Clash Music Shares MIEN’s New Video
Clash Magazine not only has the new MIEN video, but it also has an explanation behind its creation. The band’s John-Mark Lapham explains: “A friend of mine was called to sneak out a sprawling collection of vintage porn magazines from a local radio DJ’s house who had just passed away… I got this juvenile idea […]
Guitar Girl Interviews Winter
Samira Winter, of Winter, was recently featured in Guitar Girl Magazine. Discussing her new album Ethereality, Winter explained, “The writing process was in my bedroom mainly, throughout a period of two years where I gathered the songs and then started arranging and practicing them with my band at the time. For me the bedroom is a […]
New Music From Soft Sailors
Soft Sailors is the new project from Geoff Geis, who long ago moved from Alabama to Los Angeles. Over the past decade, he’s booked shows at venerable venues like The Smell and Pehrspace, released tapes on the Vanity Projects label, covered the DIY beat in a column for LA Record, acted as a regular fill-in […]
Seattle Music Insider Reviews Naked Giants’ Raging Live Show – They’re On Tour Now
Naked Giants are known for the raw, massive energy they bring to their live performances. Thanks to their virtuosic chops and producer Steve Fisk (Nirvana, Soundgarden), that energy is all over the band’s debut LP Sluff. But hardcore fans will definitely still want to see them live! Find out what a Naked Giants show is […]
LA Weekly Interviews The Dream Syndicate’s Steve Wynn
A recently LA Weekly feature highlights The Dream Syndicate, which the alt-weekly calls “returning heroes” after the 2017 release of their first album in 30 years, How Did I Find Myself Here? The Weekly recently interviewed Steve Wynn, the band’s founder, about the new album and the impetus behind it. “I think we wanted to have […]
Gigwise Goes Track-By-Track With MIEN
Digging MIEN‘s debut LP? Dig deeper into the album’s origins – and the stories behind each track – at Gigwise. The site has an interview with the group as they walk readers through all 11 tracks on a globe-straddling debut that has fans of dark psych falling in love. Considering that MIEN came together remotely, […]
Winter, On Tour, Gets A Nod From LA Record
LA Record recommends Ethereality by Winter, an album the magazine calls “an earnest attempt to find kindred spirits” by singer/songwriter Samira Winter. Comparing Winter to peak-era Weezer, Pavement, The Breeders, and Beach House, the review opines, “Ethereality is based on an artful examination of post-millennial emotional confusion. This generation is becoming very able at presenting […]
CelebMix Adds To The Thirdstory Hype
“Thirdstory are doing something new with this release,” writes CelebMix about the trio’s debut LP Cold Heart. “They’re bringing back harmonies in the bucketload, which we absolutely love.” The site has a glowing review of the record, identifying songs like “Searching For A Feeling” and “G Train” as highlights. Thirdstory is “slowly becoming one of […]
TENTS, On Tour Soon, Play KGW8
Portland is super-supportive of its local music scene; so supportive, even, that local TV news features PDX-based artists performing their music and promoting their albums to their fellow citizens. To that end, TENTS bandmembers Brian and Amy Hall recently stopped by NBC affiliate KGW8 to perform a stripped-down song from their new album Deer Keeps […]
Rishi Dhir of MIEN, Set To Perform Levitation, Speaks To The Montreal Gazette
MIEN‘s self-titled debut album opens with a rush of sitar, provided by bandmember Rishi Dhir (also of Elephant Stone). Dhir, one-fourth of the international dark psych supergroup, was recently profiled by the Montreal Gazette. It’s an interesting piece, not only because Dhir is an interesting guy but because MIEN came to existence in an unconventional […]
Buzzbands Has Winter’s “High School” Video
Winter‘s Ethereality is a dreampop record written by Samira Winter in her bedroom, a space where she can abandon her inhibitions. In her new video for “High School,” Winter celebrates another type of inhibition-abandonment, as she inspires a group of elementary school students to create a furious and fun dance party rather than be bored […]
The Seattle Times Celebrates Naked Giants’ Success
Naked Giants are the stars of a glowing feature in their hometown Seattle Times, which celebrates the band’s new LP Sluff, describes their furious live show, and gives audiences the backstory on the photogenic grunge-punk, power-pop three-piece that is currently turning heads across America both on their own and as members of Car Seat Headrest. […]
Record Store Day Is This Saturday, April 21 – Get Exclusive RSD Music From Caitlyn Smith
It’s that time of the year again! For the eleventh year in a row, independent record stores around the world are celebrating every vinyl lover’s favorite holiday — Record Store Day! The event began as a way to draw attention to local stores at a time when vinyl and physical media seemed like it was […]
TENTS Take All Things Go Backyard For Their “Back Yards” Video
All Things Go has the video for “Back Yards,” the lead off track on TENTS‘ new LP Deer Keeps Pace. Writes the site, “Portland’s TENTS are throwing out their earworm hooks with charming DIY visuals in their latest video accoutrement. ‘Back Yards’ watches like a static tour of band’s actual backyard as backing vocalist Amy […]
Clash Music Hosts A Mix From MIEN
“What do you get if you place members of The Black Angels, Elephant Stone, The Earlies, and The Horrors in one room? For one thing,” writes Clash Music, “a phenomenal record collection. When Alex Maas, Tom Furse, Rishi Dhir and John-Mark Lapham coalesced as MIEN, one of the first things they did was swap a […]
Noisey and GQ Profile Rejjie Snow
Dear Annie is Rejjie Snow‘s debut album, but it comes after a long journey. Much of that journey was recently chronicled in Noisey, which asked the rapper about the time he spent before releasing his initial single and the critically-acclaimed new LP. Read the whole story here. In a recent GQ interview, Snow talked about […]
The Dream Syndicate Tours, Releases RSD EP and Video
The Dream Syndicate last year released their first album in thirty years, How Did I Find Myself Here?, to much critical acclaim. This week, they’re excited to release their first-ever Record Store Day exclusive piece How We Found Ourselves…Everywhere!, a six-song LP of outtakes, live recordings, and B-sides. “2017 was a pretty dizzying year for […]
TENTS Go For Adds
TENTS is a comfort-pop quartet for those looking for light in the darkness. The band formed in Portland, Oregon when songwriter Brian Hall (vocals, keyboards), a successful advertising composer, became disenchanted with creating corporate music and recruited his wife, Amy Hall (backing vocals), to accompany him in the pursuit of a more enriching creative outlet. […]
Alternative Press Profiles Naked Giants, Who Currently Seek a New NACC Peak
Alternative Press has some words about Naked Giants, who are shooting for a new NACC peak this week with their album Sluff. Says the site, “Recorded with Steve Fisk, who’s worked with the likes of Nirvana and Soundgarden, the Seattle band channel their hometown influences in an upbeat style of grunge-laden rock that’ll make you […]
Pitchfork Shares MIEN’s “Black Habit”
Pitchfork has a review of MIEN’s “Black Habit” single, writing that “Darkness is nothing new for MIEN, whose members include the Black Angels singer Alex Maas, the Horrors’ Tom Furse, and the Earlies’ John-Mark Lapam—their resumes span psychedelia, gothic industrial, and prog rock. “Black Habit,” the band’s first single from their forthcoming self-titled album, folds […]
