Mother Jones Likes Sonny Smith
Mother Jones recently reviewed the new one from Sonny Smith, applauding Rod For Your Love for “boasting a brighter sound and sunnier vibe” than some of Smith’s previous material as Sonny and the Sunsets. Writes the magazine, “The engaging Sonny Smith specializes in finely observed vignettes about everyday people that showcase his wry, slackerish voice. […]
Winter, Soon To Be On Tour With Surfer Blood, Releases Video Via Culture Collide
Culture Collide has the video for “Zoey,” one of the standout tracks on Winter’s new album Ethereality. According to the site, “The dreamy nostalgic vibe sounds almost like My Bloody Valentine covering one of The Pixies’ more gentle tracks. The video itself is nothing short of adorable, showing Samira [Winter] and [her cat] Zoey enjoying […]
GQ Profiles Phil Elverum
Gentleman’s Quarterly might seem like an odd place for an interview with Mount Eerie – indeed, seeing Phil Elverum‘s face under the GQ logo at the top of the website could be somewhat jarring for longtime fans of the “hermit rock” legend – but the magazine has done a wonderful job profiling Elverum and his […]
Naked Giants Get Into The Art Zone With Nancy Guppy
Seattle’s Naked Giants recently stopped by Nancy Guppy’s Art Zone for a performance of songs from Sluff that aired last week on the Seattle Channel. The boys take over the show around the 16 minute mark, but it’s worth checking out the whole episode for a colorful, fun, and thought-provoking look at arts in the Emerald […]
MIEN Goes For Adds
MIEN (pronounced “mean”) is a four piece that features Black Angels’ Alex Maas (vocals, samples, loops), The Horrors’ Tom Furse (keyboards, programming), The Earlies’ Rishi Dhir (bass, sitar, keyboards). and Elephant Stone’s John-Mark Lapham (keyboards, samples, programming). The seeds of their collaboration were sown long ago, after the members of the band met at a few different shared gigs and bonded over their shared love of The Association’s […]
Winter Goes For Adds
“My bedroom is a space of creative freedom,” says Samira Winter, the musician behind Winter. “There is no room for self-consciousness. It’s essential for every girl to have a space like that where she will not feel judged for any ideas and can express, move, dance, and play any way she wants to.” Winter was […]
The Times-Delphic Says Mount Eerie’s Now Only Is Thoroughly Enjoyable
Now Only, the new LP from Mount Eerie, has inevitably been billed as the follow up to last year’s devastatingly beautiful A Crow Looked At Me. Yet, The Times-Delphic asserts that the album is “more than a companion piece.” According to a recent review, “Now Only is a stunning piece of music, the latest in a […]
Naked Giants Rock Austin 360’s Brains Out
Austin is still recovering from last month’s South by Southwest festival, in no small part because of the crazed rocking antics of Seattle three-piece Naked Giants. Austin 360 said the band’s shows in Austin were “with an energetic live show that is loud, fast, and, dare I say, the most fun to be had at […]
RIFF Magazine Celebrates CHAPPO’s “White Noise”
RIFF Magazine has shared the video for CHAPPO‘s “White Noise,” one of the songs from their new, John Vanderslice-produced LP DO IT. Writes RIFF, “CHAPPO’s new single digs up some of your darkest thoughts and puts them to a groove that’s both gauzy and glossy. The Brooklyn band fuses fuzzy guitar riffs, distorted interludes and […]
Glide Hails Naked Giants’ “Uncaged and Sweaty” Debut LP
Seeing Naked Giants live is “like capturing lightning in a bottle,” writes Glide Magazine. Their “frenetic” energy is present, as well, on the band’s debut LP SLUFF. “SLUFF moves like a wildfire,” Glide writes, “spreading flaming guitar riffs in every possible direction. It is loud and rambunctious, and you can almost imagine their recording sessions looking as uncaged and sweaty […]
The Boston Globe Reviews Mount Eerie’s Now Only
“The merciless forthrightness with which Elverum bared his grief on A Crow Looked at Me made for a brutal yet undeniably powerful and cathartic record,” writes The Boston Globe. Its follow-up, Now Only, “is a different kind of album about death, concerned with how absence simultaneously grows and recedes with the passage of time. The music is slightly less skeletal, […]
Hot New Hip Hop Says Demo Taped Is “HOTTTTT”
Hot New Hip Hop says Demo Taped will give listeners “a dose of feel-good vibes” on his new Momentary EP. The record, according to the site, presents an “untainted journey through Adam Alexander’s emotions and a beautiful look at the human psyche… Upbeat elements of R&B and pop come together for one smile-inducing repertory. It’s an uplifting delivery that makes […]
MusicOMH Reviews Rejjie Snow
MusicOMH has reviewed Dear Annie by Rejjie Snow. According to the website, “The album is a subdued affair, almost rap-as-easy-listening, and one that isn’t afraid to wear its influences on its sleeve: the lush production on tracks like Desole and Rainbows, for example, has strong overtones of Tyler, The Creator’s Flower Boy album, and Rejjie’s lyrics can evoke Earl Sweatshirt and Isaiah Rashad. These influences […]
The Seattle Times Interviews Phil Elverum (Mount Eerie) About His Recent “Strange And Absurd Success”
Now Only, the new LP from Mount Eerie and the follow up to last year’s critically-lauded A Crow Looked At Me, continues Phil Elverum‘s musical reaction to the tragic and fast death of his wife to cancer not long after the birth of their child. In addition, the new LP explores Elverum’s emotional response to […]
The Daily Aztec Endorses Thirdstory’s Live Show
A writer for The Daily Aztec – an independent student paper at San Diego State – recently attended a local Thirdstory concert and was not disappointed. In a review, Arts and Culture editor Cami Buckman noted the band’s rad wardrobe changes and acknowledged their ease and humor onstage. According to Buckman, “what’s special about Thirdstory is […]
The Portland Mercury Recommends Sonny Smith
The Portland Mercury printed a profile on Sonny Smith last month in advance of his show at the famed Mississippi Studios. According to the paper, the singer and multi-instrumentalist has made an album that “centers on hook-heavy pop, channeling Ric Ocasek and Tom Petty.” Smith’s new Dan Auerbach-produced album Rod For Your Love, the Mercury writes, […]
The 405 Shares Isador’s “Jungle”
“For a homespun track,” writes The 405 about the new song from Isador, “‘Jungle’ is packed with enough explosive bombast to make every dance floor in the country ripple with energy.” The site has the track’s premiere, calling it “exhilarating” and praising Warren Heller‘s vocals for their “raw energy.” The song, which appears on Isador’s […]
Mount Eerie’s Now Only Is The Highest Debut On The NACC Top 200
Over on the NACC chart last week, Mount Eerie had the highest debut of the week with the new album Now Only. We’ve been longtime fans of Phil Elverum and Mount Eerie, and its been a tremendously humbling honor to work with this release and with its predecessor, A Crow Looked At Me. We’ve been extraordinarily heartened by the […]
CHAPPO Premieres Video For “White Noise” And Announces More Tour Dates
CHAPPO’s new album Do It! is continuing to find new fans at radio. Last week the band announced new tour dates and premiered their video for “White Noise.” Check out the video hereand make sure to go see CHAPPO when they hit the road this May: 05/08 – Music Hall of Williamsburg – Brooklyn, NY 05/09 […]
Alternative Press Features Naked Giants’ SLUFF
The Seattle trio Naked Giants have finally released their debut album SLUFF, and the response has been tremendous. Though it just came out this past Friday, SLUFF has already climbed into the Top 50 on the NACC Top 200. Alternative Press recently chatted with the band and is streaming the full album. Check out the feature and hear SLUFF here. The band is heading […]
