Dabbling with elements of 70’s R&B soul, grunge, electropop, and rock since high school in his home town of Washington,…
Year: 2013
Recent Releases We Almost Missed, Vol. XXII – Smith Westerns, Bass Drum of Death, Rose Windows, Palms, Light Heat, Escort
There’s never been an edition of the Recent Releases We Almost Missed that covered one specific week of releases; at…
Album Review: Robert Pollard’s ‘Honey Locust Honky Tonk’
by Devin William Daniels Robert Pollard is a busy man. Two solo albums a year from 2006 to 2012. Three…
Best New Music Releases, Week of July 2nd – A Grave With No Name, The Fall, Zomby, The Garifuna Collective, TRAAMS
We’re back from the Fourth of July holiday and there is much to catch up on. Firstly, last week’s collection…
5 DIY Bands to Watch, Vol. VI – Jim Platt’s Rhythm Innovation, Controller, The Gallery, Daybreak Gentlemen, False Pterodactyl
The 5 DIY Bands to Watch series has had a pretty solid response from readers and listeners, so we’re going…
7 Overseas Artists You’ve Gotta Hear, Vol. V – Metaform, Matt Churchill, James Kerr, Flat Ed, Reebosound, Heifervescent, Lillian Todd-Jones
Today’s post containing selected artist and their music is the first edition of the ‘7 Bands You’ve Gotta Hear‘ series…
Band Watch: Leeds, England Indie Rock Quartet China Rats
China Rats are a four-piece indie rock band from Leeds, England, that the U.K. press has been hailing as the…
Best New Music Releases, Week of June 18th – Sigur Ros, Austra, Beach Day, Mark Mulcahy, Primal Scream, EOTS, Said The Whale
The long-awaited new album, Kveikur, from Sigur Ros dropped this week to wide praise and excitement from fans and critics…
Album Review: Heliotropes’ Debut LP, ‘A Constant Sea’
by Aaron Rajala Edgy might be a word that some people equate with aging hipsters on the fringe of becoming…
Artist of the Week – Fiction 20 Down
Baltimore band Fiction 20 Down is not any ordinary indie band. Rather they push the envelope, and do so successfully,…
Album Review: Boards of Canada’s ‘Tomorrow’s Harvest’
by J. Hubner From the opening horns of “Gemini” to the fading strands of the album’s closer, “Semena Mertvykh,” there…
Best New Music Releases, Week of June 11th – Surfer Blood, Gold Panda, Sonny & The Sunsets, Boards of Canada, John Vanderslice
All the buzz last week was around the much anticipated and long-awaited follow-up to Surfer Blood‘s wildly popular and successful…