While in France, singer/songwriter Jay Chakravorty met a Mexican woman who used to playfully call him Cajita, which translates into English as “little box,” thanks to the fact that she claimed that every time she […]
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Best known for his work in Backyard Tire Fire, Edward David Anderson will be releasing his debut solo effort, LIes and Wishes through Royal Potato Family on April 29. Produced by Steve Berlin of Los Lobos, the […]
With members based in Berlin, Germany and here in NYC, the quartet of Fenster originally formed in the winter of 2010; however, they recorded their debut effort, Bones without playing a live set together. The Pink […]
Recorded both at home and at Q Division Studios in Somerville, MA, Elite Lines, the third and forthcoming album form the Boston-based band Faces on Film, reveals a great deal of growth in frontman (and creative […]
Rodrigo Amarante is better known for his work as a member of Little Joy and Los Hermanos will be releasing his debut solo effort, Cavalo on May 6 through Easy Sound Records. “Hourglass,” the album’s first single, […]
Originally one half of the sister duo Festival and a member of the experimental prog project Ga’an, the Brooklyn-based electro pop artist Lindsay Powell now performs as a solo artist, under the moniker of Fielded. […]
Having just survived a potentially fatal van accident, the members of New Brunswick,NJ-based band Screaming Females showed up at for their set at the Hideout with a newfound sense of urgency and purpose, and they […]
Freddie Gibbs may arguably be one of contemporary hip-hop’s best and (shamefully) most unheralded emcees. Sure, his songs talk about the street life but with a stark, unvarnished honesty. Indeed, unlike most mainstream emcees who […]
A couple of years ago, I managed to catch Milagres open for Low at the Bowery Ballroom and I was impressed by their sound – a sound that i had described at the time as being based around stunning sense of harmony, earnest, plaintive […]
In his over 16 years as DJ, Scott Melker has shared stages with the likes of DJs and acts like DJ Jazzy Jeff, DJ AM, Public Enemy, Slick Rick, Dougie Fresh, Kanye West, the Wu […]
In their native UK, the funk collective of Jungle are a breakout act but they’re starting to make inroads Stateside – their latest single “Busy Earnin’” recently received airplay on KCRW‘s Morning Becomes Electric. Interestingly, the […]
Coming from a musical family, based out of Peekskill, NY, Alana Amram has been in music in some fashion for most of her life. By the time Amram was a teenager, she was already a part of NYC’s underground […]
The Brooklyn-based duo of Josh Ocean and Eric “Doc” Mendelsohn, better known as Ghost Beach, have started to gain the attention of the blogosphere for a sound that’s heavily rooted in 80s synth pop and […]
Marcus Lambkin writes, records and performs under the moniker of Shit Robot. DFA Records will be releasing Lambkin’s sophomore effort as Shit Robot, We Got a Love on March 18th. Recorded in NYC and in Germany the album features a […]
Singer and vocalist Chris Kittrell with the assistance of guitarist, Zach McMillan records and performs under the moniker of Baby Alpaca. And as as a duo, they’ve received quite a bi tof attention across the blogosphere for […]