I have to apologize for the irregular posting here of late – after returning from Germany, i had been battling what I believed was a just a bad cold. It later turned out to be […]
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Released a few months ago, Bootblacks‘ Narrowed EP was initially released as a limited release cassette tape through Modern Tapes – and it quickly sold out. It was followed by the vinyl release of the album through […]
The Spix are a Brooklyn-based duo consisting of Zeps and Eturnal Suarez, and their latest single and video, “Write Right Now” off their new album, The Spix, Episode 1 owes a great debt to hip hop’s […]
Rene Lopez’s last album, E.L.S. (short for Electric Latin Soul, a term he coined to describe the sound he had been working on), landed at number 12 on this site’s Best of 2011 list. Influenced by salsa, boogaloo, […]
Ages, the debut full-length from the Auckland, New Zealand-based quartet Ghost Wave will saw an August 27th release through Flying Nun Records. Coincidentally, Ghost Wave’s debut effort will also serve as the first release from Flying Nun that […]
Over the past decade or so, soul music has seen an amazing resurgence in popularity as there have been a number of contemporary bands making new original soul music – using the retro soul sound […]
There’s been a recent (and developing) trend of several electronic dance music artists experimenting with some degree of live instrumentation and analog recording methods; after all, both live instrumentation and analog recording methods add an […]
Cut Copy’s second album, In Ghost Colours may well be one of my favorite albums of the past decade as it deftly mixes psychedelica, slickly produced synth pop and indie rock in a way that feels transcendent […]
http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1&isUI=1 British band KVB originally started as the solo project of Nicholas Wood back in 2010. And the first recorded effort, The Black Sun was on a limited edition cassette tape released by FLA Records. […]
https://scache.vevo.com/m/html/embed.html?video=USUV71302334&playerType=embedded The legendary jazz label, Verve Records released Trombone Shorty’s latest album, Say This To Say That back in September, and the album which is his third on Verve finds Trombone Shorty collaborating with Raphael Saddiq, known […]
The Washington, DC-based trio of Sunwolf are part of an emerging DC area garage rock scene, and part of a large nationally-based garage rock revival that includes acts like Philadelphia, PA‘s Lantern and countless others. "Push It" is the first single off […]
Johanna Cranitch’s latest project, White Prism is in many ways a much-needed and welcome reboot from her previous project, Johanna and the Dusty Floor. Backed by icy synths, and danceable but delicate New Wave-era influenced beats, Cranitch’s voice, […]
As a blogger, the interwebs can be a fascinating place: I often stumble on to something that’s awesome – or someone directs me to something awesome. I recently came across some footage of the Horrors […]
Static, the highly anticipated sophomore effort from Cults will see an October 15th release through Sony/Columbia Records. “High Road,” the first single from the album starts off with drums that seemingly have a military-styled precision, before guitars played […]
Dutch production trio Kraak and Smaak’s soon-to-be released album Chrome Waves will see an October 28th release through Jalapeno Records. The new record continues the production team’s reputation for a sound that’s slickly produced but on Chrome Waves the […]