The Rotterdam, Netherlands-based singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentals Lisa van Viegen who writes, records and performs under the moniker of iET (pronounced “eet”) was born into a musical family and has been writing songs since she was 14 in Dutch […]
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Released earlier this year through Sub Pop Records, Too True, the latest album from Dum Dum Girls was co-produced by Richard Gottherer, who is best known for his work with Blondie. the Go-Go’s and Richard Hell and the Raveonettes’ Sune Rose Wagner – and the album […]
Sylvia Black gained attention as the vocalist of New York-based electro pop outfit KUDU, and for her collaborations with the Black-Eyed Peas, Moby, William Orbit, Kelis, Spank Rock, the Knocks, Telepopmusik, and others. Performing under the pseudonym Betty Black, Sylvia Black’s sound as a solo […]
Rodrigo Amarante is better known for his work as a member of Little Joy and Los Hermanos released his debut solo effort, Cavalo last month Easy Sound Records. “Hourglass,” the album’s first single, much like the entire album was written in a […]
http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3687937272/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/tracklist=false/track=3996509231/transparent=true/ Ricardo Lemvo grew up in Congo-Kinshasa where he was first introduced to Cuban music by a cousin who owned a large collection of vintage Cuban music LPs, and it became a lifelong obsession for […]
http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/track=3877283800/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/tracklist=false/artwork=small/transparent=true/ Over the last two decades, the Richmond, VA-based salsa act Bio Ritmo have developed a reputation for experimentation and stubbornly refusing to be pigeonholed, as they’ve employed the use of synths, along with traditional salsa […]
Formed in Budapest, Hungry back in 2004 by then-teenagers Tonyo Szabo (vocals and keyboards), Gergo Dorozsmai (drums), followed by Csaba Szabo (bass) and Migel Gyorgy (guitar), the Moog have developed a reputation in their homeland […]
Last August, the folks at Sub Pop Records released Washed Out’s much-anticipated sophomore effort Paracosm, an album that Ernest Greene, the primary creative force behind the project, has said explores the peculiar phenomenon of creating extremely detailed, imaginary worlds. […]
White Fence forthcoming (and fifth) full-length album For the Recently Found Innocent marks several interesting occasions – the first record to be produced and recorded for Drag City, as well as the second time that White […]
Freddie Gibbs is arguably one of hip-hop’s most unheralded contemporary emcees and it’s a shame because unlike most of contemporary emcees who regale their listeners with tales of superhuman gangsta feats, Gibbs offers listeners one of […]
Originally a member of the Dambuilders, guitarist, violinist, and singer/songwriter Joan Wasser has performed and released three solo albums under the moniker of Joan as Policewoman since 2002. Her fourth and solo album, The Classic which PIAS released earlier this year, was […]
French DJ and producer Simon Delacroix writes, records and performs under the moniker the Toxic Avenger. Delacroix has developed a reputation for a sound that fuses club-ready, pulsing electronica with a pop sensibility — in some […]
Fortuna, the sophomore full-length effort from the now UK-based, New Zealand trio Popstrangers is a decided and radical change of sonic direction for the band. Instead of the power chord-based grunge of their debut full-length […]
The three founding members of the Brooklyn-based indie rock sensation Beast Patrol, Vanessa Bley (lead vocals and guitar), Robert Granata (guitar) and Anthony Marchesi (bass) met while performing at an anti-frakcing concert. Pedal Power back […]
I was down in Philadelphia, PA for the 7th Annual Roots Picnic with my boy Abdul and had been busy running around to the point that i hadn’t had a whole lot of time to […]