The trio of psych pop act Indianapolis Jones are something of an indie rock All Star band as Tim Smith has played with Jellyfish, Noel Gallagher’s High-Flying Birds, Umajets and The Producers; Nicholas Niespozdani has […]
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The Portland, OR-based Morning Ritual is a collaboration between composer Ben Darwish, twin sisters and vocalists Katelyn and Laurie Shook, multi-instrumentalist William Seiji Marsh and drummer Russ Kleiner. The quintet’s debut effort, The Clear Blue Pearl, which was […]
Robert Alfons, a Toronto, ON-based electronic music artist and producer, writes. records and performs under the moniker of Trust. Alfons’ 2012 debut album, TRST was released to critical praise from Vice, Pitchfork and The Guardianfor a Juno-award in his native Canada. Joyland, Alfons’s […]
Based in Christchurch, New Zealand, the duo of Steven Marr and Indira Force formed Doprah back in 2012 and in their relatively short history together, they have seen a considerable amount of success – they’ve released a number […]
The Parisian electronica duo of SomethingALaMode have developed a reputation for fusing their passion for the classical compositions of Stravinsky with that of Daft Punk. In fact, the duo’s 2009 debut was released to critical […]
Lust For Youth, a Copenhagen, Denmark-based act initially began as the solo project of Hannes Norvide. And his solo releases have been described as “dark, cold atonal lonely, tormented” and even “lower than lo fi.” However, with the […]
The Toronto, ON-based Beta Frontiers began under some rather humble circumstances – started in Michael Butler’s living room, as a home studio electronica experiment based on an assemblage of various influences. Some close friends encouraged […]
Taylor McFerrin is a Brooklyn-based producer, composer and DJ whose musical style has been heavily influenced by 60s and 70s soul, golden era hip-hop, free jazz and electronica. On his own work. McFerrin not only […]
Sophia Exiner, who writes, performs and records under the moniker of Phia is a Australian-born and Berlin, Germany-based indie pop artist whose sound has been compared to the likes of Bjork, tUnE yArDs, Regina Spektor and others —and considering that all of […]
As a music nerd, I’ve become a fan of particular labels. Yes, labels. In any case, Cascine Records in a short period of time has developed a reputation for releasing work from artists who specialize in an extremely […]
Shriek, the fourth and latest album from the Baltimore, MD-based duo Wye Oak has the band going through a decided change of sonic direction from their previously recorded efforts, which were primarily focused around lead vocalist […]
Based out of Toronto, ON and Montreal, QC, the sibling trio of Alie, Jaclyn, and Trevor Blumas perform under the band name of Doomsquad, an appropriate name for an act that specializes in a unique brand of down tempo […]
Ballerina Black, which consists of Bobby Moynahan, Esli Sugich (bass), Scott Eton (keyboards and guitar) and Romeo Mendzoa (drums), have been praised for a sound that has been described by many across the blogosphere as […]
Originally formed in 2002, the Italian group Late Guest at the Party have developed a reputation for a unique sound that manages to blur genre lines, as it meshes electro pop, rock ‘n’ roll, 90s […]
The duo (and cousins) behind Painted Palms, Reese Donahue and Christopher Prudhomme have almost always used the Internet — at first out of necessity, and later out of preference — to collaborate on their songwriting. When […]