Comprised of brothers Brayden and Camron Ward, and high school classmates Tim Hatch and Lauren Curtius, the Los Angeles area-based the Lovely Bad Things once crowdfunded their way to an encore performance at the Primavera […]
San Francisco-based signer/songwriters Meklit Hadero and Quinn Deveaux have individually developed reputations for music that manages to go across multiple genres simultaneously. Performing as Meklit and Quinn, the duo released their debut album last fall […]
Dutch multi-instrumentalist Jacco Gardner has been championed by the likes of the Horrors, Temples and others, while his work has been compared to the likes of Syd Barrett-era Pink Floyd. Gardner has released two singles […]
Gospels hails from nearby Forest Hills, Queens. “Animal Feelings” is the title track to their debut EP, Animal Feelings which will drop in sometime during the spring. While listening to the track, I was reminded quite […]
“Time In The World” is the first single off Colleen Green’s forthcoming album, Sock It To Me, which Hardly Art Records will release on March 19th. With vintage synth, multi-layered vocals, and spare drum beats, the […]
The Australian dance pop quintet of Gold Fields recently remixed Diamond Rings’ “Runaway Love,” to return the favor for his remix of “Dark Again.” Their remix is a shimmering and sinuous bit of funk that […]
Australian electro-pop indie pop quintet Gold Fields will be releasing their debut effort, Black Sun February 26th here in the States and March 8th in their native Australia. And the band will be on a month-long […]
The Vandelles and the Octopus Project at the Mercury Lounge 10/6/12
Over the course of a busy year, occasionally something does fall into the cracks but, eventually I catch up – well, mostly. Back in October, I was at the Mercury Lounge to catch the Vandelles […]
Wicked Knee’s debut album, Heels Over Heads was recently released through bandleader Billy Martin’s Amulet Records. And I have one more great single from it, their rendition of Frank London’s Ghumba Zumba, which should immediately bring to […]
Taking their name from a compilation of old time ragtime and blues Shake Your Wicked Knees, the avant garde, brass jazz quartet of Wicked Knee has one of the most interesting backstories I’ve recently heard. Over twenty […]
Istanbul, Turkey-based quartet the Away Days have won quite a bit of attention from the international press such as Seattle’s KEXP and the Guardian after the release of their EP, How Did It All Start? And 2013 may […]
Low Culture, is a Las Cruces, NM-based band that featured members of the Marked Men and New Mexico-based Shang-A-Lang. Their full-length debut, Screens dropped yesterday from Dirtnap Records and the first single, the title track, “Screens” is […]
Super Hi Fi at Rockwood Music Hall 1/5/13
Super Hi Fi Rockwood Music Hall January 5, 2013 There was a drunk guy who quickly went from being jovial and friendly to being obnoxious when he actually attempted to ask the band on stage […]
Dyme Def’s latest project is currently on the back burner since their last full-length effort, Yuk the World but in the meantime, Fearce Vill, one of the group’s members hasn’t let that stop him from making new […]
North Carolina-based band Airstrip was formed when their frontman, Matthew Park’s previous band Veelee broke up. Park then enlisted members from Horseback, Monsonia, Caltrop and Gross Ghost to help him craft a sound that he […]