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 […]
Hollis Brown’s sound borrows heavily from classic rock – in fact, in “Down On Your Luck” which will appear on the band’s full-length debut, Ride On The Train sounds quite a bit like Creedence Clearwater Revival and […]
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I recently got hold of some great live footage of Superhuman Happiness playing “Needles and Pins,” off their fantastic and infectiously joyous, The Physical EP, which ranked high on this site’s Best of 2012 list. I […]
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http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/v=2/album=3545495764/size=venti/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB/ Last year, San Francisco, CA-based label Stronghold Sound released Sembah Ma Fe Fe, a compilation of Guinean hip hop and reggae. As a compilation the album, the album managed to reveal the soul of a […]
Although it was initially released in 2011, Superhuman Happiness‘ The Physical EP ranked in the top 20 of this site’s Best of 2012 list, and much like Caveman, the release of their forthcoming full length Hands through Royal Potato […]
The NYC Transit Museum
Last week I had made a stop at the NYC Transit Museum with a dear friend of mine, and being obsessed as I am with the subway – how can I not? – it was […]
http://www.baeblemusic.com/player.swf The folks at Baeble Music shot this live footage of Brooklyn’s Dead Leaf Echo at the Knitting Factory playing “Language of the Waves,” a track on their forthcoming album, Thought and Language, which Neon Sigh […]