Brooklyn-based indie label Coalmine Records will be releasing their long awaited Unearthed compilation during the 2nd quarter of this year. “Naturally Born” is the latest single from the compilation and it features a Queens-based rap veteran, […]
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The founding members of Brooklyn-based band Summer Hours, guitarist Mike Bliss and bassist/vocalist Rachel Dannefer met at Oberlin College. Oberlin’s notable musician alumni include Liz Phair, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Trans Am, Josh Ritter, and […]
Over the last two years, the Ottawa, ON-based punk band, the Steve Adamyk Band toured Europe twice, SXSW twice, the Awesome Fest and others, before going through an almost wholesale lineup change. Still, the band […]
Fronted by Tim Foley and Kate Betuel of Los Angeles, CA-based band Cobalt Cranes got quite a bit of attention from LA Weekly, LA Record, and the Fader after the release of their In Media Res EP which […]
“Colored Emotions” is the latest single from Night Moves’ recently released album, Colored Emotions. The Minneapolis, MN-based band’s sound reminds me a lot of early to mid 70s rock – it’s soulful but with a sensual, […]
The renowned German arts festival, Ruhrfestspiele in Recklinghausen commissioned Sebastian Hartmann, known as one of the biggest and innovative names in contemporary German theater for a production of Leo Tolstoy’s great novel, War and Peace. Hartmann enlisted […]
Brooklyn-based band Milagres is in the studio working on a new album but in the meantime they released an unreleased track from the Glowing Mouth sessions to tide fans and friends over until the new album is […]
The Orlando, FL-based quintet (sometimes sextet) Day Joy, originally started off as a duo Peter Michael Perceval and Michael Serrin. Many of the songs they wrote during acoustic jam sessions and the material wound up […]
5Pianist/singer/songwriter Sara Jackson-Holman’s sophomore effort, Cardiology comes from a very personal place – she wrote the songs in a variety of ways and she then producing almost final versions of the songs that wound up on Cardiology before heading […]
Album Reviews
Before I get to the year in review, there are a few more albums that I received last year – it still seems strange to say that – that I wanted to discuss before going […]
I got a hold of this video by Git Beats featuring Hubbs, “Git Craft,” and the track itself reminds me of a couple of old school tracks – Jeru the Damaja’s “Come Clean” and a […]
The Audible Doctor, of the Brown Bag AllStars crew had a pretty big 2012 as he produced tracks and remixes for Onyx, Mobb Deep, Big Noyd, Consequence, John Legend, Method Man, Freddie Gibbs, Homeboy Sandman, Journalist […]
Comprised of brothers Brayden and Camron Ward, and high school classmates Tim Hatch and Lauren Curtius, the Los Angeles area-based the Lovely Bad Things once crowdfunded their way to an encore performance at the Primavera […]
San Francisco-based signer/songwriters Meklit Hadero and Quinn Deveaux have individually developed reputations for music that manages to go across multiple genres simultaneously. Performing as Meklit and Quinn, the duo released their debut album last fall […]
Dutch multi-instrumentalist Jacco Gardner has been championed by the likes of the Horrors, Temples and others, while his work has been compared to the likes of Syd Barrett-era Pink Floyd. Gardner has released two singles […]