Formed in Columbus, OH in 2009, Angela Perley and the Howlin’ Moons consists of two longtime friends Billy Zehnal (bass), Chris Connor (guitar), Perley’s high school classmate Steve Rupp (drums), and of course, Angela Perley. […]
Tag: indie rock
Brooklyn-based band Ski Lodge recently released their first single, “Just To Be Like You,” which sounds quite a bit like the Smiths – beautifully jangling guitars, and deceptively sad and forlorn. The official video for […]
“Zombies” is the second single from the Portland, OR-based band Radiation City’s upcoming Tender Loving Empire Records release, Animals in the Median, and what i love about this song is that it sounds like it was […]
Dream Boat, Athens, GA-based collaborative duo of Page Campbell and Dan Donahue’s full length debut Eclipsing was released this week through Cloud Recordings a label run by members of Olivia Tremor Control and Circulatory System. To celebrate […]
I had reviewed the National’s last album, High Violet for the Whiskey Dregs Magazine, and as I noted at the time, it was an album that resonated very deeply with me – it spoke of adult concerns, […]
Growing up in Omaha, NE, Denver Dalley, started writing music in junior high school, frequently playing extremely loud punk rock in a friend’s parents’ garage or basement. After a series of moves from Omaha, to […]
After Louis XIV’s last world tour, the band’s frontman and producer, Jason Hill covered an isolated, 100 year old house in the Hollywood Hills into a recording studio, he called Ulysses. Brimming with instruments and […]
Consisting of Marty Crandall (guitar and vocals), Neal Langford (guitar), both former members of the Shins, Crandall’s brother Maury (drums), and Jason Ward (bass), Sad Baby Wolf is a collection of accomplished musicians from Albuquerque, […]
“Oblivion” is the latest single from Bleeding Rainbow’s latest effort, Yeah Right and although the band has publicly claimed that the Everly Brothers was a major influence on this particular track, because of the layered harmonies, I […]
When the Spectrals began in 2009, they were essentially the solo project of the Heckmondwike Yorkshire, UK-based Louis Jones, who played every instrument on the band’s earliest records released through labels such as Captured Tracks, Tough Love, […]
The Los Angeles-based band, the Lonely WIld’s 2011 release, Dead End landed at number 19 on this site’s Best of 2011 list. And for those fans, critics and others who had fallen in love with their sound […]
“Your Life, Your Call” is the latest single from Junip’s self titled release which will see an April 23rd release in North America via Mute Records and across Europe via City Slang Records. The vocals […]
Walter Sickert and the ARmy of BRoken TOys have developed a reputation for their live shows being spectacles – they’re often highly theatrical with dancers and other performers, and it works with their sound as […]
American Twilight, the first album from the Crime and the City Solution in over 20 years will see a March 26th release through Mute Records. To celebrate the occasion and build up a bit of buzz […]
Caveman’s much-anticipated sophomore, self-titled album will see an April 2nd release through Fat Possum Records, and based on the singles I’ve heard and posted here – “In The City” “Over My Head” and now, the […]