Since forming in Hamburg, Germany four years ago, Collapse Under the Empire, which consists of the duo Chris Burda and Martin Grimm have received attention internationally for a unique brand of prog rock that manages to be at […]
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Formerly the vocalist for the Bay Area-based shoegaze band, Whirr, Kristina Esfandiari writes, records and performs under the moniker of Miserable – a band name that will likely have your search engine wheezing and struggling […]
http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/track=2729023148/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/tracklist=false/transparent=true/ Formed last year, the UK-based quartet of of Gold Codes have a sound that they’ve described as being “situated somewhere between Texas, Lagos, 1960s London, and the Congo.” In other words, it has elements of psych rock, […]
A Q&A with Three Wise Monkey’s Brad “Kypo” Kypriotis
As a blogger, i frequently receive tons of emails from PR firms and labels touting a new band or someone’s latest project and on occasion I hear from a band or an artist personally. Sometimes […]
The instrumental duo of El Ten Eleven recently announced a bunch of North American tour dates which will include a Canadian show opening for Peter Hook and the Light (yes, Peter Hook of New Order […]
The Octopus Project’s latest full-length album, Fever Forms was released earlier this year by Peek-A-Boo Records, and sonically, the album has the relentlessly experimental Austin, TX-based quartet altering their sound –there’s more of an emphasis on buzzing […]
Canadian art rockers Yamantaka//Sonic Titan‘s YT//ST was one of the most unique albums i’ve heard in some time – in fact it landed at number 6 on this site’s Best of 2012 List. The band which really […]
Big Hits! is the first full-length album released by the Austin, TX-based the Boxing Lesson in about five years. And sonically, the material on the album is much more rock orientated than their previous efforts. They […]
Since their founding 2004, the Chicago, IL-based band Walking Bicycles will be releasing a 7" on July 30th – titled So/Badada, the material on the 7" will be a teaser for the band’s fourth full-length […]
i’ve been caught the Octopus Project twice when they’ve stopped in the NYC area, and live the band plays with an infectiously joyous, gleeful energy – that is while having a sound that kicks ass. […]
Hamburg, Germany-based duo Chris Burda and Martin Grimm, also known as, Collapse Under the Empire, released their latest effort, Fragments of a Prayer to critical praise. Continuing a rather prolific pace, the band will be releasing […]
Dave Keily and Daniel Holderer formed the Muscle Shoals, AL-based Blind the Sky back in 2007, and although the band went through a couple of lineup changes until Mike Hollander joined the band in 2010, […]
The Greensboro, North Carolina-based trio of Jon Case (bass), Jason Duff (guitar, sax, moog) and Jason Ward, a.k.a Irata released one of my favorite albums of 2010, and they’re back with a new EP, Vultures which SIlber […]