Ages, the debut full-length from the Auckland, New Zealand-based quartet Ghost Wave will saw an August 27th release through Flying Nun Records. Coincidentally, Ghost Wave’s debut effort will also serve as the first release from Flying Nun that […]
Tag: CMJ
Growing up hearing soul music on a regular basis, I have to admit that it’s a unique pleasure to see that the old school soul sound has seen quite a renaissance over the past decade […]
A Q&A with Sensual Harassment’s Todd Harassment
With the release of their latest effort, the Escape from Alpha Draconis EP, the Brooklyn-based duo of Sensual Harassment have managed to win the praise of several of my respected colleagues, including My Old Kentucky Blog, […]
Thee Oh Sees have been an incredibly prolific, as they’ve written, recorded and released 12 albums worth of material since 2004. And each album has been radically different. Their latest album, Floating Coffin released through Castle […]
Jason Marsalis’s latest effort, In A World Of Mallets reached #3 on JazzWeek’s Radio Chart and #4 on CMJ’s chart and after catching the youngest of the venerable Marsalis family at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Dizzy’s Club […]
The Baltimore, MD-based duo of Beach House released their critically acclaimed album, Bloom through Sub Pop Records last year – the album managed to land on the Best of 2012 lists of about 50 publications, including the Village […]
Comprised of two Paris-based multidisciplinary artists, Isaac Delusion had a very busy year last year – they received quite a bit of buzz after their CMJ appearance, received a Band to Watch profile on KCRW, […]
Steven A. Clark at the Music Showcase of 2012 at the Wired Store 12/19/12
Last week, Steven A. Clark performed at a private, RSVP-only show at the Wired Store, as part of the Music Showcase of 2012. Clark will begin touring to support his excellent sophomore release, Fornication Under […]
Originally based in Vermont and now based in Los Angeles, the power pop/garage rock artist King Tuff (a.k.a Kyle Thomas) released his newest single, “Screaming Skull” to celebrate the announcement of added dates to his fall/winter […]
Originally from Tel Aviv, the duo of Hank (bassist/pedal board) and Cupcakes (vocals/drums), whose stage names were inspired by the real life relationship of Charles “Hank” Bukowski and one of his lovers “Cupcakes,” moved to Brooklyn in […]
If you watch AMC’s Hell on Wheels, you might be familiar with Scott Lucas and the Married Men’s rendition of the popularly covered folk tune “There Ain’t No Grave,” which appears on the band’s sophomore effort, […]
The Cleveland, OH-based Gabe Fulvimar performs records music into his Macbook Pro using a guitar, a drum machine, and Fender Rhodes as Gap Dream. “A Little Past Midnight,” is the B side to his Suicide […]
Fronted by singer, dancer, and visual artist Peter LaBier, Psychobuildings is a dark wave collective that has been independently releasing shows since early 2010. With the release of their first 6 songs, they won the […]
Tamara Jafar and Joe Durniak, also known as Brooklyn-based band Cultfever released their self-titled and self-produced album last year to critical praise. “Strangenecks” is one of the singles off the album and it recently appeared […]
The duo of Old Time Machine (Ryan McNally and Kyle Cashen) formed in 2009 for an art exhibition. In a fort made of cardboard boxes, scrap lumber, thrift store sheets, and chicken wire, the band’s […]