NME Swoons Over Bananagun
The legendary NME magazine is effusive about Bananagun in a recent review, noting that the Melbourne-based quintet incorporates a cornucopia of influences from around the world, including Africa and Brazil. “Not only do the band successfully blend genres with ease, they thrillingly leap through whole musical movements from one note to the next. In a […]
Slant Reviews Braids
Slant Magazine writes that Braids’ singer Raphaelle Standell-Preston “boasts one of the more versatile and distinct voices in modern rock. She’s able to emote with a breathy whisper or deliver a full-force belt, each imbued with singular intonations.” Her voice is crystal clear on the trio’s new LP Shadow Offering, and Slant has a full […]
TotalNterntainment Shares Nick Leng’s “In A Book” Video
“Racking up millions of streams and support from key Spotify playlists like Chill Vibes, Sad Indie, and New Indie Mix,” TotalNtertainment writes, “Nick Leng has cemented himself as an artist to watch with LEMONS. A body of work born of an emotional breakup, apartment fire and subsequent loss of a friend, LEMONS is the result […]
Panic Manual Awards Song Of The Day To David Newton And Thee Mighty Angels
Panic Manual likes “The Songs That Changed Our Lives,” giving “Song Of The Day” honors a few days ago to the new single from David Newton & Thee Mighty Angels‘ upcoming A Gateway To A Lifetime Of Disappointment. The site writes that the song “has a simple, but strong premise – it’s lyrics are a […]
New Music From Bananagun
There’s an enticing lost world exoticism to the music of Bananagun, the Melbourne-based band with a sound that conjures the rhythms of Fela Kuti, the proto-garage fury of The Monks, and the grooves of Os Mutantes. It’s the sort of stuff that could have come from a dusty record crate of hidden gems; yet as […]
Dive Index Is Featured By A Journal Of Musical Things And Electronic Sound Magazine
A Journal Of Musical Things recently featured “I Wish I Had A Pulse,” from Dive Index and Natalie Walker. The site says the song is “sparse and melancholy electronic music with an intimate and calming human quality.” It’s on the new Dive Index LP Waving At Airplanes – check it out here. Dive Index was […]
Braids, Who Are Livestreaming Six Shows On Wednesday, Talk With Under the Radar
Braids recently participated in a Self Portrait feature for Under The Radar Magazine. According to the site, new LP Shadow Offering “is a raw, anecdotal excursion through the minds and hearts of three indie rockers piecing together an infamously impossible puzzle.” In the feature, here, band members Raphaelle Standell-Preston and Austin Tufts tell “stories of allergies, […]
NBHAP Showcases L.A. Witch’s “Dark And Edgy” Sound
NBHAP picked L.A. Witch’s new track “Gen-Z” as their Daily Tune last Monday, writing that “the female band unleashes grungy energy at its best.” The site has a stream of the track, which “is concerned with the mental health issues many young people struggle with nowadays. Accompanied by the steady drums of Ellie English and […]
Spectrum Culture Praises The “Time Capsule Pop” Of Figg’s Debut
A recent review of Figg‘s debut LP in Spectrum Culture opens by noting that the album was recorded several years ago and took a while to release. The record, therefore, is “refreshing” in that it “sounds like a snapshot of the world that once was, wholly untouched by everything that has happened since… The album’s lush, unhurried […]
KRONIK Interviews Deantoni Parks
KRONIK Television has an interview with Deantoni Parks, whose new LP SILVER CORD is at radio now. Parks is a powerful percussionist who uses samples along with drumming to create huge, rhythmic performances. In the interview, Parks explains his passion for creating music for people “in real time.” While he goes into a set with […]
New Music From Nick Leng
Earlier this spring, Nick Leng released his debut LP, LEMONS, which came after the EPs Tunnels and Planes and Drivers and represents the next stage in the South African-born, Los Angeles-based musical polymath’s journey. Coming after an emotional breakup, an apartment fire, and the subsequent loss of a friend, making the album led him through […]
Braids Get Set For Marathon July 29 Shows
Braids, whose new album Shadow Offering came out last month and has hit a current peak of #12 on the NACC Top 200, is an incredible live band. Unfortunately, the COVID pandemic has gotten in the way of their ability to support their new record with shows. To cope, the band is going to play […]
WLUR Says Figg Is “A Joy”
Tiffani Thomason of Lexington, VA’s WLUR recently reviewed Figg‘s debut LP, writing that the album was “honestly a joy to listen to!” Describing the LP as “a dreamy, sweet, melodic alternative record,” Thomason writes that “each song feels like it is being sung from the bottom of your very own heart” and recommends it for listening “while you […]
Slicing Up Eyeballs Shares The New Single From David Newton and Thee Mighty Angels
Slicing Up Eyeballs praises the “instantly memorable” chorus of “The Songs That Changed Our Lives,” the new single from the upcoming A Gateway To A Lifetime of Disappointment LP from David Newton and Thee Mighty Angels. The song’s verses feature Eddie Argos, the singer of Art Brut. According to Newton, who is an accomplished producer […]
Zo Magazine Interviews Will Thomas Of Dive Index
Zo Magazine recently had a conversation with Will Thomas, the man behind Dive Index. His new album, Waving At Airplanes, features vocal contributions from Natalie Walker and Merz. In the interview, he explains that he "didn’t necessarily write [the songs] with Natalie and Conrad [Lambert, aka Merz] in mind." Yet, "When I was working on […]
KAKE Puts The Dream Syndicate On Its Best Of 2020 List
KAKE.com recently included The Dream Syndicate‘s The Universe Inside on its list of “50 Best Albums of 2020 So Far.” The site explains, “After making their names during the ‘80s Paisley Underground scene with their alternative- and psychedelia-infused styles, The Dream Syndicate came together again to make experimental sounds of electric, psychedelic jazz. The Universe […]
Lido Pimienta Curates Playlist For Crack
Lido Pimienta recently made a mix of music by Bandcamp artists for Crack, which calls her “one of Canada’s most celebrated champions of Latinx music. Her mix… sees her drawing for dembow rhythms, hazy electronica, psych rock, cumbia and more.” Enjoy the mix here. Pimienta’s most recent album, Miss Colombia, was just shortlisted for the 2020 […]
American Songwriter Shares Figg’s Story
American Songwriter writes that the new LP from Figg “is delicately weaved in textured instrumentation and melodies from opening ‘Case Study in Plagiarism’ gliding into the mistier ‘Jack Is the Pulpit’ and more abrupt ‘Don’t Want to Have to Hate.’” The record took a long time to germinate and then be released, and American Songwriter […]
Sunny War Performs Online For the Blue Ox Virtual Fest
Sunny War has been incredibly prolific during the COVID pandemic, releasing two different EPs that are currently at radio – Can I Sit With You?, which is made of original songs, and The Lagniappe Sessions, comprised of four novel covers. She’s also been performing live for the Internet, and some of her performances have been […]
XS Noize Praises Braids’ Power
XS Noize says Shadow Offering, the new LP by Braids, is “by turns fearful, empowered and self-lacerating. That examination never turns to hatred; that fear, never to despair. For all their questioning, Braids sound more like themselves than ever before, that dramatic streak remaining intact as their songs are driven by a new sense of clarity […]
