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New Madrid – “Are You The Wind”

April 28, 2021

Here’s an epic freak-folk journey from Georgia-based quartet New Madrid. “Are You The Wind” is an enigma – a song made of several separate movements, all just as majestic and creative as the last. The song never stops changing… Whether it’s swapping between electronic drums, ramping up the intensity, or slowing down to an abrupt stop, you never quite know what to expect next. Despite the constant element of change, the mix on this brings it all together – a blend of modern indie rock epicness and bedroom-pop warmth. Check it out below via YouTube – you can find New Madrid on Spotify and Bandcamp too.

Tonight: New Madrid

April 21, 2016

One of the exciting thing about Town Ballroom’s recent Leopard Lounge shows is that it has provided the perfect venue for some of indie rock’s rising stars or best kept secrets. The latter is especially true of tonight’s guest, New Madrid. It’s almost difficult to describe the sound of these Athens-based indie rockers because they almost seem to pull inspiration from every major era of indie rock and do so with a sound that’s effortless and immediate. Given their hometown, it’s maybe too easy to label that as “College Rock” but if any band in recent memory deserves that label it’s them. Yet the band also seem to carry with them the lazy slacker rock vibes of the early 90s as much as the wandering experimental rock of the early 2000s. New Madrid sounds immediately familiar but like no one specifically, which in itself is an incredible feat. The band arrives[...]

12 Acts to Catch at Move Music Festival

April 21, 2016

This Friday in Albany, Move Music Festival launches into their fifth annual year, programming one hundred bands at ten venues over a three days span. If that isn’t enough, there will be workshops and panels ranging from music licensing to drum techniques. In order to find out more about the lineup, the seminars, or buy a ticket, head on over the the official Move Music Festival website. We listened to every band coming up for this year’s festival and here are the twelve bands that piqued our interest. Friday, April 22nd Another Michael – 7pm @ Blue 52 (80 N Pearl St.) Albany-based singer/songwriter Another Michael aka Michael Doherty is one of the first acts to kick off this year’s Move Music Festival. His earnest delivery and storytelling over acoustic riffs is reminiscent of Alex G, Kimya Dawson, or The Moldy Peaches. It’s an early set and a happy hour crowd[...]

Tonight: All Them Witches

December 10, 2015

Psychedelic rockers All Them Witches are passing through Buffalo today. The Nashville quartet are quickly becoming front-runners in the underground heavy rock scene, seeing as how they masterfully blend blues, sludge, and stoner rock into long, droning songs. RIYL The Black Angels, Kyuss, or Pink Floyd. Support tonight comes from New Madrid and Rochester stoner rock group (and perfect fit for this particular bill), King Buffalo. Tickets are $12, doors are at 7:00pm, and music starts at 8:15. Clarification: you should not confuse All Them Witches with Buffalo-based mathy duo All of Them Witches, although that would have made for a pretty awesome lineup.