Hailing from Adelaide, Australia and now based in New York, Craig Dermody who performs under the moniker Scott and Charlene’s Wedding, writes songs that deal with things a lot of us can be familiar with […]
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a Q&A with Irata
Back in 2010, the Greensboro, NC-based trio Irata released their impressive self-titled full-length debut, which landed on this site’s best of list that year. The band released the follow-up to the effort, Vultures, earlier this […]
Producer Rafael Fauria, singer/songwriter Honey Owens, and dance Ryan Boyle formed the Miracles Club back in 2008 and since their formation, the Miracles Club have a reputation for creating a sound that harkens back to […]
Diamond Version is the collaborative project of German-based label, Raster-Noton heads Byetone and Alva Noto. And as solo artists and as members of Diamond Version, both Noto and Byetone have developed a reputation for releasing […]
Based in Colorado by way of Brooklyn and Vermont, rapper Burntmd teams up with DJ Grazzhoppa on “Together,” the first single from the rappers forthcoming The Green Invasion album which is slated to drop in December. Considering […]
Album Review: Irata’s Vultures
Irata Vultures Silber Records Release Date: November 1, 2012 Track Listing 1. Old Smoker 2. Keepers Maker 3. Deluge 4. Miser 5. Serpents Personnel Jason Ward – drums, synths and vocals Jon Case […]
Multi-instrumentalist and producer Derrick Boyd and partner/vocalist Zoe Presnick comprise the San Francisco, CA-based techno act, Tone of Arc. Boyd has been around the global and domestic electronic dance music scene but after hooking up […]
In a previous post, I discussed the Brooklyn-based Afro-Dub act, Super Hi-Fi, and I mentioned the Josh Roseman Unit, and the reason why is pretty simple – the Josh Roseman Unit is one of the […]
With the exception of New Orleans jazz, the trombone is sadly relegated to the forgotten instrument status – after all, it’s not like everyone is waiting for the funky trombone solo during one of Springsteen’s […]
a Q&A with Ugly Kids Club
Nashville, TN’s Ugly Kids Club will be releasing a series of 6 singles with accompanying videos over the course of this year. I spoke with the duo of Steve Wilson and Aleigh Shields after the […]
Blackbird Blackbird has been garnering a lot of attention from major media outlets such as MTV and NYLON. Recently, Blackbird Blackbird did this atmospheric, and sparse cover of Kate Bush’s “Running Up That Hill.” The basic […]
I got a hold of “Goldstar,” by the Michigan-based duo Alexis, and it’s a slick bit of chillwave (honestly, I kind of hate these bullshit terms some bored music journalist came up with somewhere) that’s […]
New York-based artist Beca broke out big time with the release of her single “Let’s Run Wild,” which got praise from XLR8R and Stereogum. Her latest single, “Born to Fly," which is a bit of sexy […]
Jack Davey has developed a reputation for being one half of Los Angeles, CA-based neo-soul group J*Davey but after a period of artistic stagnation and the birth of her child, was desperate to express and […]
The laws that govern the conservation of energy and matter can be cruel, after all, everyone we all know has died, will die or is technically dying. And those very laws can often be ironic […]