The official video for Thee Oh Sees “Lupine Dominus” off their latest album, Putrifiers II is a pretty provocative video as it’s set in a strip club and has a rather unconventional ending – to say the […]
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The video for Ambassadors “Unconsolable,” stars Girls and Mad Men’s Zosia Mamet as a deranged killer. The video is quite fucked up – and reminds me a bit of the HBO show Oz. What I love about Ambassadors sound is […]
Boys Noize just recently released his latest album, Out of the Black the other day. “ICH R U,” is the first single off the album, and the video which also came out offers some stunningly surreal visuals […]
Greenpoint Brooklyn R&B/techno act Beacon released a cover of Bear in Heaven’s “Kiss Me Crazy,” off Bear in Heaven’s fantastic and under appreciated I Love You It’s Cool. Beacon’s cover strips the buzzing synths, booming drums […]
Above and Beyond, and Submerge recently announced the DJ lineup for this year’s TAT450 Group Therapy in Bangalore, India on November 10th, and it’ll include Mat Zo, Norin and Rad, Andrew Bayer, and Jody Wisternoff. For Mat Zo, 2012 has been […]
Trouble in Mind Records and the New Hampshire-based psychedelic rock band MMOSS announced that the band’s sophomore effort, Only Children will be released on November 13th. “Another Dream,” which the folks at Pitchfork premiered the other day […]
Originally based in Vermont and now based in Los Angeles, the power pop/garage rock artist King Tuff (a.k.a Kyle Thomas) released his newest single, “Screaming Skull” to celebrate the announcement of added dates to his fall/winter […]
Album Review: Ralph “Soul” Jackson’s The Alabama Love Man EP
Ralph “Soul” Jackson The Alabama Love Man EP The Rabbit Factory Records Release Date: October 2, 2012 Track Listing 1. Can’t Leave Your Love Alone 2. You’ve Been Very Good to Me 3. Searching […]
Malin Dahlström and Gustaf Karlöf, the duo of the Stockholm, Sweden-based electronica act Niki and the Dove, got together in 2010 and spent the time writing the material that wound up comprising their Sub Pop […]
As one half of the Los Angeles based electronica/soul act J*Davey, Jack Davey has been a part of a response against over-produced, pre-packed pop pabulum. Her talent is obvious if you consider the fact that […]
Originally from Tel Aviv, the duo of Hank (bassist/pedal board) and Cupcakes (vocals/drums), whose stage names were inspired by the real life relationship of Charles “Hank” Bukowski and one of his lovers “Cupcakes,” moved to Brooklyn in […]
Album Review: Drunken Prayer’s Into the Missionfield
Drunken Prayer Into the Missionfield Fluff and Gravy Records Release Date: February 7, 2012 Track Listing Brazil Ain’t No Grave Always Sad Maryjane Take a Walk I Saw It With My Own Two Eyes […]
Catalpa Festival Day 2: 7/29/12 featuring City and Colour, the Dirty Heads, Matisyahu, Girl Talk, A$AP Rocky, and Snoop Dogg
During the past summer, I’ve had the unique opportunity to cover several major festivals in the NYC area including the Northside Festival, the New Music Seminar NYC Festival, the Afro-Punk Festival and of course, the […]
If you watch AMC’s Hell on Wheels, you might be familiar with Scott Lucas and the Married Men’s rendition of the popularly covered folk tune “There Ain’t No Grave,” which appears on the band’s sophomore effort, […]
The Cleveland, OH-based Gabe Fulvimar performs records music into his Macbook Pro using a guitar, a drum machine, and Fender Rhodes as Gap Dream. “A Little Past Midnight,” is the B side to his Suicide […]