JAN is the solo project of Eagle and Talon’s Kim Talon. And Enclave Music will release JAN’s self-titled debut on November 13th. “How to Beast,” is the second single from the album and as you’re […]
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The Nashville, TN-based psych rock outfit Bad Cop is about to embark on an East Coast tour and it’ll include an October 16th show at Maxwell’s in Hoboken, the Frenchkiss Label Group’s CMJ Festival Showcase […]
Volcom Entertainment released a split single with Nu Sensae and Useless Eaters. You’ve heard Nu Sensae’s “Sleeping Blouse,” check out the Nashville-based band’s contribution “City of Light,” a track which has a drugged out, narcoleptic […]
Volcom Entertainment have released a split single featuring Vancouver, British Columbia’s Nu Sensae, and Nashville, TN’s Useless Eaters. Nu Sensae’s “Sleeping Blouse,” is a grungy, quick paced bit of punk thrash, and it should have […]
Sylver Tongue is a new project from Charlotte Hatherley, and she’ll be releasing her debut EP, Something Big on Dancing Coins Records on November 6th. “Hook You Up,” is the first single from that album and […]
FLOWN, White Mystery, and Shonen Knife at the Bell House 7/21/12
In July, I caught FLOWN, White Mystery and Shonen Knife at the Bell House, and if there was anything that must be immediately said about this show it was this: all of the lovely women […]
Drawing from Thievery Corporation, LCD Soundsystem, Moby and other DJ/producers, New York-based DJ/producer and multi-insrumentalist, T.H. White has received a lot of love from critics and fans for his production style – it manages to […]
Rush Manning, a.k.a. Rush Midnight was formerly a bassist in Twin Shadow, and his forthcoming solo debut EP titled +1 will drop on October 30th from Cascine Records. The material that comprises the +1 EP came from demos that […]
As I mentioned in the previous post, a dear friend’s birthday was this past week, and we actually began talking on Twitter over our mutual love of the band Spoon. So in honor of her […]
This week was a very dear friend’s birthday and interestingly enough, we really began talking over our mutual love of Spoon on Twitter. While she’s still celebrating, I wanted to post Spoon’s “Don’t You Evah” from […]
New York-based band Triple Hex have developed a reputation for writing songs that have a gritty, sleazy feel – like listening to their latest single “Winter” reminds me of the great dive bars I used […]
Pony Trash is a new shoegaze/psychedelica act that features members of the Chambermaids, Gospel Gossip and Polica, a sort of up-and-coming indie rock All Star band. Written and recorded at Neil Weir’s legendary Old Blackberry […]
The Portland, Oregon-based Wooden Indian Burial Ground has publicly claimed their influences to be early sci-fi novels. fuzzy 60s garage rock, fuzz boxes and homemade drone boxes. “Sparklerella,” is the first single off their self-titled […]
Born and raised in New Zealand and now based in New Yorker, singer/songwriter Simon Spire’s work has been critically praised by PopMatters, Performer Magazine, MTV.com, mtvU and across the blogosphere. His latest album, Four-Letter Words has been critically applauded […]
The Confluence EP may be an apt name for maticulous’s latest EP recently released by Fat Beats Records. You see, the Brooklyn-based producer is originally from Pittsburgh, PA – and if you know your geography, you […]