In the latest Galaxy Barn Series, Kamasi Washington and his eight-piece band perform one of the most energetic songs off of Washington’s album The Epic that Brainfeeder released last May. FLOOD Magazine describes how the band “expand(s) on the grooves latent in The Epic to deliver an outrageously funky set.” Read the full article here! For more Galaxy Barn episodes, […]

LA Times called Open Mike Eagle “one of LA’s smartest young voices.” He started his music career in LA by joining the Project Blowed collective. More recently, he’s been known to rap at comedy shows such as for Paul F. Tompkins and Hannibal Buress. Last month, he debuted his second album, Hella Personal Film Festival, which was a […]

In the latest Pumphouse episode from, Edna Vazquez plays a powerful song called “Psicodélica” in the cozy backstage hideout at Pickathon. Read the full article on Vox now! Check back every first Friday of the month at Vox for another Pumphouse episode from Live & Breathing.  

We’re so excited to debut the first season of the Starlight Series, the newest series of our 13 Pickathon Video Channels. The second episode features “a growling guitar showcase from Texas singer/songwriter Israel Nash.”  Israel Nash’s song, “Mansions” is from his third record, Israel Nash’s Rain Plans, from Loose Music. Check back every first Thursday of the month […]

In the latest episode of the Mountain Series from our Pickathon Video Channel, Ex Hex perform a high-octane song off of their latest album Rips from Merge Records. The good folks at PopMatters said it perfectly that “[t]he guitar interplay is particularly thrilling with its minimalism and jagged edges.” Every 1st Tuesday we’ll debut a new episode […]