Cobalt Cranes recently released their debut full-length Head in the Clouds through their own label Anticc Records, and with the release of their album the band has continued a reputation for a sound that manages to bridge […]
Radiation City‘s Animals in the Median which was released last month through Tender Loving Empire Records, and the album has received quite a bit of critical praise from the likes of Rolling Stone, Vice’s Noisey and a number […]
The Portland, OR-based duo of Soft Metals released their debut self-titled album back in 2010 through Captured Tracks, and the album was reportedly had a psychedelic sort of haze with spiraling synths and pop melodies. […]
Roi and the Secret People at Arlene’s Grocery 6/8/13
Last week was the start of a very busy period for me, a roughly week and a half period where I’d be covering live music every single night; most of it stemming from covering the […]
AM and Shawn Lee’s sophomore (and latest) effort together as a duo, La Musique Numerique (translated from French it means “Digital Music”) was recently released through Park the Van Records. With the release of the new album, the […]
Spectrals began as the solo, bedroom-based lo-fi recording project of Heckmondwike, Yorkshire-based Louis Jones. And he released a number of his earliest singles through indie labels such as Captured Tracks, Tough Love Records, Moshi Moshi, […]
Emmett Kelly, who records and performs under the moniker of the Cairo Gang, is most famously known for his work alongside Bonnie “Prince” Billy in several different projects. As the Cairo Gang, Kelly with a backing band will be […]
Occasionally, large festivals can be exhausting mixed bags. With things going on simultaneously, you’re forced to make a difficult balancing act between those acts which you may find personally enjoyable an newsworthy with discovering something […]
Occasionally, large festivals can be exhausting mixed bags. With things going on simultaneously, you’re forced to make a difficult balancing act between those acts which you may find personally enjoyable an newsworthy with discovering something […]
As some of you may know, Red Bull Music Academy recently hosted a series of amazing music events across town including Giogrio Moroder’s live DJ set at Club Output in Williamsburg; a night with the […]
Alex Zhang Hungtai, writes, records and performs as Dirty Beaches. Originally, the project started as a solo project when he was based out of Montreal back in 2005. Throughout his catalog, Hungtai has developed a […]
The Montreal-based duo of Solar Year recently released “Seeing the Same,” the last single they’re releasing off their much anticipated full-length album, Waverly, which will see a June 25th release through Ceremony Records across North America. Waverly is […]
It’s been about 14 years since Davell Crawford has released a proper, full-length album, and My Gift to You, which Basin Street Records released today marks a couple of interesting events – Crawford’s first release with […]
Michael-Louis Smith at DROM 6/4/13
Michael-Louis Smith DROM June 4, 2013 Guitarist, Michael-Louis Smith, along with his backing band of Diallo House (bass), Stacy Dillard (tenor saxophone and soprano saxophone), Ismail Lawal (drums) with the addition of Victor Gould (piano) […]
“Symbol System” is the first single off the Brooklyn-based Australian duo VOWS’ self-titeld debut EP. The track which consists of discordant, angular guitar; big boom bap-styled drums, and menacing synths sounds as though it should be […]