Buscabulla (which is a Puerto Rican Spanish slang word for troublemaker), is Brooklyn-based duo of designer and vocalist Raquel Berrios and multi-instrumentalist Luis Alfredo Del Valle. Heavily influenced by salsa gorda, Cuban psych and 80s Argentinian […]
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As a music journalist, it’s often extremely convenient to get caught up on your local scene or your national scene. Sometimes it’s out of unadulterated and unapologetic biases but usually it’s out of both laziness […]
Toronto, ON-based avant garde pop artist Valery Gore began her musical career with formal training at the piano when she was 8. Gore’s classical training was further developed into conceptual songwriting when she studied jazz at Humber College. But much […]
Comprised of Sinosa Micik, lead vocalist; Bobby Tamkin, drummer producer and songwriter, who was previously a member of the Warlocks; Devin Johnson, guitarist; Lisa Fendelander, keyboardist; Kyle Hines, bassist; and the recently recruited Derek Muro on […]
Liars have a long-held reputation for defying expectations at every single turn of their careers, and for a sound that has been at times purposely challenging. WIXIW, which landed at number 21 on this site’s Best of 2012 was an […]
Rene Lopez may well be one of the most talented, charming and sadly under-appreciated artists I’ve had the unique pleasure of covering and getting to know through this site’s history. As the son of Rene Lopez Sr, […]
Released last year through Wax Poetics Records, New York-based singer/songwriter Kendra Morris’ debut effort, Banshee was critically well-received with Morris being compared favorably to the likes of vocalists such as Adele, Joss Stone, Amy Winehouse and interestingly enough, the legendary Janis Joplin. Mockingbird, her sophomore […]
With the release of his previous four albums, 1983 (2006), Los Angeles (2008), Cosmogramma (2010), and Until the Quiet Comes (2012), the Los Angeles-based producer, electronic music artist, and emcee Flying Lotus has won critical acclaim for his genre-defying work. And his forthcoming […]
http://www.funnyordie.com/embed/b6fff03d4e TV on the Radio “Happy Idiot” feat. Paul Reubens and Karen Gillan from Funny Or Die “Ignorance is bliss" TV on the Radio’s Tunde Adebimpe sings with a a mixture of subtly mirthful indifference, a […]
As I’ve mentioned countless times on this site, I frequently receive emails from publicity firms, artists, labels and band managers from all over the world, and it turns this site’s mission of presenting and covering […]
Taking their name from Vesta, the largest and brightest asteroid in our solar system and nodding to Spacemen 3, The Asteroid No. 4 originally formed as a quartet in Philadelphia, PA; however, by the time the […]
Comprised of French duo Adrien Cau (clarinet, bass clarinet) and Benoit Paramentier (percussion, drums), along with Layla Kim (synths, piano), Rick Tipton (samples, electronic sounds), and Sjur Opsal (bass, double bass), Kinkajous is a London, […]
https://scache.vevo.com/m/html/embed.html?video=USQX91401280&playerType=embedded YELLE are a French electro pop act founded back in 2000 by its namesake Yelle (a.k.a Juliet Bidet) and GrandMarnier (Jean-Francois Perrier). Bidet and Perrier won quite a bit of attention in their native […]
The Chicago,IL-based quartet of YAWN have won over the attention of the blogosphere for a sound that possesses elements of electronica and psych pop that has drawn comparisons to the likes of Animal Collective, Yeasayer […]
As a music blogger, I’ve talked to several dozen musicians and no matter what genre they play, the common theme is that being a musician is tough, but being a musician in New York seems […]