Big Deal’s forthcoming Mute Records release, June Gloom will drop on June 4, and the latest single from the album, “Dream Machines” sounds a a bit like Matt and Kim on steroids – big, stomping drums, chiming […]
Tag: indie rock
Like countless bands, the Washington, DC-based quartet of Paperhaus consists of four guys with very different musical influences who have bonded together over their mutual love of music and their desire to play music. Guitarists […]
Back in 2006, Montag Mania released their debut effort, Piraya through their own Love Bomb Music Records to favorable reviews in their native Sweden. And as a result of the buzz from that album, they opened for Daniel Lanois in Stockholm, among […]
Olivia Scibelli (guitars and vocals), Betty Banyay (bass) and Matt Manning (drums and vocals) formed Fancytramp last year. Heavily informed by the DIY ethos, the band has relentlessly toured in that time, slowly building up […]
“Birds” is one of the first batch of singles from the Morals‘ Music, Tree, Life, Understanding. With a devastatingly simple arrangement for the bulk of the song – guitar, vocals and drums – the song, thanks […]
Winnipeg, Manitoba-based sextet Royal Canoe has developed a reputation for crafting a seamless musical pastiche, as well as being influenced by the extremities of the weather in their hometown – bitter cold winters and hot […]
Yesterday the members of the National participated in a Reddit AMA (ask me anything) in which members of the band answered questions from Reddit users and fans. After the question and answer session, the band […]
The Gainesville, FL-based quartet of Morningbell has been incredibly prolific as they’ve released 5 albums and 9 EPs in the past 9 years. Boa Noite, the band’s sixth effort continues the band’s prolific reputation while revealing that they’re a band […]
The forthcoming Behold A Pale Horse will be Anna Rose’s sophomore effort, as well as the follow-up to her critically well-received debut, Nomad. i’ve heard a great deal of the songs off Pale Horse live, and the material reflects Mencken’s extraordinary […]
We Are Loud Whispers is a collaborative effort featuring Sonya Westcott of Arthur and Yu and Ayumu Hatani of 4 Bonjour Parties. The duo first met when Wescott’s primarily project, Arthur and Yu were touring […]
http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/v=2/album=1918389929/size=venti/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB/ Bootblacks recently released the Narrowed EP as a limited cassette release, through Modern Tapes and it quickly sold out. The band will be releasing the EP on vinyl through Chicago-based Rococo Records (the label home of […]
Tessa Rose Jackson has made quite a name for herself in her native Netherlands as a singer,songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer – and she’s only 20 years old. Influenced by the music she grew up listening […]
I first encountered the Wellington, New Zealand-based duo of Glass Vaults when they opened for pILLOW thEORY at a private, charity function last year, and i fell in love with their sound – it’s gorgeous, […]
Back in 2009, Spectrals began as the solo project of Louis Jones, who played every instrument on the earliest singles released through Captured Tracks, Tough Love Records, Underwater Peoples, and Moshi Moshi. Some time later, Jones […]
“So Long” is the latest single off Radiation City’s upcoming sophomore release, Animals in the Median, which Portland, OR-based label Tender Loving Empire will release on May 21st. The track effortlessly plays with genre conventions – […]