Freddie Gibbs may arguably be one of contemporary hip-hop’s best and (shamefully) most unheralded emcees. Sure, his songs talk about the street life but with a stark, unvarnished honesty. Indeed, unlike most mainstream emcees who […]
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Twintapes at Piano’s 2/19/14
Last Thursday was a pretty typical night for me in some respects – I first stopped at Rockwood Music Hall to catch a very dear friend of this site, Nicola play an acoustic set and […]
Originally conceived as an imaginary band, Eternal Lips is the pop-based music project of Brooklyn-based musician and artists Grey Gerstein. Lyrically and sonically, the project was meant as a way for Gerstein to explore the conventions and […]
A couple of years ago, I managed to catch Milagres open for Low at the Bowery Ballroom and I was impressed by their sound – a sound that i had described at the time as being based around stunning sense of harmony, earnest, plaintive […]
Originally founded in Denton, TX, the members of Horse Thief moved to Oklahoma City to attend the Academy of Contemporary Music at the University of Central Oklahoma. Upon their graduation, the band wound up signing up with the Flaming Lips management company, and shortly […]
In his over 16 years as DJ, Scott Melker has shared stages with the likes of DJs and acts like DJ Jazzy Jeff, DJ AM, Public Enemy, Slick Rick, Dougie Fresh, Kanye West, the Wu […]
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 […]
Let’s Be Still, the sophomore full-length effort from the Head and the Heart, debuted on Billboard’s Top 10 List and was number 1 on the Independent Label release list after it had sold some 43,000 copies in the first week of […]
Consisting of Nathan Quiroga (guitar/vocals) and Benjamin Verdoes (keyboard/drums), the Seattle-based duo, who are better known as Iska Dhaaf spent three years writing the material that would become their anticipated full-length debut, Even the Sun Will […]
In their native UK, the funk collective of Jungle are a breakout act but they’re starting to make inroads Stateside – their latest single “Busy Earnin’” recently received airplay on KCRW‘s Morning Becomes Electric. Interestingly, the […]
Consisting of childhood friends, Darren Weiss (drummer/vocals) and Danny Present, the Los Angeles-based duo of PAPA’s earliest influences were punk rock – and although the band sonically plays indie rock, as you’ll see in this live […]
The Brooklyn-based duo of Josh Ocean and Eric “Doc” Mendelsohn, better known as Ghost Beach, have started to gain the attention of the blogosphere for a sound that’s heavily rooted in 80s synth pop and […]
Now known as international stars and critical darlings, indie electro pop/indie rock act Cut Copy started out from humble beginnings – as the solo creative project of Melbourne, Australia-based DJ and graphic designer Dan Whitford in 2001. By […]
Marcus Lambkin writes, records and performs under the moniker of Shit Robot. DFA Records will be releasing Lambkin’s sophomore effort as Shit Robot, We Got a Love on March 18th. Recorded in NYC and in Germany the album features a […]
Vanessa Brown, writes, produces and performs as V.V. Brown and when she released her latest effort, Samson and Delilah, Brown added the title of record label head to her description, as she released the album through her own […]