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 […]
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 […]
