of bands will flood venues in Manhattan and Brooklyn, competing for the time and attention of critics and fans...

For New Yorkers who enjoy discovering new music, the annual CMJ Music Marathon is the place to be. And luckily for us, it isn’t just homegrown acts that play the five-day music bash and showcase their best sounds. Each year brings a tide of great artists from across the Atlantic, and after scouring the 2013 lineup, we’ve rounded up this list of 5 U...

New York City's Lower East Side was abuzz last night (Oct. 8), and not with the usual gig-going crowd or hipsters ready to bar-hop. Instead, it was filled with figures from the Bowery's music past, as 'CBGB,' the movie based on the legendary punk club, premiered at the Sunshine Cinema.

Diffuser.fm recently sat down with Nashville-based singer-songwriter Holly Williams to discuss songwriting, festivals vs. intimate club shows and, of course, her late grandfather, the legendary country singer Hank Williams.

Riot Fest Chicago is less than a week away, and the second of the festival's three weekend-long stops promises to be one of the year's finest rock 'n' roll outings. As in Toronto last month, the big story is the Replacements, but their return to the stage after more than two decades is just one reason to fly, drive, hitch, run or crawl your way to Chi-Town this weekend. Joining the 'Mats is a Who'

Diffuser.fm recently sat down with Thao Nguyen — the singer and guitarist behind the alt-folk outfit Thao and the Get Down Stay Down — to discuss their latest studio release, ‘We the Common.’ Check out the interview below, as well as a captivating performance of the disc’s lead single, ‘Holy Roller.’

Earlier this year, the harmony-loving art-rock collective Local Natives followed up their breakthrough LP 'Gorilla Manor' with the darker 'Hummingbird,' which saw the band drawing from experiences such as the departure of bassist Andy Hamm and the death of vocalist and keyboardist Kelcey Ayer's mother.

Since its beginnings in 1991, Lollapalooza has ranked among the best-curated live music festivals in the world. Creator -- and Jane's Addiction singer -- Perry Ferrell has been behind some of modern music's most interesting shifts, and back in the day, he did everything from booking Pavement and Sonic Youth to delivering amazing hip-hop showcases to the masses...