The Portland, OR-based Vocalist Randa Leigh and producer/multi-instrumentalist Brian Vincent comprise the electro pop act SOS. And in interviews, the duo have publicly claimed the xx, Aaliyah, D’Angelo and Kanye West as influences. Although, lyrically the duo’s work explores the feelings, emotional impulses […]
Tag: indie pop
Growing up, Arum Rae’s family frequently moved, and she found shelter and a sense of belonging in her various schools’ music programs. While attending her third high school, her choir teacher heard her sing, and believed in […]
If you’ve followed this site over the past few months or even longer, you know that a few months ago I received an email from Miami, FL-based label, Art House Records about an up-and-coming Miami-based electro pop artist, Brika. […]
The Twilight Sad are a Scottish trio comprised of James Graham (vocals), Andy McFarlane (guitar) and Mark Devine (drums) are both critical darlings and something of an indie rock cult favorite band, who haven’t seen […]
Static Noise, the anticipated follow up to this debut effort, Ultra was heavily inspired by Brian Lopez’s time on the road, collaborating with a variety of artists including Howie Gelb and KT Tunstall. But the material on […]
The Los Angeles, CA-based duo of Holiday J (bass) and Nicole Turley (drums) formed Amoureux after bonding over their pasts as dancers; and in some way, their pasts as dancers suggests that they have an […]
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 for his collaborations with Mount Eerie, Nite Jewel and Dirty Projectors’s […]
Charles Lavoie, Vincent Legault, and Frannie Holder formed Dear Criminals as a side project after several years of wanting to collaborate together and not being able to do so. “Petite Mort” is the latest single […]
When I heard “Wasting, Waiting” the latest single off the Chicago, IL-based Yawn’s forthcoming Love Chills, I was immediately reminded of Violens’ fantastic Amoral. Both “Wasting, Waiting” and Amoral manage to possess an unconventional air as both manage to be […]
Written in Hamilton, ON and produced by Tony Hoffer, best known for his work with Beck, the Kooks and M83, High Noon, the Arkells’s latest effort may arguably be the band’s most unabashedly earnest to date. The album’s latest single “11:11” continues where […]
Recently it seems as though a great deal of my life as a blogger involves email – that’s right, checking, writing, responding and receiving email. But that’s not a terrible thing; if anything, it means […]
As I’ve mentioned at least 500,000 times (or more) on this site, I receive an increasing number of emails from bands, publicity firms and labels from across the world. Just the other day, I received […]
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 […]
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 […]