Cloud Safari is the moniker of Pennsylvania indie synth pop musician Travis Pierson, a 21-year-old songwriter, singer and musician based…
Author: Rick Sosa
Graduate of the University of Michigan. Music is the language that unites us and helps us understand one another as well as share the amazing gifts that music, sounds, nature, and human experiences provide us.In my free time away from the regular day time, I write and participant in Climate Change activism because I want my children and grandchildren to have a fighting chance for the disasters that lie ahead. Another reason we need music.
Best New DIY & Indie Rock Music of 2016, Vol. II – HYMNS, Cesar Maria, shy kids, March On Comrades, A-Mac DZ, Huckleberry, Rikashay
This is the second installment of the Best DIY Music of 2016, with many more to come. Don’t miss recent…
Best New DIY & Indie Rock Music of 2016, Vol. I – Deer Park, Starfinder, Vicious Kicks, Susan Hyatt
The first volume of the Best New DIY Music of 2016 – of the hundreds and hundreds of songs we’ve…
‘Vinyl’ Series Features Julian Casablancas’ Cover of Velvet Underground, Plus Bowie, Zep, Iggy, Kinks, Elton John, T. Rex
The new hit HBO series Vinyl is yet more evidence that the revivalist spirit for the days when rock and…
Fresh Tracks from Tangerines, The Bourgeois, Connor Roff, Tom Shaner, My Silent Bravery, Justin Sosa, The Euphony Machine
The latest batch of Fresh Tracks includes the new single from London’s hot new garage rock DIY band, Tangerines, plus…
Band of the Week – The Airplanes
The Airplanes originally started as the one-man band of Joshua Vest, who wrote and recorded tracks in his Fayetteville, Arkansas…
Festival Goers Treated to Legendary Lineup at Outside Lands Music Festival; McCartney, NIN, Phoenix, RHCP, Vampire Weekend
Tens of thousands of music lovers descended on foggy Golden Gate Park this past weekend for three days of live…
Artist of the Week – Helsinki Dream Pop Band Scarlet Youth
[zbplayer] The Helsinki, Finland band Scarlet Youth is barely on the North American indie music radar; in fact, it’s almost…
Album of the Week – Debut LP from Winnipeg Band Departures
From Winnipeg, Canada, the band Departures are perhaps one of the most understated new bands of 2012. The band’s constantly…
Fresh Tracks from Animal Collective, Cat Power, The Raveonettes, The Helio Sequence, Wanderlust
Not surprisingly, there is a lot of buzz around the expected release of Animal Collective‘s 9th studio album, Centipede Hz,…
Fresh Tracks from Grizzly Bear, Poor Moon, Balmorhea, The Luyas, Sera Cahoone
With the warmest recorded summer for much of the country, and the worst drought in half of a century, soon…
Best New Releases – Poor Moon, La Sera, AFC, Brothertiger, Oberhofer, Zeus, Caveman, Young Prisms, Retribution Gospel Choir
The first quarter of the year closes out with this week’s batch of new releases from artists like Vivian Girls’…