"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
“Songs for the Ravens,” Sea of Bees’ 2010 debut, was an understated, overlooked gem of a record, showcasing singer Jules Baenziger’s voice, which we described at the time as being “capable of singing with swooping authority and with supple subtlety, in tones that are clear in the middle and a little fuzzy around the edges.”
It’s [...]
Portland chamber-folk band Norfolk and Western hasn’t called it quits, exactly, but maybe don’t wait around for new music fr0m the group.
“Norfolk and Western has been dormant for a couple of years now,” singer Adam Selzer writes in a newsletter sent out early Friday morning. “I honestly don’t know if we’ll record or play [...]
Come Feb. 21, Portland band the James Low Western Front releases a new album, “Whiskey Farmer.”
First, if we’d known whiskey farmer was a job, we never would have started with this writing bullshit. Second, holy crap, these guys are good.
Frontman James Low has vowed to make a video for each of the eight songs on [...]
Earlier this year, we told you about Morning Claws, a Belfast electro-pop band whose music demonstrated impressive depth, at least on the quintet’s first single, “Slack Magic.”
The group has not been idle since then. In addition to opening for Twin Sister and Gold Panda, the fivesome found time to record “Pet Storms, Ancient Clouds,” a [...]
Just when we had been wondering what Jay Farrar was up to, there’s been news: The Son Volt mastermind has a new project, a collaboration on Woody Guthrie songs with Gob Iron mate Anders Parker, Yim Yames in his non-My Morning Jacket persona and Will Johnson of Centro-matic.
While Farrar plans to include some of the [...]
This ranks among the dumbest things we’ve ever heard, but it’s real: representatives for “Odelay”/Scientologist/former Flaming Lips tourmate Beck last week contacted Texas roots duo Beck & Cauthen to express their fear that somehow one might be mistaken for the other. And because bassist Dave Beck’s full name is actually Whitbeck, the duo has graciously [...]
Big Harp is the latest indie-rock husband-wife duo with a catchy sound on “Everybody Pays,” the free song from their forthcoming album.
“Understated” is not generally the first word that comes to mind in describing Alison Clancy, the singer/provocateur behind New York City group Electric Child, which gave an excellent demonstration of why this year at SXSW.
Yet when she’s not getting banned from local clubs for kicking stuff over, or tending to her other gig as a [...]
New Jersey indie trio Real Estate gives away a free song from its second LP, due in October.
Cool: The Dex Romweber Duo next month releases a new album, “Is That You in the Blue?” Cooler: This time, it’s just the duo, blasting through 38 minutes of taut garage-surf-rockabilly ravers.
The last release, “Ruins of Berlin,” featured some special guests, and while we liked the album — and fully understand how the presence of [...]
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