Fauna Shade is on a hot streak. After releasing their fantastic debut album, Baton Rouge, last year, the group followed it up in March with the equally good Floral Hall EP. Combining psych rock with pop-esque melodies, the group from Everett brought an excellent balance of dark garage-tinged instrumentation and pop sensibilities to Sasquatch! Music Festival. Donned in a flowing red robe, frontman Scotty Smith belted out hook after hook, his vocals dancing between a gratingly grungy cadence and a pleasant soaring tenor. As an unpleasant wind wiped up dust and grass, the band tore through the set, sound tracking the gusty weather with their own brand of ferocity. They left the Yeti stage to mass applause, ensuring their recent streak would not be slowing down any time soon.
"Scottish people and the sun don't go well together," remarked The Twilight Sad frontman James Graham as he and his black-clad bandmates took a sunlight- and wind-drenched stage. However, perhaps the dissonance between the Scots and Vitamin D fueled Graham and his comrades because, despite the circ…
The range of Major Lazer is vast and extensive. From an Adult Swim TV show, to the radio, to festivals worldwide, the group is quickly becoming a household name. Now a DJ Switch-less trio, the group has offered production to many of the radio’s top played songs (see “Lean On Me,” “Get Free”) yet th…
