Chicago, IL-based band My Gold Mask released one of the more interesting albums I’ve come across this year, Leave Me Midnight – an atmospheric album that sonically evokes the sensation of sound echoing off large-ceilinged rooms […]
Italian band His Electro Blue Voice has been around for a bit, releasing singles and EPs through a number of indie labels. The band recently signed to Sub Pop Records and contributed “Kiduit,” to Sub […]
The Toronto, ON-based band NIGHTBOX recently released their latest single “Utopia,” and with it’s gleaming synths, it creates a glimpse of a clean, efficient, orderly future – and yet, as forward-thinking as it seems, the […]
Philadelphia, PA-based songwriter Quinten Stolzfus started the last decade writing and performing under the moniker Mazarin. And as Mazarin, Stolzfus wrote, recorded and performed a hazy, psychedelic sort of folk tinged pop music – his […]
Red Bull Music Academy Presents: The DFA Records 12th Anniversary Event at Grand Prospect Hall 5/25/13
Red Bull Music Academy Presents: The DFA Records 12th Anniversary Event Grand Prospect Hall May 25, 2013 Back during an unusually chilly Memorial Day Weekend, I was at the gorgeous Grand Prospect Hall in Park […]
So we’re changing things up a little bit tonight. Last night, I was at Arlene’s Grocery to catch the latest incarnation of Roi and the Secret People– long story short, there had been a lineup […]
Bibio recently shot and recorded three singles off his latest effort Silver Wilkinson over the course of a day, in a friend’s shed/studio in rural Somerset, UK. Each of the videos weave Bibio playing in a trio […]
Originally named Monster when they were formed in 2002, the Sierra Madre, CA-based trio recently changed their name to White Dove, and with the change of name, there was a change in approach (which, in […]
Originally named Monster when they were formed in 2002, the Sierra Madre, CA-based trio recently changed their name to White Dove, and with the change of name, there was a change in approach (which, in […]
Caravan Palace have been celebrated globally for pioneering a sound that they’ve coined “electro swing.” Their 2009 self-titeld debut sold over 150,000 units, making them one of their native France’s surprise breakout bands. Their sophomore […]
Australian band Midnight Juggernauts will have their third album, Uncanny Valley released through Record Makers on July 9th. On the album’s latest single, “Memorium,” the band uses some traditional rock instruments – guitars, drums and the like […]
Recently, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band celebrated the 50th anniversary and with that milestone it left creative director and arranger, Ben Jaffe (son of founding member Alan Jaffe), and the band with a deeply existential […]
Warp Records will be releasing a carefully curated album of remixes Feast/Beast that electronic artist Clark has done for others and of remixes of his work on September 16th as 2 vinyl albums, as a double […]
The Reading UK-based band Tripwires recently released the official music video for “Shimmer,” the latest single off their new album, Spacehopper, which will be released on June 17th and interestingly enough the track kind of reminds me […]
Luke Rathborne’s work has been marked with both the exuberance and restlessness of youth — some of which is inspired by his own unique life. Rathborne learned to play the guitar when a wayfaring stranger […]