The Preservation Hall Jazz Band recently celebrated the 50th anniversary of it’s founding and with that occasion, the current members were left to consider the sort of soul-searching questions that every institution should ask themselves. […]
New York-based producer, vocalist and electronica artist Morgan Neiman, who has been writing and creating music since she was about 13, writes, records and performs under the moniker Ducky. In fact, she’s performed alongside Lil […]
The New Music Seminar Festival NY Day 2 — Hess is More, AVAN LAVA, the Pearl and the Beard, and the Drums at Webster Hall 6/10/13 and Chateau Marmont at Piano’s 6/10/13
The New Music Seminar Festival Day 2 – Hess is More, AVAN LAVA, the Pearl and the Beard and the Drums Webster Hall June 10, 2013 I was back at Webster Hall for the second […]
The Leftover Cuties, a Los Angeles, CA-based quartet, will be releasing their sophomore effort The Spark and the Fire on July 23rd. Thanks in part to Shirli McAllen’s gorgeously silky voice, backed by a sound that employs the […]
The Texas singer/songwriter Teresa Maldonado, writes, records and performs under the moniker Georgia’s Horse. And as Georgia’s Horse, Maldonado’s debut effort The Mammoth Sessions was well-received critically across the blogosphere and other sources. Fire Records will be […]
Washed Out‘s Within Without landed at number 24 on this site’s Best of 2011 List thanks in part to Ernest Greene’s cooed vocals backed by sleek, icy snyth lines played through gentle layers of reverb and delay pedals […]
The duo of Matt Reilly and Ian Vanek formed Japanther as an art and music project. And since they formed the band, they’ve developed a reputation for unconventional live shows – such as playing sets with […]
VPI Harmony is the debut effort from the Atlanta, GA-based quintet Mood Rings. And the album bears a similarity to Cut Copy’s incredible In Ghost Colours in the fact that it reveals a band with a sound that’s […]
The trio of Blue and Gold consists of Chloe Raynes (vocals, guitar); GG Gonzalez (drums); and Alex Kapelman (vocals, guitar), and the band has received a little bit of love through the blogosphere, including here, […]
Last month marked the domestic release of Shelly Bhushan’s latest full-length effort, Something Out of Nothing (the album saw a much larger release this past month), and the album reveals an artist who has grown remarkably over […]
I caught the Los Angeles, CA-based trio the Vim Dicta at Piano’s on Monday night, and from this live footage that I shot, their sound owes a debt to Soundgarden, Led Zeppelin and the like […]
i’ve been caught the Octopus Project twice when they’ve stopped in the NYC area, and live the band plays with an infectiously joyous, gleeful energy – that is while having a sound that kicks ass. […]
Dent May, a Mississippi-based singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist will have his third full-length effort, Warm Blanket released through Paw Tracks on August 27th. Although May had recorded most of the album’s instruments by himself, he enlisted some local […]
Album Review: Charles Bradley’s Victim of Love
Charles Bradley Victim of Love Daptone Records Release Date: May 28, 2013 Track Listing 1. Strictly Reserved For You 2. You Put The Flame On It 3. Let Love Stand A Chance 4. Victim […]
The NYC-based 17 member group Escort, which was founded by producers Eugene Cho and Daniel Balls, and fronted by the incredible vocals and stage presence of Adeline Michele have developed a reputation for a sound […]