Galantis, the duo of Christian “Bloodshy” Karlson of Miike Snow and Linus Elkow, better known as Style of Eye have quickly won the attention of the blogosphere with the release of “Help” and “The Heart […]
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Named after their frontman, Orville Bateman Neely III, the OBN IIIs have won quite a bit of attention across the blogosphere as Neely has been described as a sort of punk rock Elvis in front […]
Chicago-based songwriter and producer Adele Nichols started her latest project Axons, after a moment of profound and frightening loss. Nichols was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2011; however, last year Nichols’ condition had worsened to […]
With the release of Late for War, their debut effort, the Brooklyn-based act, the Bright Smoke, which consists of the duo of Mia Wilson and Quincy Ledbetter, quickly won a reputation for crafting a sound with […]
With a name like Architecture in Helsinki, most people would assume that they’d have to be from Finland or had spent time in Finland; however, the band ironically enough is Australian – and they’re in […]
As the co-founder of Monotonix, guitarist and composer Yonatan Gat was part of a band that was once hailed as being one of most intense rock bands in the world. But after five years of […]
The Brooklyn-based sextet Stargazy has received attention from the likes of Brooklyn Vegan. the Village Voice, Magnet Magazine and others for a sound that the band claims drew inspiration from Radiohead, Sunny Day Real Estate and Dredg. […]
Legend has it that a traveling witch doctor and her disciples were led to an extremely tiny and remote Northern Swedish village by an unknown Sami traveller. The reason the traveller lead the witch doctor […]
When the Chicago, IL-based Secret Colours released their debut, self-titled effort and their sophomore effort Peach last year, they were a sextet, which is a somewhat unusual setup for most indie rock bands. But between those releases and the announcement […]
After the 2009 release of the Honey Trees‘ Wake the Earth EP, the duo of Becky Filip and Jacob Wick spent four years writing the material that would wind up on their forthcoming debut, Bright Fire. And […]
Formed by Ishmael “Butterfly” Butler, once of Digable Planets flame, Shabazz Palaces manages to continue Butler’s reputation for creating a brand of hip hop that’s so unique that it uncompromisingly defies easy description or categorization. In fact, on Black Up, […]
As an artist, the Buenos Aires-based Juana Molina has developed a reputation for a restless experimentalism. In fact, her latest effort, Wed 21 which Crammed Discs Records released a few months ago was written and conceived in Molina’s studio – and […]
Luminous, the Horrors’ much-anticipiated and long-awaited follow up to their critically applauded 2011 release, Skying was recorded over a 15 month period in the band’s East London studio/laboratory/bunker with co-producer Craig Silvey, who has worked with the […]
Turning Rocks, the latest effort from the Transatlantic husband and wife duo of Erika and Simon Angell, better known as Thus Owls is heavily inspired and informed both by Erika Angell’s childhood memories of her tiny […]
Over the past two decades, drummer Stanton Moore has developed a reputation as being one of the country’s renowned (and somewhat unheralded) funk musicians for his work with Galactic, the incredible Garage A Trois and […]