WFPK Highlights Inara George’s Duet With Dave Grohl
"The Bird and the Bee‘s Inara George first recorded 'Sex in Cars' for her The Youth of Angst EP released earlier this summer," notes Louisville's WFPK in a recent feature. "But now George has re-recorded it with a high-profile friend for a good cause!" The friend, of course, is former Nirvana skin-basher and current Foo […]
Shindig! Premieres Bananagun Vid
Shindig! has the premiere of the video for “The Master,” a new single from Bananagun‘s smash hit LP The True Story Of Bananagun. The band’s Nick van Bakel told the site that “’The Master’ is kind of about evacuating yourself from the absurd but typical life of working your arse into the ground for someone else.” […]
NB Media Co-op Draws Attention To Lido Pimienta’s Justice-Minded Efforts
Lido Pimienta, the Colombian-born, Canada-based artist whose diverse and vibrant release Miss Colombia topped the NACC World and Latin Charts for a stretch earlier this year, has long been an activist as well as an artist. Now, NB Media Co-op is reporting on her steadfast support of the indigenous Wayúu women of Colombia. Read here about […]
New Music From David Newton & Thee Mighty Angels
Wolverhampton, UK-born David Newton was the guitarist and songwriter behind C86 popsters The Mighty Lemon Drops, who starred on the front cover of an issue of NME and crossed over to top the charts at US alternative/college radio. Following a brief stint with The Blue Aeroplanes after the break-up of the Drops in the early […]
The Daily Californian Reviews The Microphones In 2020
The Daily Californian, UC Berkeley’s independent, student-run rag, recently gave its seal of approval to The Microphones’ The Microphones In 2020. According to the paper, “what Phil Elverum seems to appreciate is that it is not a sin to be boring or unremarkable, and he celebrates mundanity and absurdity at every opportunity. He waxes poetic […]
PolyheDren talks with Rini
Rini is one of the artists with whom Dren McDonald has collaborated as part of his polyheDren project. McDonald recently interviewed Rini, asking the mulitfaceted musician about what musicians are inspiring her now. See the interview via Facebook here. Rini sings “Tethys Express,” one of two singles released sofar by polyheDren to benefit The Bay […]
Beat In My Bones Goes Nuts For L.A. Witch
“There’s a handful of good things to have happened so far this year,” writes Beat In My Bones, “and one of them is the fact that we’re going to get a new record by L.A. Witch.” The site is hugely enthusiastic for the band, writing that “they just have this effortlessly slick sound that makes […]
New Music From Chris Hunt
Chris Hunt is an Atlanta-based filmmaker and musician whose work often explores the intersection of the existential and aesthetic via liminal scenarios and textured sonic landscapes. As a founding member of the now defunct Atlanta band Cloudeater, Hunt established a curious and fervent pursuit of sonic exploration and intensity. As a solo artist, 2016 saw […]
Glide Mag Recommends The Wide-Ranging Bananagun
“Taking inspiration from such wide-ranging influences as afro-funk, retro soul, exotica jazz, folk, rock and garage punk,” writes Glide Magazine, “The True Story of Bananagum keeps listeners guessing from moment to moment as the rich sounds blend into delicious tropical cocktails with serious bite.” The site praises the Australian quintet’s debut LP, calling the band […]
Rolling Stone Highlights Inara George’s Road Angel Project And Her Song With Dave Grohl
Rolling Stone recently shared the Road Angel Project version of “Sex In Cars,” by Inara George featuring Foo Fighter frontman Dave Grohl. “Having been such a massive fan of Inara for years, it’s always such an incredible honor to work with her, whether on Foo Fighters music or for The Bird and The Bee,” Grohl states in […]
Paste And All Music Love The Microphones In 2020
Paste Magazine takes readers on a tour of The Microphones In 2020 in a new feature on the “expansive” new 2-LP set from The Microphones. Though it takes up three vinyl sides, “The Microphones In 2020” is “an engrossing one-track album… [Phil Elverum] draws us in with expertly rich, layered lyricism and immersive production. In exploring the […]
At The Barrier Calls Braids’s New LP “The Music Of Mutual Therary”
At The Barrier has a review of Shadow Offering, the “equally challenging and comforting” new LP from Braids. Braids, the reviewer writes, are perfect for the times because “Braids are the music of mutual (if sometimes confrontational) therapy. They tell their deeply intimate tales of lost love and anxiety, and we, in return, bask gratefully […]
Post Trash Explores Bananagun
Post-Trash has explored The True Story Of Bananagun and concluded that “their sound belongs to no one place or genre or era: Bananagun have cast their net in search of joyous influences far and wide… to listen to Bananagun is to travel the world under an invigorating blend of inspiration. They are the youth basking […]
Backseat Mafia Shares “The Songs That Changed Our Lives” By David Newton And Thee Mighty Angels
“The former Mighty Lemon Drops man (and briefly a Blue Aeroplane) David Newton has released a new single, ‘The Songs That Changed Our Lives,’ which features old friend and Art Brut front man Eddie Argos,” writes Backseat Mafia. “With a foot firmly placed in those 80s indie pop days, with Argos’s delivery reminiscent of said Blue […]
New Music From Inara George featuring Dave Grohl
Inara George has teamed with Dave Grohl for a duet version of the track “Sex In Cars” from George’s latest release “The Youth of Angst.” It’s the first in a series of planned Road Angel Project singles, which will see all proceeds donated via a partnership with Sweet Relief Musicians Fund. The COVID-19 Relief Fund at Sweet […]
Pitchfork Awards Best New Music Honors To Microphones in 2020
Phil Elverum has resurrected his Microphones moniker and just released his epic new album/song Microphones in 2020. The album is already receiving rave reviews and was just given Best New Music by Pitchfork. Read their review of the release here, and go here to watch the mesmerizing 44:44 minute video.
Buzzbands Shares “Gen-Z” By L.A. Witch
Buzzbands recently shared “Gen-Z” by L.A. Witch, writing that the second advance single from Play With Fire “sounds ominous and soaked in reverb, as if the song were coming from the far end of a dark tunnel, beyond which lies a conflagration of three-alarm guitars. The goth-rock trio’s frontwoman, Sade Sanchez, sounds every bit the sage elder.” Read more here. The […]
New Music From The Microphones
“When Phil Elverum performed as the Microphones last summer for the first time in 16 years, the choice of band name was significant, especially coming directly after a resurgence of public interest in Mount Eerie. Reviving the Microphones as a recording project is even more meaningful, given the reverence many of us feel for the […]
American Songwriter Shares Alex Lilly’s “Aquamarine”
American Songwriter recently hosted the premiere of “Aquamarine,” the first song Alex Lilly wrote for her new bundle Love In Three Colors. Lilly told the site that the track is about “unadulterated joy. That vivid color return from a long period of drabness and sadness. It feels equal parts Sesame Street and the song you […]
Samantha Sidley Chats With Forbes
Samantha Sidley spoke to Forbes recently about her musical philosophy. “I wasn’t intentionally trying to be revolutionary,” she tells the magazine about “I Like Girls,” the queer anthem that leads off her jazzy LP Interior Person. “I was just trying to be honest. What’s the point of making art if you can’t be honest? I’m […]
