Diamond Version is a collaborative project between two of the most experimental and visionary artists in recent memory, Byetone and Alva Note, the founders of German label Raster-Norton. The pair had occasionally performed together and […]
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Majical Cloudz is a collaborative effort between Devon Welsh and Matthew Otto. A lot of the duo’s early material was written as Welsh moved from rural Ontario to Montreal. Their sound is rooted around Welsh’s […]
I’ve mentioned Dream Boat here before – but to refresh your memory a bit the Athens, GA-based band is the collaboration between Dan Donahue and Page Campbell, two renowned artists in that city’s psychedelic scene. […]
Portland, OR-based band Y La Bamba released their critically well-received debut effort, Court the Storm last year, recently announced that they’ll be releasing a follow up EP and will be touring with the Lumineers – the tour […]
Transit Museum Holiday Train Show at Grand Central Terminal
As a boy, I loved trains immensely, and in some way I still do. And although I had seen the ads for the Transit Museum Annex’s Holiday Train Show at Grand Central Terminal, I hadn’t […]
Kamara Thomas and the Ghost Gamblers and Sophia Bastian at Rockwood Music Hall 1/18/13
Kamara Thomas and the Ghost Gamblers and Sophia Bastian Rockwood Music Hall January 18 , 2013 Last week, I was at Rockwood Music Hall to catch Sophia Bastian but as I’d often like to do, […]
http://emailunlock.com/ffeatherss/land-of-the-innocent/widget Austin, TX-based quartet Feathers’ first live show was opening for Washed Out, and they followed that by sharing stages with Robyn, the Duke Spirit, and playing at the All Tomorrow’s Parties and the Fun […]
Veronica Falls sophomore effort, Waiting for Something to Happen will see a February 12th release from Bella Union and Slumberland Records, and from the second single off the album, “Buried Alive” it should give you a sense of […]
http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/v=2/track=4145835544/size=venti/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB/ Brooklyn-based band, Miracles of Modern Science have a sound unlike any band I’ve come across in the almost three years that I’ve run this site – based around string instruments, the band manages to […]
http://www.audiomack.com/embed2/the-audible-doctor/bars-of-death-remix-feat-j-nics-prod-by-audible-doctor?btn=ff8a00&bg=34342e&bbg=121212&vbg=4d4b42&vol=ff8a00&dbg=ff8a00 The Audible Doctor recently released a mixtape, The Winter Tape and on the mixtape, Audible collaborated with J. NICS on a track titled, “Bars of Death.” The track was so well-received by fans and artists that […]
During his travels to the war-torn nations of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, South Sudan and Uganda, Hunter Heaney had an opportunity to sit down with a group of women, some […]
The territory that now comprises the modern day, Western African nation, the Republic of Mail was once part of three great empires that controlled trade across the Sahara Desert – the Ghana Empire, the Malian […]
The Lonely Wild announced that they’ll be releasing their much anticipated full-length debut, The Sun As It Comes on April 2, 2013, and to celebrate the occasion the band released this live version of “Buried in the […]
Brownout also released this incredible mixtape which features remixes and re-edits the more downtempo and psychedelic tracks from the Austin, TX-based band’s third album, Agulias and Cobras and Oozy. At times, the remixes and re-edits have Brownout sounding […]
Brownout has gone from being the side project and alter ego of Grammy award winning, Austin, TX-based act Grupo Fantasma to being more or less a full-time act with the release of the band’s third […]