"The Winter of Mixed Drinks"
Frightened Rabbit
"The Suburbs"
Arcade Fire
"Soundtrack To The End"
Communist Daughter
"Crazy For You"
Best Coast
"Treats"
Sleigh Bells
"Silver Soul"
Beach House
"Little Secrets"
Passion Pit
"Unhinged"
Eels
"Black Smoke"
Tindersticks
We like this idea: head out on tour, give away a song.
That’s what Portland, Ore., indie rockers Loch Lomond are doing in advance of their brief West Coast run, and new single “Ghost of an Earthworm” is a nice little present for those of us too far away to make any of the shows.
The tune [...]
This has been an excellent year for music so far, and the latest from Sea of Bees only makes it better.
“Songs for the Ravens” is the band’s first full-length, following last year’s “Bee Eee Pee” EP. Fronted by singer and songwriter Julie Ann Baenziger (known as Jules), the California band makes sweeping, intense music anchored [...]
After five years playing keyboards and singing with the New Pornographers, Kathryn Calder steps out this summer with her solo debut, “Are You My Mother?”
As it happens, Calder’s mother is the sister of A.C. Newman, the New Pornographers’ leader, though none of them were aware of that fact until about 10 years ago. That was [...]
It’s a fitting name: the man behind one-man band Invisible Elephant is sort of invisible himself: the native of the Blackpool area in northwest England seems content to keep his real name out of it.
The same is not true of his collection of instruments, which includes frog guiros and toy drum kits, along with synthesizers, [...]
This is one of those weird stories best suited to rock ‘n’ roll: In maybe 1970, a 17-year-old high school girl recorded a handful of songs in the back of a music store in Rockford, Ill., accompanied on acoustic guitar by a member of Pisces, a local psychedelic rock band.
The singer, Linda Bruner, is thought [...]
Generally speaking, Listen, Dammit, finds Garrison Keillor’s smirking, folksy shtick irritating as hell, but we totally agree with the host of “A Prairie Home Companion” about Monarques.
The Portland, Ore., band — a new project of Josh Spacek, formerly of Oh Captain, My Captain — beat out four other groups in a battle of the bands [...]
If you like music that’s noisy, frantic and unpredictable, have we got a band for you: Thank God, a South Carolina “art-damaged hardcore” band (in the words of its press material) featuring former members of Antischism and Guyana Punch Line.
“Ice/Age” is the title track from the group’s forthcoming full-length debut, and it’s the audio equivalent [...]
It’s not an unusual obsession among English musicians, but Peggy Sue does spooky Americana better than most.
The trio from Brighton, UK, makes slightly harrowing music that sounds like it’s coming from a shotgun shack lit by a single bare bulb on a black night.
On “Watchman,” from their forthcoming full-length debut, Rosa Rex and Katy Klaw [...]
Not to brag, but Listen, Dammit, knew how to pronounce “Milagres” before seeing the pronunciation guide on the band’s MySpace page (“mih-la-grace” — a variation on the Spanish word for “miracles”).
Formerly known as the Secret Life of Sofia, the Brooklyn group changed its name and indulged in singer Kyle Wilson’s obsession with mountain climbing for [...]
We’ve never really liked the term “post-rock.” What the hell does that even mean? (Yeah, yeah, we know. But still.) For the sake of convenience, though, we’ll abide by the term that is most often applied to Texas band This Will Destroy You.
The foursome plays brooding instrumental music, slowly building tension on songs that seethe [...]
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