The term "starving artist" exists for a reason. It's why the overwhelming majority need a more typical gig to support their ...

Ten years ago, Facebook was a place for college kids to share pictures, connect with new friends and post unnecessary status updates about the hangovers from their 21st birthday parties. Today, it’s ...

Happy Battle, a surf shop doubling a music venue, has fostered a scene of young bands playing free, DIY shows.

For September’s Bandcamp Friday, Bad Time Records, Asian Man Records, and Ska Punk Daily released Ska Against Racism, a compilation benefitting The Movement for Black Lives, The NAACP Legal Defense ...

DIY shows — also known as house shows — are intimate social gatherings at residential houses with live music. Generally, house venues will host bands in basements, garages, or wherever the band can ...

Cactus Club isn't just a cornerstone of Milwaukee's music scene; it's an aspirational location — a stage every DIY band ...

College house shows have suddenly become a thing of the past. Gone are the days of students going out on the weekends, crowding into a small Como basement to watch DIY bands play a sweaty setlist from ...

Arizona artists have been doing it themselves for years. Some of the most influential and local scene-defining artists sprung from nothing but great ideas and access to affordable recording software.

Jun. 18—GREILICKVILLE — Depending on the room you're in, AV Studios in Traverse City looks like it could be either a recording studio or a concert venue. Why not both? Nate VerBerkmoes, video engineer ...

It could’ve been a punk-rock cliché. The Chicago DIY band Lifeguard “grows up,” discovers pop, and loses what made them thrilling to begin with — that dissonant, angular, emotional (but not emo per se ...