Deep Sea Diver originally began as frontwoman Jennifer Dobson’s solo, songwriting vehicle when drummer and future husband Peter Mansen, and bassist John Raines joined her in 2009. After the release of the band’s debut EP, […]
Mike Dillon Band and Fishbone at Brooklyn Bowl 2/24/13
Mike Dillon Band and Fishbone Brooklyn Bowl February 24, 2013 Last week, I was at one of my favorite venues in town, Brooklyn Bowl to catch the Mike Dillon Band and the legendary Fishbone. Of […]
The Brooklyn-by-way-of San Francisco, CA-based Jesse Reiner performs under the moniker of Jonas Reinhardt with a series of bi-coastal collaborators. Since the project’s beginnings in the early 2000s, Reiner’s sound has managed to fuse elements […]
a Q&A with Grave Babies’ Danny Wahlfeldt
Back in 2011, Grave Babies released the Pleasures 7" and with it’s densely layered, murky, dissonant and punishingly loud sound was one of the most interesting albums I had come across that year. In fact, it landed […]
http://cdn.topspin.net/widgets/email2/swf/TSEmailMediaWidget.swf?timestamp=1362004231 Over the last couple of years, Denton, TX has developed a reputation for being a hotbed of some really interesting and at times strange music, including Sub Pop Records’ own, the Baptist Generals. The […]
Brooklyn-based quintet Midnight Spin, just recently released their debut full-length effort, Don’t Let Me Sleep and with the release of the album’s second single, “Conchis Bliss,” the band announced a six week national tour to support the […]
Moon King’s Daniel Benjami and Maddy White will be releasing the second EP in the Obsession series, Obsession II on April 20th, through Fucked Up’s Mike Haliechuk’s One Big Silence Records. Reportedly, the EP will […]
Russ Manning was formerly a bassist with Twin Shadow and last year, under the moniker Rush Midnight, he released an impressive debut EP through Cascine Records, +1 which was heavily influenced by the slick, seductive synth pop […]
If you know anything about New York’s experimental jazz scene, Sexmob will be a familiar name – and if you’re not you’ll soon to be familiar with them as they’ll be releasing their first full-length […]
The duo of Gretta Rochelle (vocals) and Jack Armando (guitar), a.k.a My Gold Mask have created a sound inspired and informed by Italian Giallo cinema and the the dimly-lit warehouse district in Chicago, IL where […]
Los Angeles, CA-based rappers M.E.D. and Blu team up on an EP that Madlib produced titled, The Burgundy EP which Stone Throw Records will be releasing on burgundy colored vinyl. The first track from the EP, “Burgundy […]
Stones Throw Records labelmates James Pants and Vex Ruffin recently teamed up for the Krista 7" – of which, this trippy track, “I Told You Man, i Got a Gun." (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
Based in Los Angeles, CA, Pharaohs originally started out as the duo of Sam Cooper and Alejandro Cohen. As a duo, they released a four song cassette tape in 2009 on Living Tapes, and that […]
French Horn Rebellion, the sibling duo of Robert and Patrick Perlick-Molinari, have teamed up with MEN and Le Tigre’s JD Samson and Fat Tony for their latest single, “Girls.” After playing this track, I was […]
The Dallas, TX-based act Ishi has developed a reputation for a brand of dance rock that will remind listeners of acts like Cut Copy, the Rapture and others. “Mother Prism” is the latest single from […]