https://scache.vevo.com/m/html/embed.html?video=GBR8R1300699&playerType=embedded The official video for “In Your Car,” the latest single from Big Deal’s forthcoming album, June Gloom, which is slated for a June 4th release through Mute Records, has the duo of Kacey Underwood and […]

Tall Ships and Highasakite at Mercury Lounge 3/20/13

Tall Ships and Highasakite  Mercury Lounge March 20, 2013 Last week, i was at the Mercury Lounge for the early show which featured British quartet Tall Ships and the Norwegian quintet Highasakite, making their Stateside […]

The Los Angeles-based band, the Lonely WIld’s 2011 release, Dead End landed at number 19 on this site’s Best of 2011 list. And for those fans, critics and others who had fallen in love with their sound […]

Johanna Cranitch’s life story is in itself fascinating – the Australian born and New York-based artist grew up in an intensely musical family: her grandfather, a Hungarian jazz pianist had declared that she would musical […]

“Shake” is the latest single from Cobalt Cranes forthcoming full-length debut, Head in the Clouds which is slated for an April 9th release through their own label, Anticc Records. in particular, “Shake” reminds me quite a […]

Montreal-based band Stars have won over fans with a sound that’s at times earnest, delicate and a pop sensibility reminiscent of 1980s New Wave – in particular, a sunnier, warmer New Order. They’re great live […]

With their Matador Records debut, Impersonator set for a May 21st release, Majical Cloudz, the collaborative duo of Devon Welsh and Matthew Otto continue where their 2012 EP, Turns, Turns, Turns left off – that is eerily sparse, minimalist […]

The Austin, TX-based Justin Sweatt writes, records and performs under the moniker Xander Harris. And although he takes his stage name from one of Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s friends, a track like “Vultures of Tenderness” […]

Jeymes Samuel writes and performs under the moniker the Bullitts. His debut effort, They Die By Dawn and Other Stories is a multimedia experience – yes, he has collaborated musically with the likes of Jay-Z, Jay Electronica, […]

Mount Kimbie, the duo of Dominic Maker and Kai Campos, have a reputation for defying expectations – as a duo they’ve gone from being a bedroom produced electronic outfit on their debut effort, to a full-fledged […]

Swedish electronica duo PANG! have won over fans in their native Sweden, as well as in techno capitals of the wold, Ibiza and Berlin for material with an infectious, almost playful groove  – they have […]

Bobby Browser is the moniker of Oakland, CA-based electronic artist Andre Ferreira. Still Browsing is his latest 12" which will be released by Los Angeles-based electronica label, 100% Silk Records. “As Far As I Know,” one […]

“Your Life, Your Call” is the latest single from Junip’s self titled release which will see an April 23rd release in North America via Mute Records and across Europe via City Slang Records. The vocals […]

The folks at Soundstage, a Chicago-based live concert series which was on air from about 1974-1985, invited the legendary Muddy Waters, who had called Chicago his hometown for most of his adult life to perform […]