Much to their fans chagrin, Thee Oh Sees are on a hiatus as their founder and creative powerhouse John Dwyer focuses on an electronic-based side project Damaged Bug. However, Pitchfork’s +1 shot some incredible and […]
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Make My Head Sing is the follow up to Jessica Lea Mayfield’s critically applauded 2011 album, Tell Me, which was produced by the Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach, with whom she has frequently collaborated in the past. Slated […]
The Chicago, IL-based Secret Colours debut self-titled effort and their 2013 sophomore effort Peach had the band as a sextet which is somewhat unusual for most indie rock these days. However, with the announcement of the band’s two forthcoming 2014 […]
“Los Angeles” is the first single off the Los Angeles-based indie soul trio Memoir’s full-length debut, Fire In Me, slated for a spring release. The extremely percussive track has angular guitar, throbbing bass, and swirling electronics in […]
The rather mysterious, New York-based electronic artist Belanger recently contacted me with his latest single “Calico.” “Calico” is a slickly produced bit of minimalist electronica that shimmers with an icy surface; however, despite it’s minimalism, […]
http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/track=544075005/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/tracklist=false/artwork=small/transparent=true/ Formed over a decade ago, the Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars have had one of the more incredible and inspiring stories you’ll likely hear of any act in recent memory. Starting out as refugees […]
Yeah Right, the Philadelphia, PA-based Bleeding Rainbow’s 2013 release gained quite a bit of attention across the blogosphere for a scuzzy, densely layered sound reminiscent of L7, Smashing Pumpkins, and several other 90s-era bands. “So You Know,” the first […]
The Copenhagen, Denmark-based duo of Mads Damsgaard Kristiansen and Esben Valloe formed Reptile Youth back in 2009. And their 2012 self-titled debut was released to world-wide critical praise with publications like Spin and Nylon comparing the band to […]
Performing under the moniker of CALLmeKAT, Katrine Ottosen, is a renowned keyboardist, composer and singer/songwriter in her native Denmark. Through old-fashioned word-of-mouth, Ottosen has impressed audiences in Germany, Austria, France and Switzerland, all before an official […]
Throughout their almost four years of existence, the members of the Toronto, ON-based band Animal Parts have relentlessly toured North America, and that dizzying experience of continuously being on the road has heavily informed the second EP of […]
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 […]
Post-Everything will be the forthcoming debut effort from the New York-based electro pop duo of Weeknight. Slated for a March 4th release through Artificial Records, an imprint of Hand Drawn Dracula Records, the duo just known […]
Released last year to little fanfare, the Wild‘s Dreams Are Maps managed to combine elements of the troubadour tradition – songs based around storytelling but delivers with the primal, defiant fury of punk rock. Clocking in at […]
The New York-based PT Walkley has managed to walk a careful tightrope between creating music for mass entertainment and consumption, as he has composed original music and has lent his songs to national TV sports, […]
Singer/songwriter Kwesi K is of Ghanian heritage and has spent time in Alaska and Ohio, and as an artist, he’s been praised by critics and bloggers for a sound that uses elements across the African […]