Ishmael “Butterfly” Butler has had a reputation for being weird, going back to his days as a member of the Grammy-winning Digable Planets. After all, for a hip hop act, Digable Planets was extremely weird […]
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The Seattle, WA-based band Pickwick will be on an extensive tour, opening for Black Joe Lewis (he’s pretty good live) and Neko Case over the course of the fall, to support their debut effort, Can’t Talk […]
I happen to quite a fan of Seattle, WA-based label Hardly Art Records – they just put out an interesting array of lo-fi and indie rock with at a pretty consistent clip. Hunx and his […]
Occasionally, large festivals can be exhausting mixed bags. With things going on simultaneously, you’re forced to make a difficult balancing act between those acts which you may find personally enjoyable an newsworthy with discovering something […]
Occasionally, large festivals can be exhausting mixed bags. With things going on simultaneously, you’re forced to make a difficult balancing act between those acts which you may find personally enjoyable an newsworthy with discovering something […]
Seattle, WA-based quartet La Luz released a cassette tape earlier this year through Burger Records, and it included the great single “Sure as Spring.” And through that single, there was one thing that was absolutely […]
City Light is the collaborative electronic/indie rock project of singer/songwriter Matt Shaw and producer Nick Andre. The act originally began as a long-distance audio project with the-then Seattle, WA-based Shaw and the San Francisco, CA-based […]
Damp Face is the latest EP from the Seattle, WA-based quartet of La Luz. “Sure as Spring” is the latest single from that EP, and when you listen to the track, it should remind you of […]
Bay Area retro-punks Shannon and the Clams latest album, Dreams in the Rat House sees it’s official release through Hardly Art Records today. “Rip Van Winkle” is the second single from the new album, and although […]
TEEN, a quarter comprising of the Lieberson sisters – lead singer and multi-instrumentalist Teeny, keyboardist Lizzie, drummer Katherine and bassist Jane Herships – will be releasing the Carolina EP on May 28th. Carolina is a follow-up to their debut […]
La Musique Numerique (it’s French for “Digital Music”), is the forthcoming sophomore effort from the Los Angeles, CA and London, UK-based duo of AM and Shawn Lee. With this new album, the band cements their reputation […]
The Los Angeles-based band, the Lonely WIld’s 2011 release, Dead End landed at number 19 on this site’s Best of 2011 list. And for those fans, critics and others who had fallen in love with their sound […]
Ishmael “Butterfy” Butler, formerly of Digable Planets has a long developed reputation for creating an uncompromising hip hop sound – one that defies easy description or categorization. His current project, Shabazz Palaces, furthers cements that […]
Formed in 2004, the members of the Edmonton, Alberta, Canada-based Shout Out Out Out had been in a number of that area’s punk and rock bands – but it was shared interest in synthesizers and […]
“Just To Be Like You,” is the latest single from the Brooklyn-based band, Ski Lodge, formed by Andrew Marr back in 2011. The track is a jangling bit of pop that sounds quite a bit […]