Sincere Gifts Go On A “First Date” With The Vinyl District
The members of Sincere Gifts recently went on a “first date” with The Vinyl District, telling the blog about their experiences with vinyl as a medium. Interestingly, singer BenBen admits, “I have never owned a proper stereo, and I have never even once in my entire life actually placed a vinyl disc onto a player and […]
Newsweek Recommends The Universe Inside
Newsweek recommends The Universe Inside, the new album from The Dream Syndicate, which the magazine calls a “packed jam fest.” According to Newsweek, one song on the album – “The Longing” – feels “eerily prescient during the coronavirus pandemic.” “It’s weird how much of this record feels like ‘right now,’” the band’s Steve Wynn told […]
Deap Lips Post A Puzzle
Are you looking for a nice way to pass the time while stuck inside? How about a puzzle? Last month, The Flaming Lips posted this Deap Lips-themed digital jigsaw puzzle for fans. Click here to put together all the pieces to form the cover of the Lips’ new collaborative album with Deap Vally, Deap Lips. […]
New Music From Sunny War
Originally from Nashville, Sunny War spent her formative years in Los Angeles’ punk scene, hopping trains from a tender age and living homeless on the streets. Her last two albums, With The Sun and Shell Of A Girl, were recorded at Venice’s Hen House Studios and move freely between musical genres, anchored by her self-taught finger-style guitar […]
AllMusic Digs The “Bold, Challenging, and Dreamlike” New Dream Syndicate LP
“Some bands reunite because they want to rehash past glories or re-create a sound that had earned them an audience in the past. The Dream Syndicate clearly have a different agenda.” This is how Allmusic opens its overwhelmingly positive review of the band’s new LP The Universe Inside. “The group’s first two post-reunion albums were […]
Fourculture Shares The Video For Sincere Gifts’ “Ghost Of America”
Fourculture writes that “Ghost Of America,” the debut single from Sincere Gifts, is “a very light-hearted, upbeat blend of indie/alt with very dark contrasting lyrics. The band describes it as a “Leave-it-to-Beaver-esque” kind of vibe. A little bit Vampire Weekend, a little bit Wand – Sincere Gifts is certainly a unique and fun hodgepodge of […]
The Joy Of Violent Movement Praises Dive Index
The Joy Of Violent Movement is down with the “visceral and intimate” sound of Dive Index. Recently the site featured the lyric video for the project’s new single “Window To Window,” from the upcoming LP Waving At Airplanes. The track is “centered around Natalie Walker’s gorgeous and achingly expressive vocals,” the site writes, noting the […]
Nick Leng Enjoys Early Radio Success With LEMONS
Thanks to Candy Pennetta at KVNF for giving Nick Leng‘s LEMONS the nod as “Sugar’s Pick” for April 27. Pennetta writes, here, that “the debut LP from the South African born, LA based Magical MusicSmith will grab you from the opening track and carry you along with a sweetness and a strength for 11 tracks.” […]
Pitchfork Heaps Praise On Lido Pimienta
Pitchfork has given an 8.0 rating to Miss Colombia, the new LP from Colombian-Canadian musical polymath Lido Pimienta. “Crafted with deep passion and careful attention to detail, the record sounds like the full realization of a long-held dream, made possible at last by a wider platform and a bigger budget. Its palette is warmer, richer, […]
James Yorkston Plays For The Scotsman
James Yorkston – one-third of the inventive panglobal collective Yorkston/Thorne/Khan – recently spoke to The Scotsman about staying home during the COVID-19 crisis. “The hardest part for me is worrying about my elderly parents. Cancelling a couple of dozen gigs I’m actually okay with. It’s meant I’m seeing more of the children and less of […]
New Music From Nick Leng
Nick Leng’s debut LP, LEMONS, is set for release via SOTA Recordings on April 24. The full-length follows two EPs, Tunnels and Planes and Drivers, which have racked up millions of streams online and found widespread support from the likes of Consequence of Sound, Vogue, and Christian Dior. LEMONS represents the next stage in the South African-born, […]
Imperfect Fifth Praises Sincere Gifts
Imperfect Fifth writes that, on “Ghost Of America,” the debut single from bicoastal duo Sincere Gifts, “the upbeat alt-rockers couple bright sounds and light-hearted production against dark lyricism for a fun listen that gets their serious (and important) message across… At first listen, the track appears to be all sunshine and rainbows on the surface, but […]
Dork Mag Is Into Deap Lips
Dork Magazine describes Deap Lips, the self-titled debut from the supergroup comprised of members of Dork and Deap Vally, as “packed full of sass and swagger, even down to the song titles. This is an album that none of us were expecting, but one we definitely all needed to hear. ‘One Thousand Sisters With Aluminium […]
Josh Klinghoffer – aka Pluralone – Opens Up To Spin
In an interview with SPIN, Josh Klinghoffer – also known as Pluralone – discusses how “he’s been picking up the pieces since his sudden dismissal” as Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist in December. The article is heavy on interesting details about how Klinghoffer was replaced by previous RHCP guitarist John Frusciante, but it’s also got […]
New Music From Dive Index
Waving At Airplanes, the fifth full-length from electronic composer/producer Will Thomas’s collaborative Dive Index project, provides an immersive and delicately nuanced exploration of both the human condition and the condition of humanity. With vocals shared between Natalie Walker (of trip-hop collective Daughter Darling plus an extensive solo career) and critically-acclaimed English multi-instrumentalist Merz, the album […]
Leif Vollebekk Tells Relix About Going “Off The Grid”
Relix has a feature on Leif Vollebekk, whose New Ways is at radio now. According to the site, “With the soulful New Ways, the Montréal native aimed to escape ‘the grid’ of modern music production: rejecting rigid metronomes in favor of the wavering pulse of a drummer, recording live to tape instead of endlessly editing in […]
The Dream Syndicate Issue Video For “Dusting Off The Rust”
The Dream Syndicate’s new The Universe Inside is a collection culled from a single night of exploratory jamming, and “Dusting Off The Rust” is one of the standout tracks. Now the band has issued a video for the wily instrumental, which is propelled by the mean horns of guest Marcus Tenney. To hear it is […]
New Music From Sincere Gifts
Sincere Gifts is the project of two lost musicians, New York-based animator Benben and Los Angeles-based sound installation artist Nick Byron Campbell, who found each other in the midst of America’s collapse and aim to exist outside of the normal realm of “music as commerce.” The duo has emerged from the darkness of our times as […]
Bandcamp Chooses Lido Pimienta For Album Of The Day
According to Bandcamp, “with the vibrant pop of Miss Colombia, Lido Pimienta redefines ‘beauty.’” The site chose the record as Album Of The Day on April 15, “a triumphant, beautiful collection of songs where the singer-songwriter deals with the complexities of race, indigeneity, womanhood, and her identity as both a Colombian and a Canadian.” Bandcamp […]
The Deli Shares Thurlowood’s “Shells”
The Deli NYC has the video for “Shells,” a crucial song on Thurlowood‘s new LP Discontinue Normal Program. “Thurlowood,” the Deli contends, “is the latest to cover Armageddon in a quiet, dignified, and incredibly catchy manner. With the cool keys of a Nord Electro 6 and a rudimentary drum machine backing, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Andrew […]
