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 […]
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 […]
