Glass Animals released their debut EP Leaflings last year, and the band spent the past year writing and recording material for a full-length debut in a make-shift studio in the Oxfordshire forest. Reportedly, the isolation of the […]
Happy 3rd Birthday — to the Joy of Violent Movement
I started this site three years ago today, and in the past three years I’ve had some amazing experiences that I’ll remember for the rest of my life – thanks in part to the work […]
The Mynabirds’ Laura Burhemn spent a year touring with the rest of the band to support their latest effort, GENERALS and she’ll be joining the Postal Service’s touring band this year. Shortly before she joined the Postal […]
French DJ and producer Simon Delacroix writes, records and performs under the moniker the Toxic Avenger. Delacroix has developed a reputation for a sound that fuses club-ready, pulsing electronica with a pop sensibility – in […]
Based in Oklahoma, BRONCHO’s debut effort, Can’t Get Past the Lips was recently re-released by Fairfax Recordings. “Psychiatrist,” the latest single (and video) from the album, should immediately bring to mind the sneeringly ironic, “don’t give a […]
With the end of a long-term relationship, there’s obviously quite a deal of heartache but in many ways ghosts almost always manage to linger. Certainly, singer/songwriter Alela Diane can attest to this, as her latest […]
Critical Heights Records will be releasing Virginia Wing’s “Red Sails” single on July 2nd. “Creation” is the B-side of the single, and with it’s jangling guitars drenched in reverb, the track sounds as though it […]
House of Blondes‘ Clean Cuts was one of my favorite albums last year, as it landed in the top 5 of this site’s Best of 2012 list. And the album’s lead single, “Shadows” was one of my […]
Hardly Art Records will be releasing the Portland, OR-based quartet Hausu’s debut full-length, Total next week. “Chrysanthemum” is the latest single from the album and it reminds me so much of the type of stuff I’d come […]
Led by Greer McGettrick, the now-defunct Bay Area-based band the Mallard had quickly developed a reputation for defying expectations in their short history together – and in many ways, they did so with a sneering […]
New York-based singer/songwriter Kendra Morris will be releasing her sophomore effort Mockingbird through Wax Poetics Records on July 30th. The album has Morris and her backing band led by producer and guitarist Jeremy Page covering classic songs […]
The folks at Red Bull Music Academy recently had Blondie’s Debbie Harry and Chris Stein in for an interview session, and it was apparently sometime after Giorgio Moroder was in to talk about his life […]
Released through Sub Pop Records, Metz’s self-titeld album landed on number 12 on this site’s Best of 2012 list, thanks in part to blistering, face-melting, sludgy power chords, pounding drums and howled vocals. When you […]
The Madison,WI-based duo, the Hussy recently released the official video for “Woodland Creatures” off their latest and third album, Pagan Hiss. Sonically, the track is among the hardest tracks I’ve heard this year. With it’s thundering drums, […]
The London-UK based singer/songwriter James Mathé writes, records and performs under the moniker Barbarossa. With the release of his 2008 debut, Chemical Campfires helped him earn the reputation as one of the UK’s most exciting, new troubadours. In […]