The Dream Syndicate Announces Fall Tour With Matthew Sweet
The Dream Syndicate‘s resurgence continues. A year after the release of How Did I Find Myself Here?, the band’s first album since the 1980s, the venerable veterans of the paisley underground are set to play a handful of tour dates with fellow LA-based power pop artist Matthew Sweet. Glide Magazine has the announcement here, and […]
Dubiks Shares Leyya’s “Wannabe”
“Wannabe,” the new single from Leyya, is now streaming via Dubiks. According to the blog, the song “kicks off with delicate atmospheres and [singer Sophie Lindinger]’s unwinding, yet lively vocal delivery against playfully agile beats and bubbling synthesizers before erupting into high-spirited animation, and ocean-deep self reflection.” Hear the track right here. “Wannabe” is at […]
Clash Celebrates Julietta’s “Smooth Sailing”
Clash Music writes that “Julietta seems to have the golden touch. Able to translate intensely personal feelings into universal observations, she can balance a future-facing attitude with a timeless pop sound. The singer’s debut album Smooth Sailing is incoming, matching a pointed pop approach to broad sounds and diverse arrangements. We’re able to share ‘Smooth […]
Post To Wire Recommends Seeing The Smoking Flowers Live
The Smoking Flowers are currently touring the US, but earlier this year they were on the other side of the world playing to audiences in Australia while touring with Deer Tick. Post To Wire caught the band at a gig in Sydney, writing that "[The White Stripes are] an unavoidable comparison given their makeup, the guitar […]
KCRW Features Kan Wakan
Kan Wakan got a nice nod from KCRW, whose Marion Hodges included the new song “Indigo” on a recent list of “Music For Your Weekend.” Writes Hodges, “I typically expect local project Kan Wakan to give me seriously laid-back vibes, but in a more cinematic wide reaching sort of way. So this tight, glitchy, jazz-tinged number […]
Julietta Goes For Adds
On Smooth Sailing, NYC-based indiepop alchemist Julietta presents her most vulnerable project to date, sharing stories from her adolescence as an easily impressionable youth caught up with the allure of big city excesses that led to addiction and struggles with mental heath. While working to gain her sense of self, Julietta discovered her voice through […]
The Smoking Flowers Tour The US
The Smoking Flowers are on the road, playing songs from their hard-rocking and gorgeously sung new LP Let’s Die Together. They’re currently in the Midwest, with more dates to come in September. Check out their August dates, and give Let’s Die Together some spins in advance of their shows: 08/07 – “In The Redd” Session […]
The Line Of Best Fit Features Leyya’s New Single
Leyya‘s new single, “Wannabe,” has been featured on The Line Of Best Fit. “With a sophomore album already under their belt, Austrian duo Leyya aren’t showing any signs of slowing down… Whilst it might not be summer down under, the bubbly new single is the perfect accompaniment to the heatwave sweeping this side of the […]
Stream The Donkeys’ WERA Session
The Donkeys recently stopped by the studios at WERA in Arlington, VA to play a ripping four-song set over the airwaves. The band played songs from their new long-player – Sun Damaged Youth – an album so good that show host Antonio Villaronga says, “I’ve spent most of my summer thus far with it as my […]
Kan Wakan Goes For Adds
Kan Wakan takes the formulas of downtempo electronica, orchestral jazz, and celestial soul and dissects them, slowly evolving unique hybrids that are rooted in communal clarity. “Indigo” is the masterfully dimensional new single from the LA-based project, which features multi-instrumentalist Gueorgui Linev along with a rotating cast of talented vocal collaborators. As a highly-regarded producer with […]
Leyya Goes For Adds
Leyya, the Austrian indiepop duo of Sophie Lindinger and Marco Kleebauer, has been generating a buzz since the instant success of their 2016 debut Spanish Disco. That album’s hit single, “Superego,” racked up over three million plays on Spotify and over 560,000 Youtube views, while this year’s follow-up Sauna found airplay on the BBC and […]
Hear “Here 4 U Now” By The Smoking Flowers, Via The Deli Magazine
According to The Deli Magazine, “Here 4 U Now” by The Smoking Flowers “rocks and rolls, leaving an anthemic taste in your mouth. It feels like every part of the song is driving and rhythmically interesting- even the vocals.” We agree! Hear the song here. The Smoking Flowers just jumped 62 spots to hit #124 […]
The Donkeys Seek A New NACC Peak
Sun Damaged Youth, the newest LP from San Diego’s surf-drenched, jangly rock trio The Donkeys, is picking up more and more steam on the NACC 200 as stations dive into its tracklist and discover more and more sunny, catchy standouts. The album got to #32 last week – help it reach an even higher peak by […]
Paul Givant Goes To Alaska With His Band
Paul Givant, who just released a solo album called Fashion District Adjacent, will be touring Alaska at the front of his band Rose’s Pawn Shop. The band has stops throughout the Land of the Midnight Sun, followed by a few in the Pacific Northwest. See the itinerary here. Hopefully, the band will play some songs […]
The Donkeys, On Tour Now, Release “Radiation” Video
The Donkeys have released a video for “Radiation,” directed by surf photographer Shane Lotz. Watch it here. The song is from the band’s new Sun Damaged Youth LP, which is ticking up the Top 200 at NACC. Help the band continue their ascent by adding them to your rotation now! The Donkeys continue their tonight […]
Acid Stag Shares Krrum’s “Phase”
Acid Stag has a stream of Krrum‘s “Phase,” from the new album Honeymoon. The track is “a dense, electronic track with touches of art-rock and pop,” writes the site, while the full LP is “an eclectic and emotional work.” Check it out here. Honeymoon debuted on the NACC 200 last week, getting its start at […]
The Department of Tangents Interviews The Smoking Flowers
The Department of Tangents has the video for “Young and Brave” by The Smoking Flowers, and it also has an exclusive and detailed interview with the duo. The band explains the impetus behind the video, which finds them paying homage to influential rockers, rollers and country outlaws from the past. Also, the band tells the site […]
NBC 7 Shares The Donkeys’ “Kool Kids”
According San Diego's NBC 7, The Donkeys are "everyone's favorite local sultans of chill." Now, "the trio has popped up in the limelight again with a surging new psych-rock/pop track called 'Kool Kids.' NBC 7 has a stream of the track, which can be heard right here. The Donkeys hit a new peak at #47 on […]
Paste Shares Naked Giants Video
Naked Giants are utterly destroying 2018, which has seen the release of the excellent LP Sluff and has found the boys touring the world both with and in Car Seat Headrest. There's so much going on with the band, that it's hard to keep up with all the excitement and press they've been generating. With that […]
The East Nashvillian Profiles The Smoking Flowers
The Smoking Flowers are a staple of the East Nashville scene. and their hometown East Nashvillian has a spendid feature on the duo. Written while they were still crafting their new LP Let’s Die Together, the feature starts by describing the group as “by turns raucous and delicate” before getting into a spot-on description of their live […]
