Thee Oh Sees have been an incredibly prolific, as they’ve written, recorded and released 12 albums worth of material since 2004. And each album has been radically different. Their latest album, Floating Coffin released through Castle […]
Russ Manning, a member of Twin Shadow, released one of my favorite albums last year, +1 EP under the moniker Rush Midnight. The material on that EP is reminiscent of the slickly produced, seductive, synth-based R&B you’d […]
The Athens, GA-based PacificUV’s newest effort, After the Dream You Are Awake will officially drop on May 14th through Mazarine Records. “Russians” is the second single from the new effort, and it’s a throbbing, undulating bit of […]
The Winnipeg, Manitoba-based sextet, Royal Canoe have quickly developed a reputation for creating and writing music on their own terms. in fact, they’ve been known for lugging around hundreds of pounds worth of keyboards, mixers […]
Arizona Diamondbacks vs. New York Yankees 4/18/13
Last Thursday, I was at the Stadium for an inteleague matchup between the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Yanks. And although, I think interleague play is one of the stupidest and most pointless things imaginable, i […]
Untitled 4/19/13 – 4/20/13
I have to admit that it’s a pleasure to shoot without having a particular plan, motive or deadline. if there wasn’t anything of interest to shoot, there isn’t any pressure to come up with something, […]
Australian quintet Gold Fields’ debut album, Black Sun has received praise from the likes of Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Rolling Stone and others for their slickly produced, electro pop sound – while listening to “Dark Again,” […]
The concept for the video for Lost Animal’s’ “Lose the Baby’ is pretty simple – the band’s Jarrod Quarrell and Shags Chamberlain slink around in murky blackness and it fits the track perfectly, as the […]
Danish quartet Pinkunoizu recorded their sophomore effort, Second Amendment in a single day at Livingston Studios in London, and edited in Berlin by lead songwriter Andreas Pallisgaard and drummer Jaleh Negari, the album was originally envisioned to […]
The xx, like countless other bands have released a special Record Store Day release – a 12" titled Jamie xx Edits. “Sunset (Jamie xx Edit)” was originally a special release, given away as part of iTunes’ […]
Ultramarine is the first full-length album from the Ocean Blue in about ten years. The new album is a bit of return to form while showing a lot of growth – after all during the […]
The Montreal, QC-based duo Solar Year’s much anticipated debut effort, Waverly will see a June 25th release through Ceremony Recordings across North America, and Splendour Records in Europe. Essentially, the album is a re-release of an […]
James Chapman writes, records and performs under the moniker, Maps and his forthcoming Mute Records release, Vicissitude, which will drop on July 9th is the follow-up to his critically acclaimed debut, We Will Create. Whereas We Will Create was […]
“Rough N Soothe” is the title track and first single from Ronika’s RecordShop (her own label) EP which will drop on Monday. The video (which you’ll see above) is decidedly psychedelic but when you listen […]
Album Review: Crime and the City Solution’s American Twilight
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