Blog Updates and inspiration

Name:  Kenneth James Laubbacher Age: 81 [Editor’s note: this is inaccurate] Hometown: San Diego, CA Job: Director Of Artist Relations + First Record: The Adams Family soundtrack Last Record: Angel Olsen – Half Way Home Next Record: I’m an impulse buyer. Live by the seat of my pants. First Concert:  Blink, Goldfinger, Mxpx Last Concert: […]

Name:  Hannah Elizabeth Steele Age: 23 Hometown: Newark, Delaware Job: Artist Relations Intern + First Record: Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker (blame my parents) Last Record: Paramore’s Paramore Next Record: Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories First Concert: Hanson in Philadelphia –Haters gonna hate Last Concert: Divine Fits in San Diego Next Concert: Governors Ball Music Fest in NYC + Top Three […]

Today’s Monday Mini Mixtape comes to us all the way from Belgium, courtesy of the buzz blog disco naïveté. If you follow Invisible Children Music, you inevitably will follow disco naïveté. Run by Jarri Van der Haegen, disco naïveté is one of the freshest, most authentic voices in music discovery. It’s such an approachable site for […]

NAME: Alexander Mark Collins AGE: 29 1/4 HOMETOWN: Yale, Michigan JOB: Artist Relations Music Manager + FIRST RECORD: Cassette: The “Waterfalls” single by TLC  | Compact Disc: August and Everything After by The Counting Crows  LAST RECORD: Bastille’s Bad Blood NEXT RECORD: Surfer Blood’s Pythons FIRST CONCERT: I’d rather not say, but it was Newsboys. LAST CONCERT: Phosphorescent at the Casbah in San Diego, CA NEXT […]

We wrote about the Rock for Justice compilation Songs for Justice a couple weeks ago when we premiered a (great) track from Generationals. With the pre-order for the record officially open, however, it bears repeating. Rock for Justice is a non-profit that uses art to speak about and facilitate global justice programs. They’ve been long-time […]

April is being VERY kind to music lovers, thus we are pleased. Here are ten sounds that we’ve been strongly into over the course of the past seven days. Support the arts + launch [HERE]. 01. RUSTIE – “Slasherr” :: It’s on my “Possible, But Probably Not” list of 2013 to DJ a summer party […]

We’re feeling summer, and this Monday Mini Mixtape is an ode to that. We attribute this mainly to our venture to Palm Springs on Sunday for a free Coachella party for House of Holland with Blood Diamonds, Nick Grimshaw, iamsound, Io Echo, and Agyness Deyn. We sadly did not attend the actual festival of Coachella, […]

Rock for Justice is a non-profit organization that works to combine social justice and art to create positive change. By that, we are obviously large supporters. For over a year now, the organization has been working on a compilation album to benefit a variety of social justice and poverty organizations – and Invisible Children has […]

Our love for The Very Best has blossomed over the years and has transitioned now into full-blown adoration. We just returned from filming a documentary with them and The Polyphonic Spree [read our updates from the trip HERE and HERE.] The band has such a unique blend of cultures and sounds that goes along inherently […]

Brooklyn band Lucius were perhaps the most shockingly incredible act we saw at SXSW this year. Lucky for us, they were playing our Welcome Home Show at Club de Ville. The retro sound and aesthetic from the band are incredible alone, but the collective energy when the entire group locks in is undeniably infectious – […]