Over the past few years, Grupo Fantasma has developed a reputation as being among a small group of outstanding, independent Latin bands – and perhaps even rarer, among a group of truly unheralded funk bands, despite […]
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One of the great things about running this site is the fact that on a daily basis I’m introduced to a variety of music and artists on a daily basis. Yesterday, I received an email […]
The Los Angeles-based quartet, The Lonely Wild’s debut EP, Dead End landed at number 19 on this site’s Best of 2011 list and managed to win quite a bit of attention across the blogosphere, which made their full-length debut, The Sun As […]
Originally formed in 2002, the Italian group Late Guest at the Party quickly developed a reputation for a sound that manages to blur genre lines, as it meshes electro pop, rock ‘n’ roll, 90s Brit pop and techno. […]
Comprised of James Curd, a sought after remixer and producer; Morgan Phalen, who contributed vocals to Justice’s sophomore effort, Audio Visual Disco; and Surahn Sidhu, the touring bassist and guitarist for Empire of the Sun, the […]
Founded in Cincinnati, OH over 25 years ago, the Afghan Whigs have long been a sort of cult favorite band — music journalists and musicians really in the know have loved them for a sound that employed elements of […]
Elephant Stone, led by Rishi Dihr, a renowned sitar player, released their self-titled, sophomore effort through Hidden Pony Records last year, and the material on the album used elements of traditional Eastern instrumentation with Western songwriting and instrumentation […]
Born in San Francisco, CA and now based in Brooklyn, electronic artist and producer James Harmon Stack, better known as his production moniker Jim-E Stack, was initially a jazz drummer – until he entered the […]
http://www.nowness.com/media/embedvideo?itemid=3958&issueid=2909 Liars: Pro Anti Anti on Nowness.com Throughout their careers, the Los Angeles-based act of Liars have defied expectations, often crating a sound that has been purposely challenging or just flat out weird – and with a “zero […]
If you frequently follow this blog, you know that I often cover and present a wild variety of music, and that reading this blog can be a dizzying and world spanning experience. But deep in […]
Released by her new label, Sacred Bones Records earlier this year, July, Marissa Nadler‘s sixth full-length album was recorded in Avast Studios in Seattle. The album marks Nadler’s first time working with producer Randall Dunn (who has worked with the likes of Earth, Sunn O))), Wolves in the […]
As you know, I receive an increasing amount of emails from bands, labels, band managers and publicists all over the world and some time ago, I received en email from the Hamilton, ON-based electronic rock/electro pop quartet […]
The duo of Tui Mamaki and Monsiuer E. formed Mamaku over their shared French New Zealand heritage and their passion for music and travel. And across their native New Zealand, they have developed a reputation […]
The Austin, TX-based quartet, The Young have publicly claimed that the power chord heavy sounds of Thin Lizzy, Crazy Horse and others have influenced them – and in fact, they’ve won over bloggers, critics and fans […]
Consisting of the Texas-born Paige McClain Wood and the Silver Lake, CA-born Steven Trezevant Dies, the Peach Kings have publicly claimed that their influences include Nancy Sinatra, Roy Orbison, Led Zeppelin and the Cramps. And the first single, “Hold On” off the duo’s […]