Comprised of Joel Cohen (vocals, guitar), Allen Esser (drums), and Leah Callahan (vocals and keyboards), the Boston, MA-based trio of The Glass Set specialize in a dreamy shoegazer rock that is naturally inspired by 80s […]
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While in his late teens and early 20s, singer/songwriter Tyler Verhagen took to the road, spending two years on the off-ramps and in the truck stops and 24 hour diners that are part of the hitchhiking […]
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 […]
I caught the Brooklyn-based Texan Carrie Ashley Hill open the proceedings for January’s monthly Communion showcase at Rockwood Music Hall. And although all of the acts played surprisingly short sets, I was thoroughly impressed by Hill as […]
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 […]
Based out of Sydney, Australia, the trio of Yes I’m Leaving,comprised of David Cooke (bass), Anthony Boyer (drums) and Billy Burke (guitar), have released three albums and during that time have developed a reputation for a live sound […]
The Athens, GA-based duo of Ella Kasper and Lenny Miller, better known as Cancers, originally met while they were touring with their own respective bands and they both decided to work together on a project […]
If you read this blog regularly, you know that over the past 18 months or so i’ve been receiving an increasing number of emails from PR firms, labels, artists and band management from all over […]
Gosh Pith, the Detroit-based duo of Josh Smith (vocals, guitar and production) and Josh Freed (samples, synths and production) have developed a reputation for material that focuses on capturing a specific feeling, rather than a concrete […]
Over the winter, Eric D. Johnson, best known for his work in Fruit Bats decided to sit down and write an album’s worth of songs over the course of a few weeks. However, at the time, it was […]
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. […]
In my line of work, many wind up being cynical and jaded – after all, many of my colleagues claim that they know it all, have seen it all and have heard it all. But […]
The Los Angeles-based quartet, The Lonely Wild’s debut EP, Dead End landed at number 19 on this site’s Best of 2011 list and managed to win quite a bit of attention across the blogosphere, which made their full-length debut, The Sun As […]
4 Knots Festival featuring Re-tros, Juan Wauters, Viet Cong, Nude Beach, Those Darlins and Dinosaur, Jr. 7/12/14
4 Knots Festival featuring Re-tros, Juan Wauters, Viet Cong, Nude Beach, Those Darlins and Dinosaur, Jr. South Street Seaport July 12, 2014 As promised, I was recently covering the 4 Knots Festival with my dear […]
Based out of Long Island, the trio of NGHBRS – which is comprised of Ian Kenny (keyboards and vocals), Jordan Schneider (drums) and Thomas Fleischmann (guitar) – have quickly developed a reputation for an alternative […]