When the National released High Violet a few years back, it was an album that spoke very deeply to me about the compromises, decisions and dashed hopes of being an adult. Of course, to be fair, i’m […]
Patrick Clos (guitar, vocals) was in several San Francisco,CA-based bands and played around with bedroom recordings until 2011 when he decided to start his own band, Cocktails. Lauren Matsui (guitar, synth, vocals), Phil Lantz (drums) […]
French DJ and producer Simon Delacroix writes, records and performs under the moniker the Toxic Avenger. Delacroix has developed a reputation for a sound that fuses club-ready, pulsing electronica with a pop sensibility — in some […]
Over the last few years, Louisville, KY has quickly developed a reputation for being the home to one of the country’s burgeoning music scene, complete with a rather eclectic collection of acts — including White Reaper, a trio of Tony […]
Fortuna, the sophomore full-length effort from the now UK-based, New Zealand trio Popstrangers is a decided and radical change of sonic direction for the band. Instead of the power chord-based grunge of their debut full-length […]
The three founding members of the Brooklyn-based indie rock sensation Beast Patrol, Vanessa Bley (lead vocals and guitar), Robert Granata (guitar) and Anthony Marchesi (bass) met while performing at an anti-frakcing concert. Pedal Power back […]
I was down in Philadelphia, PA for the 7th Annual Roots Picnic with my boy Abdul and had been busy running around to the point that i hadn’t had a whole lot of time to […]
Released last August, by Brooklyn-based indie rock label, Frenchkiss Records, Crimes of Passion is the follow up to the San Diego, CA-based band Crocodiles’ critically praised, Endless Flowers,. And through both effort,s the band has […]
Over the last few years, the Ottawa, ON-based punk band, the Steve Adamyk Band has developed a reputation for bringing a scuzzy, punk rock edge to power pop – or should I saw a power pop sheen to punk […]
Through his first two albums. electronic artist and producer Martyn has quickly developed a reputation for having each album be entirely different from its predecessor; after all, each album is representative of a particular period […]