"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
Nobody looks like they’re having as much fun on stage as Free Energy — the Philadelphia group is fully committed to the awesomeness of awesome rock ‘n’ roll. Pair a live-wire band like that with a producer who has a long track record of capturing his clients at their very best — a producer like, [...]
When he’s not running Kind Turkey Records, Bobby Hussy makes noisy garage rock as one half of The Hussy, a duo hailing from, in the band’s words, “the politically charged cheese rectum that is Madison, Wis.” (We always kind of liked Madison, and we’ve never seen any politically charged cheese there.) Anyway, The Hussy has [...]
Upstate New York singer and songwriter Cameron Stenger is said to have described his debut LP, “Lovers,” as “a big explanation to someone I have loved.” Sounds like it was a thorough explanation, delivered through spare songs that exert a strong pull. Stenger makes downhearted pop, singing in wistful tones over close, intimate arrangements built [...]
There’s pop-punk, and then there’s party-punk. Portland, Ore., band Mean Jeans prefers the latter description of the trio’s music. Makes sense to us, after bopping around all afternoon to “Anybody Out There,” the free song from the band’s forthcoming new album on Dirtnap. The tune is a total party, which is not to say it [...]
After Radiation City racked up considerable acclaim last year for its full-length debut, “The Hands That Take You,” the Portland, Ore., band has no intention of letting the heat cool off: the quartet is already back with a new EP. “Cool Nightmare” even comes with a backstory: it was inspired by, and built around, an [...]
Perhaps you’re not aware, but Archer Black is a band, not a person. Press material for the Los Angeles group emphasizes this fact, so we’re just passing along the message. Even so, behind every band is a person, and the person behind Archer Black, which, as we mentioned, is a band, is Dustin Morgan, who [...]
Rumor has it “Valentina,” the forthcoming new album from the Wedding Present, is something of a throwback, more in line with the band’s straight-ahead earlier indie-rock sound than more recent efforts. That has to be enticing news to fans of the veteran UK band: the Wedding Present’s 1991 album, “Seamonsters,” remains something of a touchstone [...]
In the ranks of unhelpful press bios, Mystery Pills’ ranks right up there: “For a few years he moved around the country, ate some food and learned all kinds of important stuff.” So coy! But at least he was eating. The “he” in question is Raj Dawson, a South Dakota native and Virgo (we’re reliably [...]
It’s an indication just how stark Luke Roberts’ first album was that he contrasts it with the follow-up by saying, “this new one is filled with addresses and luxuries.” Which is probably fair enough, given that Roberts didn’t even own a guitar when he made the first one. All the same, “The Iron Gates at [...]
There’s almost no such thing as a permanent band break-up anymore, which is not to say that every band should get back together. In fact, most shouldn’t. Then there’s Black Tambourine. One of the most influential groups you’ve never heard of, the noise-pop band recorded just a handful of songs during its brief tenure between [...]
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