Krrum Takes The 405 On A Tour Of Leeds
Krrum is from the North of England, and Leeds is one of that region’s greatest cities. The group has joined with The 405 to present a photo guide of the town, which was one of the first areas to support the now-internationally known act. The list is great for vegetarians visiting Leeds, as cruelty-averse bandleader […]
Spin Says Mount Eerie’s Now Only is “Essential”
Spin has called Now Only, the most recent album from Mount Eerie and the follow-up to last year’s A Crow Looked At Me, “essential.” According to the magazine, “Less deadpan and more florid than its predecessor, Now Only is heartrending in new, different ways. Sonically, the record doesn’t stray far from Mount Eerie’s elemental standard […]
MIEN Makes Mid-Year Lists From Uncut and Fuzzy Sun
We keep getting farther into 2018, and some publications are beginning to make lists of their favorite records of the year so far. MIEN is on a couple of lists, from the UK's Uncut and also from Fuzzy Sun. The lists find the band in good company, alongside other great releases from 2018 by the […]
KEXP Profiles Naked Giants, On Tour Soon
“Though Naked Giants are greatly benefited by the energy and vitality of youth,” writes KEXP in a recent deep dive into the band’s new album Sluff and the emotional weight behind it, “many of their songs detail the anxiety which comes with spending too much time in their own heads or considering the amount of […]
The Big Takeover Reviews sun on the square
The new record from the innocence mission is full of "lush tone paintings written for a non-existent film suffused with color and gaiety." This is how The Big Takeover describes the record by a band that makes "finely rendered, delicate folk rock with dreamy undertones curling around the edges, and extending its arms with motes […]
The San Francisco Chronicle Reviews Steve Reich’s Pulse/Quartet
Steve Reich is a legend whose revolutionary work stretches back decades. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, one piece on the composer’s recent Pulse/Quartet LP “sounds unlike almost anything else in Reich’s catalog.” Writes the paper, “‘Pulse’ is built around long, tenderly arching melodies and spacious harmonies, and if you stand off to the side […]
The Donkeys Go For Adds
In early 2018, the California trio of Tim Denardo, Anthony Lukens, and Sam Sprague – also known as The Donkeys – found a notebook in an Adventureland trash can at Disneyland. Waterlogged and covered in churro dust, the book turned out to contain flights of teenage science fiction fantasy – whole worlds, in fact. Those […]
The Smoking Flowers Go For Adds
With influences that range from Led Zeppelin to Gillian Welch and The Ramones to Neil Young, The Smoking Flowers are a powerhouse band built around the undeniable chemistry between Kim and Scott Collins. Kim sings with a sensual, simmering voices and dances between drums, accordion, acoustic guitar, mandolin, harmonica, shimmering tambourine, while Scott plays electric […]
Stereogum Streams the innocence mission’s new LP
Last week we shared Stereogum‘s article about “green bus,” the first single from the innocence mission‘s new album sun on the square. Now, the site is hosting a full-album stream of the record, which is officially released at the end of this week. Writes Stereogum, “The new album is cinematic, intimate, and perhaps their most […]
Going Solo Shares Krrum’s “Phase”
Going Solo has a stream of “Phase” by Krrum. The site writes that the song features a “mix of noisy electronica, fuzzy synth hooks and pounding percussions [that] sounds right on point.” “Phase” is one of many bangers on the up-and-coming UK duo’s debut LP Honeymoon, which has just arrived the viral hype around singles […]
Thirdstory Talks To The Prelude Press
Thirdstory is a viral success story, catapulted to fame via Youtube. Their debut album finds the trio “continuing to expand on their genre-bending sound while providing listeners with emotional, thought provoking songs.” This is according to The Prelude Press, which previewed the album before its debut this spring and talked to the members of the […]
Stereogum Shares The Sublime “green bus” By the innocence mission
“Green Bus,” the lead single from the innocence mission’s new LP sun on the square, has been described by Stereogum as “gorgeous and mellow, intimate pickings and strings adorning [Karen] Peris’ voice, where every syllable sounds like the turning of a new leaf.” The song is but one of the delicate and gorgeous orchestral folk […]
Magnetic Streams Krrum’s LP and Goes Track-by-track with Alex Carrie
Magnetic Magazine has a full-album stream of Honeymoon, the debut LP from up-and-coming UK act Krrum. Led by Alex Carrie, they’ve been building up a lot of critical momentum leading into this debut. Now it can be heard, along with track-by-track commentary from Carrie about how each song came to be. Writes Magnetic, Krrum “brings […]
NPR’s All Songs Considered Shares “green bus” From the innocence mission
NPR’s All Songs Considered contends that “sun on the square, their thirteenth album in 29 years, is quintessentially the innocence mission, with arrangements that crown these songs like flowering garlands.” The site is offering a stream of the gorgeous “green bus,” the first single from the album that is accompanied by a hand-drawn animated video. […]
The Stingray Blog Champions MIEN
The Stingray Blog writes that MIEN, the debut album from MIEN, “is a colossus; the product of a band that thought huge, pushed itself to its limits, and devoted to breaking open its own understanding of psychedelic rock music.” The review delves into the dynamics that underpin the “impressive psychedelic joyride,” which was created by […]
Atwood Converses With Demo Taped
Atwood Magazine recently explained what makes Demo Taped‘s Momentary EP so special. The record, according to the site, “is a glittering gem brimming with dualities: wanting to dance, wanting to cry, looking to the future, reminiscing on the past. It outright acknowledges even the deepest crevices of one’s thoughts and emotions, acutely tapping into humanity at […]
the innocence mission Goes For Adds
“All I cannot say I hope you know, all you cannot say I hope I can hear,” sings Karen Peris on “look out from your window,” the strong, circular, and somewhat quirky third track from the innocence mission’s latest album, sun on the square. These lines could be called emblematic for the album, and indeed […]
Krrum Goes For Adds
Producer and songwriter Alex Carrie hails from the wilderness of Derbyshire in the middle of England, where the buses stop at 5 pm and the nearest nightclub is a £50 cab away. His first musical port of call was punk, and when he was young he played trumpet in a ska band. Everything then came into focus at Leeds […]
Coast Modern Tells Tour Tips To The Digital Tour Bus
What’s it like to tour with Coast Modern? Well, if their Digital Tour Bus tips are to be believed, it involves a lot of sleep, diffused essential oils, and not too much partying. They do, however, recommend a little bit of straight tequila every so often. Watch all their tips here. The group’s debut LP, […]
JamBase Shares The Barr Brothers’ KEXP Session
The Barr Brothers are still supporting last year’s Queens Of The Breakers LP, which continues to get plays at radio around North America. The band performed for KEXP last December, and JamBase has shared their full session from the station. Go here to watch the band, which still included harpist Sarah Pagé at the time, perform […]
