Washington, DC’s Empresarios have developed a reputation for getting asses on dance floors with infectious pan-Latin world grooves, mixed with dub and a super slick production style. As their latest single, Empresarios remixed Los Hermanos […]
Rene Lopez at Rockwood Music Hall 2/2/13
Rene Lopez‘s E.L.S. was ranked number 12 on this site’s Best of 2011 list, and it’s an album that has found its way in my regular rotation. And I suspect that it’s because E.L.S.’s sound reminds me of […]
The Portland, OR-based quartet of Paradise took over the Eagle’s Lodge to shoot the official video for “Humans and Stars,”“the second single off their debut full-length album, Diary of an Old Soul. As you can see, […]
Mute Records released Liars’ latest effort, WIXIW back in June, and it’s an album that manages to continue the band’s reputation for being challenging and defying expectations at every single turn. As an album, the material at […]
Leech is the side project of disco-house producer and artist Brian Foote, and as Leech, he’ll be releasing a 12" by the name of “Tusks” through the Los Angeles-based label, 100% Silk Records on February […]
I recently got an email from Brooklyn-based producer and artist Mic Raygun regarding the video for his latest single, “Try Me.” And after playing the video, i have to admit I really dug it – […]
Matthew Park founded Airstrip after the demise of his previous band, Veelee, and he enlisted the help of members of fellow North Carolina-based bands, Caltrop, Monsonia and Gross Ghost to flesh out a sound that […]
https://scache.vevo.com/m/html/embed.html?video=USCJ81290964&playerType=embedded Chet Faker released his Thinking in Textures EP last year through Downtown Records and Fontana North. And on the the album, the award-winning artist released a smooth as hell, sexy and slowed cover of Blackstreet’s gigantic […]
Majical Cloudz, is the Montreal-based collaboration between Devon Walsh and Matthew Otto. The duo have developed a reputation for a introspective brand of electronica that balances minimalism with emotional honesty. The folks at Yours Tru.ly […]
“Wanderlust” is the latest single off Polly Scattergood’s forthcoming sophomore effort, Arrows which Mute Records will release this summer. With the album written between stays in Norfolk, UK and Berlin, Germany, the material on the album manages […]
Consisting of three siblings Daniel, Luke and Sarah Spencer, along with Luke Walsh, the Brisbane, Australia-based quartet, Blank Realm have developed a reputation for their ecstatic live performances and the amiable way they manage to […]
Before Beach House recorded their 2012 Sub Pop Records release, Bloom, they had decided to concentrate on those promotional efforts that they could control artistically while giving substantial energy. This decision came after the band felt […]
http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/v=2/track=1909398624/size=venti/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB/ Back in 2009, Malian kora player Ballake Sissoko and cellist Vincent Segal collaborated on Chamber Music an award-winning album hailed for its intimacy and simplicity. When both Sissoko and Segal went into the studio to […]
http://www.audiomack.com/embed2/the-audible-doctor/complex-individuals?btn=ff8a00&bg=34342e&bbg=121212&vbg=4d4b42&vol=ff8a00&dbg=ff8a00 DJ Element, one of the members of the great Brown Bag AllStars crew, is releasing his debut effort as a producer, Reality, Kings & Reason today. “Complex Individuals” is the first single from Element’s debut, […]
The Dallas,TX-based band Home by Hovercraft is a theatrically and classically influenced rock band led by husband and wife duo Seth Magill (vocals/tuba) and Shawn Magill (piano/vocals /xylophone). Rounded out by Seth’s sister Abbey Magill (step […]