Washed Out‘s Within Without landed at number 24 on this site’s Best of 2011 List thanks in part to Ernest Greene’s cooed vocals backed by sleek, icy snyth lines played through gentle layers of reverb and delay pedals […]
Tag: Chicago
Chicago, IL-based band My Gold Mask released one of the more interesting albums I’ve come across this year, Leave Me Midnight – an atmospheric album that sonically evokes the sensation of sound echoing off large-ceilinged rooms […]
Formed in 2001, Japanther is the music and art project of duo of Matt Reilly and Ian Vanek. And in the decade of recording and performing, the band has developed a reputation for unusual live shows — […]
Bay Area retro-punks Shannon and the Clams latest album, Dreams in the Rat House sees it’s official release through Hardly Art Records today. “Rip Van Winkle” is the second single from the new album, and although […]
Album Review: Sky Hi Funk Band’s Reality Check EP
Sky Hi Funk Band Reality Check EP G.E.D. Soul Records Release Date: May 7, 2013 Track Listing 1. Reality Check 2. Numero Uno 3. Funk ‘til Dawn 4. Plan B 5. Your Body […]
Last year, Torche released the critically well received Harmonicraft and before they were about to embark on a national tour, they released a new single as part of the Volcom Entertainment Vinyl Club (VEVC), titled “Keep […]
New York-based electro pop duo Lizzy Plapinger and Max Hershenow, a.k.a. MS MR will be releasing their debut full-length, Secondhand Rapture on May 14th, and they’ll be touring to support the new effort – it’ll include a […]
http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/v=2/album=1918389929/size=venti/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB/ Bootblacks recently released the Narrowed EP as a limited cassette release, through Modern Tapes and it quickly sold out. The band will be releasing the EP on vinyl through Chicago-based Rococo Records (the label home of […]
Sub Pop Records will be releasing the London-based duo, Still Corners’ sophomore effort Strange Pleasures on May 7th. “Berlin Lovers,” the first single off the album has the band gently expanding their sound with a greater emphasis […]
With the release of Celebration Rock, Vancouver, BC-based duo, Japandroids have been relentlessly touring to support the effort. The band’s spring/summer 2013 tour includes stops in Oakland, CA; the Coachella Festival; Milwaukee, WI; Indianapolis, IN; Lawrence, […]
TEEN, a quarter comprising of the Lieberson sisters – lead singer and multi-instrumentalist Teeny, keyboardist Lizzie, drummer Katherine and bassist Jane Herships – will be releasing the Carolina EP on May 28th. Carolina is a follow-up to their debut […]
Album Review: Disappears’ Kone EP
Photo Credit: Zoran Orlic Disappears Kone Release Date: April 16, 2013 Track Listing 1. Kone 2. Kontact 3. Kone (Radio Edit) Personnel Brian Case Jonathan Van Herik Damon Carruesco Noah Leger […]
La Musique Numerique (it’s French for “Digital Music”), is the forthcoming sophomore effort from the Los Angeles, CA and London, UK-based duo of AM and Shawn Lee. With this new album, the band cements their reputation […]
Fletcher is a young trio of Brits – brothers Harvey and Oscar Baker and their buddy, Tom Fry, who relocated to the heart of the blues, Chicago, IL. The oldest member of the band is […]
Over the last decade or so, soul music has seen an incredible resurgence in popularity among audiophiles as contemporary labels and acts across the country have taken up the sound – perhaps as revisionist/reactionary response […]