by Gabriel Lamarca | May 23, 2016 | Album Review
Hop in your car, roll the windows down, drive along a long winding road, and throw on Rogue Wave’s Delusions of Grand Fur in your CD player. Well, I should say throw this album on the aux chord because this is 2016, lets be real. Rogue Wave’s sixth studio album...
by Nick Sessanna | May 22, 2016 | New Music
Astral Cloud Ashes is the creative outlet for Antony Walker. The project sounds like the more “intellectual” cousin of The Front Bottoms or Modern Baseball. This one goes out to all the space cadets out there (we use that in a positive light, of course!),...
by Nick Sessanna | May 22, 2016 | New Music
Theme Park is a London trio specializing in free-spirited alt-pop. “You Are Real” is a true love song about falling in love with a girl who you realize has been your dream all along. Boasting peppy acoustic guitars and catchy falsetto vocals, we think...
by Nick Sessanna | May 22, 2016 | New Music
Talk about perfect hooks, “Jelly” is an archetypal slacker rock song with excellent hooks. Sweden’s Magic Potion knocked it out of the park with this quavering tune that sounds like Mac Demarco, All-Time Quarterback, and Diet Cig got together to...
by Nick Sessanna | May 21, 2016 | New Music
DaDa’s new song, “Black Horse.” is an anti-war hymn that sounds like it could be a Beck song featuring At The Drive In or Sonic Youth. While we could try to put it into words, we think the band themselves best describe their own sound: “DaDa...
by Nick Sessanna | May 21, 2016 | New Music
Nineteen-year-old Everett James Wood is a fresh-faced new artist out of Waterloo. His debut single “Hold On” is a nice little slice of electronica meant to make your “feet crank, hips sway, and heads bob.” We recommend EJW if you like smooth...
by Nick Sessanna | May 21, 2016 | New Music
Surf-punx Bones Garage caught our attention by sounding a lot like something you’d hear blasting out of a West Side basement in Buffalo. With brash, echoey female vocals delivered over breakneck drums and unmistakable surf riffs, “The Run” sounds...
by Nick Sessanna | May 20, 2016 | New Music
Young Mister is the moniker for Steven Fiore. Fiore has recently been freed from an old record deal which has given him a chance to spread his wings. His new-found freedom is encapsulated in a new track, “Pasadena” which sounds light, free, and slightly...
by Nick Sessanna | May 20, 2016 | New Music
Army of Bones sounds huge and powerful, we’ll just come right out and say it. The Brighton-based crew specializes in emotionally engaging music a la Foals, Imagine Dragons, or 30 Seconds to Mars. “Batteries” entered our inbox with a bang, flaunting...
by Michael Moretti | May 20, 2016 | Watch This
Los Angeles based psych-pop act, elle belle, released the video for “Failed Dreamz” this morning and without a doubt it’s one of the strongest songs we’ve checked out this year. The song “Failed Dreamz” is off belle’s...
by Ian McCuen | May 20, 2016 | Album Review
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard have been on a tear since forming in 2010. The Melbourne, Australia-based psychedelic rockers are now on their eighth full-length studio album in six years, an impressive output considering they are also relentless live performers....
by Nick Sessanna | May 19, 2016 | New Music
If you’re a night owl, The Junction’s new single, “City Nights” is sure to be up your alley. Drawing inspiration from the twilight hour, a time when most musicians feel most centered (a “mental calm” if you will), The Junction have...
by Nick Sessanna | May 19, 2016 | New Music
Melbourne’s Pure Moods got their start as many bands do – in the dingy, wee hours of the morn at any number of random house parties. The members’ good intentions finally coalesced into a stellar debut single for the trio, resulting in the perfect,...
by Nick Sessanna | May 19, 2016 | New Music
DEMS is a band that represents the changing identity of London.”Gold” is the band at their lyrical darkest, finding the trio questioning the future of their beloved city. The band’s old art space was recently renovated into flats for the 1% and that...
by Cliff Parks | May 19, 2016 | New Music
It’s impossible to categorize Jon Bap. While certainly a soul crooner, he’s clearly not just “a soul crooner,” as his sweet croonings are backed with sounds that are in from way out. Without question however is the fact that Jon Bap is one of...
