Brimheim – “Literally Everything”

by | September 27, 2023 | New Music | 0 Comments

Danish act Brimheim (aka Copenhagen-based musician Helena Heinesen Rebensdorff) gives into her "most pathetic impulses" on latest single, "Literally Everything." We appreciate her candidness, because it has resulted in one hell of a song. The blasts of vintage synth...
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Tamra – “Flood”

by | September 27, 2023 | New Music | 0 Comments

There's something so familiar about the midwestern emo-tinged indie rock coming out of Tamra... Familiar in a good way, of course. "Flood" is their latest single, a two-minute meandering set off by a repeating rhythmic motif that will have you air drumming in no time....
Read More

Sonic Blume – “Falling Behind”

by | September 27, 2023 | New Music | 0 Comments

"I'm sleepyhead, I'm cheesy bread." Within the first five words of "Falling Behind" by New Jersey-based act Sonic Blume, it feels like they've summed up the collective millennial/gen z experience. Sounding somewhere like the child of "Where Is My Mind?" by Pixies and...
Read More

Illiterate Light – “Always Always”

by | September 20, 2023 | New Music | 0 Comments

There's just something fun about the latest single from Virginia-based duo Illiterate Light. Playful, ebullient, and generally upbeat, "Always Always" is built around an inescapable vocal hook that digs into your brain, latches on, and refuses to let go. With a sound...
Read More

Idledaze – Sandbox

by | September 20, 2023 | Album Review, New Music | 0 Comments

Sandbox is a seven song EP from Whitewater, Wisconsin-based one man band Idledaze, released in anticipation of a full length album due out spring of 2024. Idledaze performs as a solo act but also does cover projects as a the Idledaze Trio with a setlist that spans...
Read More

Mali Velasquez – “Shove”

by | September 17, 2023 | New Music | 0 Comments

Tennessee based Mali Velasquez (check our last feature on her here) has turned many heads with her single releases leading up to her debut album I'm Green due out October 13 via Acrophase Records. "Shove" is a gorgeous continuation of that trend - the track is...
Read More

PARCS – “Wait!”

by | September 17, 2023 | New Music | 0 Comments

PARCS' sound has been peculating and taking shape in the South Wales scene over the past few years. Recently the group, originally just the married duo of Joe and Elly, added members Kristy and Liam resulting in new spaces to play off one another. The group's new...
Read More

atmos bloom – “Sea Legs”

by | September 17, 2023 | New Music | 0 Comments

atmos bloom rode the momentum of their successful debut album Flora and moved from Manchester to South London to build their full live band. The full monty of that ensemble is on display for their latest single, the dream-gaze jam "Sea Legs." The new cut drips with...
Read More

Floyd Thursby – “Teenage Ladybug (feat. Mademoiselle)”

by | September 16, 2023 | New Music | 0 Comments

I am neither teenaged, nor a ladybug, but "Teenage Ladybug" by Floyd Thursby and collaborator Mademoiselle made me feel things. A simple song with a bluesy guitar backbone, "Ladybug" pairs Thursby's wry songwriting with Mademoiselle's matter-of-fact, hush-hush vocals....
Read More

Ostrology – “Only A Dream”

by | September 16, 2023 | New Music | 0 Comments

Is aural LSD a thing? If it isn't, we think Ostrology has invented it with new single "Only A Dream." If you could take Mac Demarco and turn the "Demarco" knob all the way to 11, you might have a good idea of what to expect. Warped and warbly to the max with wild...
Read More

Vast Robot Armies – “Like A Bug”

by | September 16, 2023 | New Music | 0 Comments

Vast Robot Armies (VRA) has been kicking around for the good part of a decade and that storied experience shines through on latest single, "Like A Bug." With heavy nods to the band's pedigree, friends, and collaborators (Sometimes Why, The Life And Times, Shiner, and...
Read More

Pale Puma – “Cast a Shadow”

by | September 14, 2023 | New Music | 0 Comments

Bringing you a rare double shot, we have ANOTHER Pale Puma track hot off the presses; their other song was "Down by the River," (which I wrote about here). This one is "Cast a Shadow" also off of their September 8th album Haunted By Dreams That Were Never My Own and...
Read More

Bazemore – “in your arbor”

by | September 13, 2023 | New Music | 0 Comments

According to an unverified post on the genius.com page listed on his Instagram; Bazemore is based out of Baltimore and is a triple threat of producer/musician/sound engineer. His latest single is "in your arbor," and it's a simmering, noisy romp with ALL of the guitar...
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tiger del flor x MKSTN – “like we’re an indie movie (url remix)”

by | September 13, 2023 | New Music | 0 Comments

"like we're an indie movie" is a track by Hollywood based tiger del flor and Toronto based MKSTN - quite the long distance affair! As if the track wasn't good enough, it's been given the remix treatment by url - an impressive artist in his own right with a deep...
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Dirty Nice – “SHARK!”

by | September 13, 2023 | New Music | 0 Comments

Dirty Nice is the UK duo Charlie Pelling and Mark Thompson that spawned from their love for cartoons, comedy, and indie music. Pelling works closely with stars of the UK comedy scene and uses his gift for inhabiting their eccentric worlds to craft the universe of...
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Brimheim – “Literally Everything”

by | September 27, 2023 | New Music | 0 Comments

Danish act Brimheim (aka Copenhagen-based musician Helena Heinesen Rebensdorff) gives into her "most pathetic impulses" on latest single, "Literally Everything." We appreciate her candidness, because it has resulted in one hell of a song. The blasts of vintage synth...
NEW MUSIC

Tamra – “Flood”

by | September 27, 2023 | New Music | 0 Comments

There's something so familiar about the midwestern emo-tinged indie rock coming out of Tamra... Familiar in a good way, of course. "Flood" is their latest single, a two-minute meandering set off by a repeating rhythmic motif that will have you air drumming in no time....
NEW MUSIC

Sonic Blume – “Falling Behind”

by | September 27, 2023 | New Music | 0 Comments

"I'm sleepyhead, I'm cheesy bread." Within the first five words of "Falling Behind" by New Jersey-based act Sonic Blume, it feels like they've summed up the collective millennial/gen z experience. Sounding somewhere like the child of "Where Is My Mind?" by Pixies and...
NEW MUSIC

Illiterate Light – “Always Always”

by | September 20, 2023 | New Music | 0 Comments

There's just something fun about the latest single from Virginia-based duo Illiterate Light. Playful, ebullient, and generally upbeat, "Always Always" is built around an inescapable vocal hook that digs into your brain, latches on, and refuses to let go. With a sound...
NEW MUSIC

Idledaze – Sandbox

by | September 20, 2023 | Album Review, New Music | 0 Comments

Sandbox is a seven song EP from Whitewater, Wisconsin-based one man band Idledaze, released in anticipation of a full length album due out spring of 2024. Idledaze performs as a solo act but also does cover projects as a the Idledaze Trio with a setlist that spans...
NEW MUSIC

Mali Velasquez – “Shove”

by | September 17, 2023 | New Music | 0 Comments

Tennessee based Mali Velasquez (check our last feature on her here) has turned many heads with her single releases leading up to her debut album I'm Green due out October 13 via Acrophase Records. "Shove" is a gorgeous continuation of that trend - the track is...
NEW MUSIC

PARCS – “Wait!”

by | September 17, 2023 | New Music | 0 Comments

PARCS' sound has been peculating and taking shape in the South Wales scene over the past few years. Recently the group, originally just the married duo of Joe and Elly, added members Kristy and Liam resulting in new spaces to play off one another. The group's new...
NEW MUSIC

atmos bloom – “Sea Legs”

by | September 17, 2023 | New Music | 0 Comments

atmos bloom rode the momentum of their successful debut album Flora and moved from Manchester to South London to build their full live band. The full monty of that ensemble is on display for their latest single, the dream-gaze jam "Sea Legs." The new cut drips with...
NEW MUSIC

Floyd Thursby – “Teenage Ladybug (feat. Mademoiselle)”

by | September 16, 2023 | New Music | 0 Comments

I am neither teenaged, nor a ladybug, but "Teenage Ladybug" by Floyd Thursby and collaborator Mademoiselle made me feel things. A simple song with a bluesy guitar backbone, "Ladybug" pairs Thursby's wry songwriting with Mademoiselle's matter-of-fact, hush-hush vocals....
NEW MUSIC

Ostrology – “Only A Dream”

by | September 16, 2023 | New Music | 0 Comments

Is aural LSD a thing? If it isn't, we think Ostrology has invented it with new single "Only A Dream." If you could take Mac Demarco and turn the "Demarco" knob all the way to 11, you might have a good idea of what to expect. Warped and warbly to the max with wild...
NEW MUSIC

Vast Robot Armies – “Like A Bug”

by | September 16, 2023 | New Music | 0 Comments

Vast Robot Armies (VRA) has been kicking around for the good part of a decade and that storied experience shines through on latest single, "Like A Bug." With heavy nods to the band's pedigree, friends, and collaborators (Sometimes Why, The Life And Times, Shiner, and...
NEW MUSIC

Pale Puma – “Cast a Shadow”

by | September 14, 2023 | New Music | 0 Comments

Bringing you a rare double shot, we have ANOTHER Pale Puma track hot off the presses; their other song was "Down by the River," (which I wrote about here). This one is "Cast a Shadow" also off of their September 8th album Haunted By Dreams That Were Never My Own and...
NEW MUSIC

Bazemore – “in your arbor”

by | September 13, 2023 | New Music | 0 Comments

According to an unverified post on the genius.com page listed on his Instagram; Bazemore is based out of Baltimore and is a triple threat of producer/musician/sound engineer. His latest single is "in your arbor," and it's a simmering, noisy romp with ALL of the guitar...
NEW MUSIC

tiger del flor x MKSTN – “like we’re an indie movie (url remix)”

by | September 13, 2023 | New Music | 0 Comments

"like we're an indie movie" is a track by Hollywood based tiger del flor and Toronto based MKSTN - quite the long distance affair! As if the track wasn't good enough, it's been given the remix treatment by url - an impressive artist in his own right with a deep...
NEW MUSIC

Dirty Nice – “SHARK!”

by | September 13, 2023 | New Music | 0 Comments

Dirty Nice is the UK duo Charlie Pelling and Mark Thompson that spawned from their love for cartoons, comedy, and indie music. Pelling works closely with stars of the UK comedy scene and uses his gift for inhabiting their eccentric worlds to craft the universe of...
NEW MUSIC

Nick Kivlen of Sunflower Bean

by | April 29, 2016 | Interview | 0 Comments

You probably wouldn't wholly believe me if I told you that Sunflower Bean, based out of Brooklyn, NY, has existed for a measly two-years-and-some-change and that all three members have either just broken into their 20's or are about to cross that landmark threshold...
SHOW PREVIEWS

The Naturalists

by | February 12, 2016 | buffaBLOG Sessions | 0 Comments

And to start your weekend off in a good way, we present to you the next installment of buffaBLOG Sessions. This time around, with the Naturalists. Craig Perno heads the band with twin brother Travis on the drums, accompanied by bassist Zach Russel. They’ve amassed a...
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Intrepid Travelers

by | December 11, 2015 | Interview | 0 Comments

If you’re familiar with Intrepid Travelers, you probably know Jerry or have at least unknowingly been exposed to his presence. Jerry, a stuffed rainbow-striped monkey, functions as an unofficial mascot and source of spirited inspiration for the band. When I ask them...
SHOW PREVIEWS

The Wombats

by | November 25, 2015 | Interview | 0 Comments

It was eight years ago the Wombats burst onto the scene, just fresh-faced youngsters at the time armed with roaring guitars, hooks galore, and a cheeky sense of humor to them. Since then, the band's sound and popularity have only grown, with the group experimenting...
SHOW PREVIEWS

John Paul Pitts of Surfer Blood

by | November 21, 2015 | Interview | 0 Comments

Surfer Blood's career kind of seems like a one giant surfing metaphor. They hit the ground running in 2010 with the help of the CMJ Music Marathon and have continued to tour and consistently release quality material since then. From playing huge bills like the ATP...
SHOW PREVIEWS