Australian singer/songwriter Nicholas Murphy has performed and recorded under the moniker Chet Faker, a crafted pseudonym which is an ode to the singing style of Chet Baker, while incorporating the time he spent producing house […]
Tag: Toronto
The (currently) New York-based band Haerts consists of members who have originally hailed from Germany, the UK and the States. And with the release of two early singles – “Wings” and “All the Days” – […]
Steel Phantoms, a Brooklyn-based indie rock duo, which comprises of former Islands drummer, Aaron Harris and Jesse Newkirk. Their first EP, Forer received quite a bit of love from several major publications and blogs such as Spin, My […]
Toronto, ON-based band HSY formed back in 2011 and now that they appear to have a permanent lineup, the band retreated to the Toronto suburbs to record the material that wound up on their self-titeld […]
Toronto, ON-based duo Some Minor Noise, have described themselves as making music that you can “dance/cry/break stuff to.” Certainly, their latest single “Understanding” possesses a deeply innate frustration, regret and profound sadness similar to that […]
Washed Out’s Within Without landed at number 24 on this site’s Best of 2011 List thanks in part to Ernest Greene’s cooed vocals backed by sleek, icy snyth lines played through gentle layers of reverb and delay pedals and backed […]
Back in 2010, the Toronto, ON-based band Dinosaur Bones released an album that I really enjoyed, My Divider. Sonically, the album consisted of material that was pretty complex – it was full of varying time signature changes […]
Washed Out‘s Within Without landed at number 24 on this site’s Best of 2011 List thanks in part to Ernest Greene’s cooed vocals backed by sleek, icy snyth lines played through gentle layers of reverb and delay pedals […]
Chicago, IL-based band My Gold Mask released one of the more interesting albums I’ve come across this year, Leave Me Midnight – an atmospheric album that sonically evokes the sensation of sound echoing off large-ceilinged rooms […]
The Toronto, ON-based band NIGHTBOX recently released their latest single “Utopia,” and with it’s gleaming synths, it creates a glimpse of a clean, efficient, orderly future – and yet, as forward-thinking as it seems, the […]
The Toronto, ON-based Eli V Gore is a project fronted by Eli V. And although Eli V is only 24, he’s spent a decade playing in a ton of punk and no wave bands across […]
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 […]
Last year, Torche released the critically well received Harmonicraft and before they were about to embark on a national tour, they released a new single as part of the Volcom Entertainment Vinyl Club (VEVC), titled “Keep […]
The Toronto, ON (by way of ireland)-based quintet Nightbox released their debut EP back in 2011, and it won international praise from the likes of the BBC, and others. And as a result, they toured […]
Sub Pop Records will be releasing the London-based duo, Still Corners’ sophomore effort Strange Pleasures on May 7th. “Berlin Lovers,” the first single off the album has the band gently expanding their sound with a greater emphasis […]