Although A Million Billion Dying Suns is a relatively new band that formed within the last year or so, frontman Nate Mercereau and his bandmates have backed the likes of Richard Ashcroft, Lauryn Hill and the legendary Chaka Khan. The band will […]
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The Montreal, QC-based Rishi Dihr and his band Elephant Stone released their self-titled, sophomore effort through Hidden Pony Records last year, and the album deftly used elements of traditional Eastern songwriting and instrumentation with Western songwriting and instrumentation to create […]
The Chicago-based duo of Greta Rochelle and Jack Armando formed My Gold Mask around their mutual love of Italian Giallo cinema, mystery movies, and the dimly-lit warehouse district of their hometown where their rehearsal space is located. Their 2009 self-titled, […]
The Athens, GA-based band Dream Boat is a collaboration between Dan Donahue and Page Campbell, two notable artists in Athens’ psychedelic scene, as well as two Aquarians, who coincidentally share the same birthday. And with the release of the […]
Seattle, WA-based singer and songwriter Justin Vallestros writes, records and performs under the moniker of Craft Spells, and the folks at Captured Tracks will be releasing his much-awaited sophomore effort, Nausea, which is the follow up […]
Originally a member of the Dambuilders, guitarist, violinist, and singer/songwriter Joan Wasser has performed and released three solo albums under the moniker of Joan as Policewoman since 2002. Her fourth and solo album, The Classic which PIAS released earlier this year, was […]
The Queens, NYC-based Panopoulos brothers, Teddy (vocals) and Nick (guitar and vocals) have spent about a decade playing in a number of bands in the city’s underground scene. But almost two years ago, the Panopoulos […]
The Madrid-based trio the Parrots quickly became something of an underground sensation in their hometown, thanks to the release of a demo, which was quietly released without much promotion and with little fanfare; in fact, the official video […]
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 […]
Patrick Clos (guitar, vocals) was in several San Francisco,CA-based bands and played around with bedroom recordings until 2011 when he decided to start his own band, Cocktails. Lauren Matsui (guitar, synth, vocals), Phil Lantz (drums) […]
Fortuna, the sophomore full-length effort from the now UK-based, New Zealand trio Popstrangers is a decided and radical change of sonic direction for the band. Instead of the power chord-based grunge of their debut full-length […]
The three founding members of the Brooklyn-based indie rock sensation Beast Patrol, Vanessa Bley (lead vocals and guitar), Robert Granata (guitar) and Anthony Marchesi (bass) met while performing at an anti-frakcing concert. Pedal Power back […]
Released last August, by Brooklyn-based indie rock label, Frenchkiss Records, Crimes of Passion is the follow up to the San Diego, CA-based band Crocodiles’ critically praised, Endless Flowers,. And through both effort,s the band has […]
With the release of their eighth full-length effort, With Light and With Love, Woods continued to cement their recent reputation for experimenting with their sound – their latest album has the band employing the use of […]
Comprised of John Morosi (drums and lead vocals), Chris Kehoe (bass, synths and backing vocals), and Jake Harris (guitars, lead vocals), the New Paltz, NY-based trio of What Moon Things were formed in Morosi’s dark, moldy […]