The Dallas, TX-based quartet Dead Flowers have developed a reputation both locally and regionally for a boozy, blues rock sound that also possesses elements of punk rock in a way that arguably owes a debt […]
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Comprised of brothers Chris and Jon Chu and Julian Harmon, the Brooklyn-based trio of POP ETC, spent the better part of 2014 in the studio writing and recording new material. And the first single from those […]
Growing up in Tyler, TX Knifight’s John Gable (vocals) was first inspired by that town’s hardcore scene; however, Knifight began as a solo industrial electronic project. Keyboardist and saxophonist Patrick Marshall joined Knifight, the project […]
Although this particular site isn’t overly political, political and social issues always influences and informs the art that we respond to and love; after all, political and social issues influence every aspect of our lives […]
If you’ve been following this site for some time now, you may have remembered that earlier this year, I wrote about Alan Wilkis, best known under his musical moniker, Big Data. And his first, single “Dangerous,” […]
https://scache.vevo.com/m/html/embed.html?video=USUMV1400456&playerType=embedded Since TV on the Radio’s formation in 2001, the band has developed a reputation for restless experimentalism and some of the most challenging, thoughtful material in contemporary indie rock, and arguably they may be […]
As a blogger, I receive an incomprehensibly large amount of music over the course of a calendar year but, to be honest with you, out of everything I receive there are few albums that I’ll […]
“Ignorance is bliss” TV on the Radio’s Tunde Adebimpe sings with a a mixture of subtly mirthful indifference, a world-weary heartache and sighing resignation during the refrain of “Happy Idiot,” the first single from the […]
Rishi Dihr is a renowned sitar player who has played with the likes of the Black Angels on their drone and doom-filled opus Directions To See A Ghost. And almost unsurprisingly, Dihr’s band Elephant Stone quickly won over fans […]
Comprised of producer Ryan Casey and vocalist Elissa LeCoque, the Brooklyn-based electro pop duo of Kodacrome have received quite a bit of attention across the blogosphere for a sound that manages to be simultaneously icy and yet […]
We Have Sound, Tom Vek’s well-received debut album was released just as the internet and social media was beginning to become increasingly pervasive, back in 2005. And after a guest appearance on Fox’s The O.C., Vek suddenly seemed […]
Recorded over a 15 month period in the Horrors’ East London studio/laboratory/bunker with co-producer, Craig Silvey, who has worked with the likes of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Arcade Fire and the National, Luminous is the much-anticiapted and […]
Montreal-based band Stars have won over fans with a sound that’s at times earnest, delicate and a pop sensibility reminiscent of 1980s New Wave – in particular, a sunnier, warmer New Order. They’re great live […]