http://cdn.topspin.net/widgets/email2/swf/TSEmailMediaWidget.swf?timestamp=1361818290 Still Corners, the duo of songwriter Greg Hughes and vocalist Tessa Murray released their 2010 debut, Creatures of an Hour to generally favorably critical reviews – NME, and Drowned in Sound in particular offered praise of Creatures. The […]
Victoria Hesketh, a.k.a Little Boots, made quite a name for herself when she released her Gold-selling album Hands in 2009. Nocturnes is Hesketh’s much anticipated and long-awaited sophomore effort, and it’ll see a May 6th release through Hesketh’s own […]
We Are Loud Whispers are comprised of half of Hardly Art Records first band, Sonya Westcott of Seattle’s Arthur and Yu and Ayumu Haitani of 4 Bonjour Parties. “Western Town” is the first single from […]
Survival Knife is a new band featuring Justin Trosper (guitar/vocals) and Brandt Sandeno (guitar) from Unwound, as well as Meg Cunningham (bass/vocals) from Blues Druid and Kris Cunningham (drums) from Western Hymn. Sub Pop Records […]
Kurt Cobain would have turned 46 on February 20th, and in the case of all of those musicians who have left way too soon, there’s always the haunting question of “What If?” Nirvana’s Unplugged in […]
Skye at Joe’s Pub
Skye Edwards, the frontwoman of Morcheeba and solo artist who was in town to support her latest effort, Back to Now may strike the observer as an unusual frontwoman. Speaking with a soft-spoken London accent, Edwards […]
a Q&A with Veronica Falls’ James Hoare
London’s Veronica Falls’ 2011 self-titled debut was released to generally favorable critical reviews for a sound that had been described by many of my colleagues and fellow critics as goth-tinged pop. The February 19th release […]
A dear friend of mine and her boyfriend had a birthday party the other day at King’s Cross in the Lower East and the only time where I didn’t feel like an old curmudgeonly bastard […]
On March 26th, Crime and the City Solution will be releasing their first full-length album in almost twenty years, American Twilight through Mute Records. The band has relocated several times throughout their history from Melbourne Australia […]
Hailing from Los Angeles and London respectively, AM and Shawn Lee first bonded over their mutual love of vintage French and Italian soundtrack music and 80s sound effects. Individually, both artists have had work that’s […]
Back in 2011, Grave Babies released the Pleasures 7” EP with it’s densely layered, decibel pushing, murky dissonance was one of the strangest and most interesting recordings I had heard that year. In fact, their 7” was ranked number […]
Canadian electro pop trio Dragonette will be touring with Major Lazer next week, and to celebrate the occasion they released the Sunshine Jones remix of Bodyparts album opener of “Run Run Run.” The remix starts off with […]
Charli XCX remixed “Wanderlust” off Polly Scattergood’s forthcoming sophomore effort, Arrows, which will see a June 17th release through Mute Records. Much of the new album was written as Scattergood was spending time between Norfolk, UK […]
The Austin, TX-based Noelle Hampton had previously released four solo albums, backed by her collaborator, guitarist and husband, Andre Moran. And each of those early solo efforts were known for uplifting melodies, insightful lyrics, Hampton’s […]
http://www.audiomack.com/embed2/koncept-1/malt-disney?btn=ff8a00&bg=34342e&bbg=121212&vbg=4d4b42&vol=ff8a00&dbg=ff8a00 Koncept and J57 of the Brown Bag AllStars just got back from a tour of Europe, and to celebrate their return back to the States and to New York, Koncept released the title track […]