After a two week vacation in the Dominican Republic with his family, Twin Shadow decided to move his home studio to a cemetery – not just any cemetery but the extra creepy Hollywood Forever Cemetery […]
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Album Review: Soft Metals’ Lenses
Photo Credit: Suzy Poling Soft Metals Lenses Captured Tracks Records Release Date: July 16, 2013 Track Listing 1. Lenses 2. Tell Me 3. When I Look Into Your Eyes 4. No Turning Back […]
Originally hailing from California, Francis Hseuh has been a musician almost all of his entire life, and he plays the guitar, flute, and piano. When he moved to New York he was pursuing a predictable […]
Born in North Carolina and now located in Los Angeles, Jonathan Wilson has been credited for having a pivotal role in reviving Laurel Canyon’s once prominent music scene. As a sought after producer, he’s worked […]
The British-based trio of London Grammar, which consists of Hannah Reid, Dot Major, and Dan Rothman, will have their much anticipated debut effort, If You Wait released through Sony/Columbia Records on September 10th. The material on the […]
Lenses, the sophomore effort from the now Los Angeles, CA-based duo Soft Metals was released last month by Brooklyn-based Captured Tracks Records. And with the release of the official video for album title track, “Lenses,” […]
Australian singer/songwriter Nicholas Murphy has performed and recorded under the moniker Chet Faker, a crafted pseudonym which is an ode to the singing style of Chet Baker, while incorporating the time he spent producing house […]
Claiming the likes of Ornette Coleman and Merle Haggard as his influences, raised in Atlanta, GA and now based in Los Angeles, CA, singer/songwriter Charlie Greene has a rather interesting story — he’s the son of a touring singer/songwriter, the grandson of a big […]
Ages, the debut full-length from the Auckland, New Zealand-based quartet Ghost Wave will see an August 27th release through Flying Nun Records. Coincidentally, Ghost Wave’s debut effort will also serve as the first release from […]
Quasimodo is a semi-fictional character who smokes a ton of weed and is obsessed with fat ass – somehow, he sounds quite a bit like someone I know. Anyway, Quasimodo and his label had intended […]
Lil Silva first made a name for himself in the English electronica scene back in 2008 with a number of singles he recorded from a makeshift home studio in Bedford, UK. By 2010, London-based label […]
Who Needs You which will see a September 10th release through East End/Canvasback Music, will be the second EP by the Chicago, IL-based quintet, the Orwells. EP title track, Who Needs You was produced by TV on the Radio’s Dave Sitek, […]
Regal Degal is a New York-based trio, by way of Los Angeles, CA of Josh da Costa (guitars and vocals), Josiah Wolfson (bass), and Jamen Whitelock (drums), with additional member Jimi Hey (Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti, […]
Last year, the duo of the Los Angeles, CA-based Boadwalk, a.k.a. Mike Edge and Amber Quintero were introduced to each other through mutual friends. Although they were both involved in different musical projects, there was […]
Originally hailing from Australia’s Blue Mountains, the quartet of Cloud Control, consisting of Alistair Wright, Heidi Leffner, Ulrich Leffner, and Jermey Kelshaw, relocated to the UK. The band’s critically applauded debut effort, Bliss Release was psychedelic and strange but […]