The Bay Bridged Shares Sonny Smith’s Collaboration With Angel Olsen
Sonny Smith‘s Rod For Your Love came out earlier this year, with production from The Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach. One of the highlights on the album, “Burnin’ Up,” features the stunning vocals of Angel Olsen, who blends beautifully with the Sonny and the Sunsets frontman on the track. Bay Area blog The Bay Bridged is […]
Anywhere Gets Press Shouts From Around The Indie Rock World
Anywhere II is out, and people are excited. The project, devised by Christian Eric Beaulieu (Triclops!) and Cedric Bixler Zavala (The Mars Volta, At The Drive In), features guests like Dale Crover, Mike Watt, and Nirvana’s Krist Novoselic. Released on vinyl for record store day, this second LP is now available on streaming services and is at […]
LA Weekly Catches Up With Samira Winter
LA Weekly has a profile on Samira Winter, the singer/guitarist behind Winter. She’s just released her new LP Ethereality, which is at radio now, and the alt-weekly caught up with her about her synesthesia, her love of animals, and how her band is a “its own living being.” The feature provides a great look into the […]
MIEN Earns Approval From The Line Of Best Fit
According to The Line of Best Fit, “MIEN is a record that comes with fair enough warning but still catches you off guard.” The site has awarded an 8.5 rating to the self-titled debut LP from the psych supergroup, praising it because it “experiments freely without sacrificing broader appeal.” Read the full review here, and […]
Glamglare Shares Krrum’s “Waves”
Glamglare recently featured Krrum, calling the new single from the UK-based duo a “Song Pick Of The Day” on May 2. Writes the blog, “Like the never-ending onslaught of the ocean at the beach, life runs in cycles, if you want or not. Krrum captures this feeling in his latest song that is catchy and […]
Anywhere Goes For Adds
Anywhere II is the second full length release from musical entity Anywhere, following their 2012 self-titled release on ATP Recordings. The sound began with two friends Christian Eric Beaulieu and Cedric Bixler Zavala (The Mars Volta) digging into open tuning and hybrid ragas with punk energy. The project evolved into an expansive, bizarrely curated cavalcade […]
Winter Talks With Music Musings and Such
“I love stage-diving,” says Samira Winter in a new interview with Music Musings and Such. “It’s a very exhilarating feeling.” Winter is the singer/guitarist behind Winter, an LA-based dream pop outfit that has traveled the world and is currently at radio with sophomore LP Ethereality. The interview goes into the “intuitive” and “natural” processes behind Winter’s […]
PRI Features Mount Eerie, With Some Posthumous Words From Geneviève Castrée
Phil Elverum, also known as Mount Eerie, was recently the subject of a feature on PRI’s Studio 360. The feature explores his most recent two albums, A Crow Looked At Me and Now Only, which were created in response to his wife Geneviève Castrée‘s untimely death and have resonated with audiences around the world. He also […]
Beatroute Praises MIEN
Of MIEN’s self-titled debut LP, writes Beatroute, the band “has succeeded where so many bands are merely trying lately: crafting a record that requires being heard from beginning to end, full of wild freakouts. It’s the kind of music that ought to accompany the big, weird party where everyone’s maybe pretty sure they know where […]
Imperfect Fifth Shares Krrum’s “Waves”
Imperfect Fifth has “Waves,” the new single from Krrum and the first offering from the England-based project’s upcoming debut LP. The site is effusive in its praise of the song, writing, “Filled with frenzied yet focused emotion, Krrum packs a punch with ‘Waves.’ An irresistible beat moves the track along, highlighting by well-crafted lyricism. With […]
Winter Announces June Tour Dates
Winter, fresh off a string of dates on the East Coast with Surfer Blood and a few West Coast headlining shows, will be back at it with a handful of live shows next month. The band’s Ethereality is currently at radio, earning acclaim for its shimmering, dreampop sound and relatably personal lyrics. Get it spinning […]
Naked Giants Talk Sluff, Tour, and Car Seat Headrest with 107.7 The End
Seattle’s Naked Giants recently stopped by the city’s famed alternative station, 107.7 The End, for an episode of the Locals Only podcast. Over the course of an hour, the trio talked with host Steven Graham about their band as well as their jobs as touring members of Car Seat Headrest. In addition to the audio, the following […]
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 […]
Thirdstory Jams In The Van
Thirdstory recently stopped by the Jam In The Van Headquarters in Los Angeles to perform three songs from their debut LP, Cold Heart. The three-piece, which got its start on Youtube and has backed up Chance The Rapper on tour, tore through songs including “Hit The Ceiling,” “Still In Love,” and “Searching For a Feeling.” […]
WUOG Reviews Sonny Smith
Though it’s an “ode to the era of sunshine pop and budding psychedelia,” writes Athens, GA-based station WUOG about Sonny Smith‘s Rod For your Love, “the album conveys more than just good vibrations.” Smith, who has previously released music as Sonny and The Sunsets and worked with The Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach on this album, […]
BTR Today Talks To MIEN
BTR Today has an interview with MIEN, the new dark psych supergroup featuring members of The Black Angels, The Horrors, Elephant Stone, and The Earlies. The band explains the long process that led to its formation, and also gives some insight into the meaning behind single “(I’m Tired of) Western Shouting.” According to bandmember Alex Maas, […]
Go See Live Music Recommends Mayflower Madame
Go See Live Music has the tour announcement from Oslo’s Mayflower Madame, whose Premonition EP is currently at radio. About the record, the site says, “Through four tracks of psych-theatrical ingenuity, shady shoegaze and 1980s dark romanticism, the EP conveys the wintry feeling of their home country – icy and gloomy, haunting and majestic.” The […]
Naked Giants Get Scientific With The Daily Emerald
How did Naked Giants come up with their sound? According to a new article in the Daily Emerald, it’s scientific! “While studying biochemistry at the University of Washington,” the site explains, bassist/singer Gianni Aiello “found that some people have a natural skill for flipping molecules around visually in their brain, relying on 3D spatial awareness […]
Coast Modern Does Art For The 405
Have you ever pictured yourself as a superhero… or an alien? The members of Coast Modern were asked to picture themselves as either heroes or aliens as part of Picture It Forward, a special feature on The 405. In addition to their drawings, which are both colorful and creative, the feature includes a photoset of […]
Mayflower Madame Goes For Adds
Formed in Oslo, Norway, during wintertime, Mayflower Madame got its start in an industrial building shared with a carwash. The band began to rehearse amidst the gritty surroundings, quickly finding their sound and recording a four-track demo. After gaining some attention on the radio, the quartet of Trond Fagernes (guitars/vocals),Havard Haga (guitars), Petter Marberg (bass), and Ola […]
