The Washington, DC-based quartet of the Petticoat Tearoom’s name is derived from the now-defunct Southern Harmony Accent and Petticoat Tea Room in Baltimore, MD. Lead singer Tomas Pagan Motta came across the storefront sign while […]
Portland, OR-based act Radiation City just released their sophomore effort, Animals in the Median and sonically the material on the album employs the use of 60s soul, Northern soul and swirling electronics to create a sound that […]
Texas-based singer/songwriter Teresa Maldonado writes, performs and records under the moniker Georgia’s Horse. Weather Codes, Maldonado’s newest and latest effort is study in heartache and loneliness set amid the dusty American Southwest. “Ginger” the first single […]
Recently signed to Critical Heights Records, the London, UK-based trio of Honeyslide are releasing a follow up to their sold out self-titled debut cassette tape. “Sugar Routine” is one of the first singles from the […]
The Dig’s Midnight Flowers was one of the prettier albums I had come across last year – the album landed at number 32 on this site’s Best of 2012 list, and it received tons of praise […]
Travis Caine and Katherine Kin, the duo that comprises electronica act Von Haze recently returned to New York after almost a year in London. just in time for the release of their latest full-length effort, Kar […]
Produced by former DFA Records head Tim Goldsworthy, Victoria Hesketh, a.k.a. Little Boots’ sophomore effort. Nocturnes (which was released May 7th through Hesketh’s On Repeat Records) has seen critical praise from the likes of the folks […]
A Q&A with Morningbell’s Eric Atria and Travis Atria
The Gainesville, FL-based quartet of Morningbell, which consists of brothers Eric and Travis Atria, Eric’s wife Stacie Thrushman-Atria and Chris Hilman has developed a reputation for one of the more prolific, and inventive and perhaps […]
Brooklyn-based band Teen recently released the official video for “Carolina,” the title track off their Carolina EP. The video which was shot on May Day follows performance artists Megha Barnabas as she dances around Manhattan passing […]
The London, UK-based trio of Flowers, which consists of Rachel Kennedy (vocals). Sam Ayers (guitar) and Jordan Hockley (drums) played their first live set last September, and within a few months they were opening for […]
My Gift to You is the first album of original material that Davell Crawford has released in over 13 years, and the material on the album, which includes guest appearances from the likes of Big Freedia, […]
The Los Angeles-based ZZ Ward got her start as a professional musician by playing in her father’s blues band in dive bars across Oregon when she was 12 – yes, that’s right, 12. Last year, […]
Fania Records — Armada Fania Pop Up Store and Club at the 1896 featuring DJ DNGR GRDN, DJ Wasabi and DJ Louie Vega 5/25/13
Fania Records, often described as the Motown of Latin music, had a rather unique series of events from May 22nd – May 25th, to celebrate the label’s release of a compilation of remixes of their […]
Album Review: AM and Shawn Lee’s La Musique Numerique
AM and Shawn Lee La Musique Numerique Park The Van Records Release Date: May 7, 2013 Track Listing 1. Two Times 2. All The Love 3. Good Blood 4. Suffer Like […]
Dead Leaf Echo released their full-length debut effort, Thought and Language earlier in the spring. And for a debut, the album is a concept album which details the life of a child from conception, birth, and until […]