One of the great things about running this site is the fact that on a daily basis I’m introduced to a variety of music and artists on a daily basis. Yesterday, I received an email […]
Tag: indie pop
Singer, songwriter and cellist Cajsa Siik was born in a fishing village just outside of Umea, in Northern Sweden. Eventually, her creative path lead her to her current hometown of Stockholm, where she became known […]
The Toronto, ON-based avant garde pop artist Valery Gore began her musical career with formal training at the piano when she was 8. Gore’s classical training was further developed into conceptual songwriting when she studied jazz at […]
Irish-born and currently London-based sisters Hannah and Colette Thurlow perform as the electro pop duo 2:54 – and with the 2012 release of their debut effort, the duo won international attention and toured with the […]
Jeffrey Innes, the frontman of Yukon Blonde had an excess of time off the road and a burst of creativity that promoted him to start a solo side project, High Ends – and the new […]
For over a decade singer/songwriter Nicholas Krgovich (pronged KER-ga-ViTCH) has developed a reputation for an idiosyncratic and creatively restless spirit as he’s written and performed in projects such as No Kids, Gigi and P:ANO and […]
Vocalist and co-songwriter Bree Sharp of Beautiful Small Machines started her career as a solo artist with a cult hit “David Duchovny (Why Won’t You Love Me?)” off her debut album, A Cheap and Evil Girl. […]
The Brooklyn-based quintet of Tyburn Saints have a sound that owes quite a debt to atmospheric 80s synth pop and 80s synth rock with earnestly sung lyrics – when you hear “With the Night In […]
The UK-based pop act THUMPERS have received quite a bit of love on both sides of the Atlantic after the release of “Unkinder (A Tougher Love),” the first single of their debut full-length Galore. And once you […]
With the release of her critically applauded full-length effort, I Predict A Graceful Explosion, the Canadian born and London-based Al Spyx, who writes, records and performs under the moniker of Cold Specks put herself on the map as a vocalist […]
Jake Hays is a Los Angeles, CA-based multi-instrumentalist and vocalist, who writes and records under the moniker Maudlin Strangers. And interestingly. Hays also managed to engineer, track and produce his forthcoming effort Overdose from his bedroom – […]
Although they’re now internationally known and are considered critical darlings across both the blogosphere and in print, Cut Copy started out from humble beginnings – as the solo creative project of Melbourne, Australia-based DJ and graphic designer […]
Written, recorded and produced over a two year period and released to critical praise last September, Goldfrapp‘s latest effort, Tales of Us may well be among the group’s most atmospheric and gorgeous work to date, as the the album’s compositions […]
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 […]
Produced by Deerhoof’s Greg Saunier and recorded in downtown Manhattan’s Clocktower Gallery, People Get Ready’s forthcoming new album, Physiques began as collection of incomplete song sketches that developed as fully fleshed songs through improvisation, revision and […]