Earmilk Shares Coast Modern’s MGMT Cover
Earmilk has shared Coast Modern’s recent re-imagination of MGMT’s “Electric Feel,” which the duo recently released. Writes Earmilk, “I’m not usually a huge fan of bands covering other groups songs, but Coast Modern were able to add a freshness to the hit track. The song starts with some smooth crooning, and evolves by the chorus into […]
The Kitsap Sun Profiles CHAPPO
The Kitsap Sun recently profiled CHAPPO, whose new LP DO IT debuted in the Top 100 at NACC this week. The paper gives a bit of a backstory on the band, whose members Dave Feddock (guitar) and Chris Olson (keyboard) attended the same junior high school but didn’t become acquainted until much later. The paper […]
Beams’ Anna Mernieks Speaks With the Wisconsin Gazette
Beams is currently on tour in North America, and bandleader Anna Mernieks recently conducted an interview with the Wisconsin Gazette to promote the band’s show last week in Milwaukee. Mernieks dealt with a severe bout of depression during the making of the album, which she addressed during the interview. According to the singer/songwriter, “writing songs” […]
Keyboard Mag Profiles Dream System 8
Keyboard Magazine has a profile of Dream System 8, the LA-based duo of Erica Elektra and David Klotz. Writes the magazine, “the band coaxes beguiling textures from their array of 80s era keyboards from Roland, Korg, and Yamaha.” The site asked them to give some background about their influences and musical history. Fans may already know […]
Stereogum Premieres Sonny Smith’s Duet With Angel Olsen, “Burnin’ Up”
Earlier this year, Stereogum was kind enough to share the track “Burnin’ Up” from Sonny Smith‘s then-forthcoming LP Rod For Your Love. The track features vocals from Angel Olsen, who also appears in the video. Says Olsen, “I’ve been a fan of Sonny’s for a long time now. I was pretty busy traveling when we […]
Naked Giants, Currently at SxSW, Release Video Via Uproxx
Uproxx has the video for “TV,” one of the massive rockers on Naked Giants‘ new Steve Fisk-produced LP SLUFF. The site decribes the track as “full of retro swagger and guitar-swinging irreverence that taps into the still-beating heart of the genre… the song swells to a full-on psychedelic freakout before its close.” Catch the clip right […]
Sonny Smith Goes For Adds
For years, the incredibly prolific Sonny Smith has built his own brand of indie-folk and rock & roll. With a dozen albums to his name and a handful of related projects — including multiple stage plays, a full-length musical and his nationally-recognized art installation, “100 Bands” — under his belt, Smith has grown into a cult […]
Naked Giants Go For Adds
Naked Giants have signed to New West Records, and SLUFF is their debut full-length. The band – a three-piece garage rock wildebeest from Seattle – combines spontaneity with serious musicianship. Bringing together a tremendous array of influences with an audible energy that gets the crowds doing the twist, guitarist/vocalist Grant Mullen, bassist/vocalist Gianni Aiello, and drummer Henry LaVallee have built […]
Rejjie Snow Goes For Adds
By most metrics, Rejjie Snow appears to be a rap artist and that’s technically true. But he doesn’t see it that way, and in any case the simplicity of the label obscures what makes him different, which is pretty much everything. “I thought I’d be blacklisted from hip-hop for being Irish,” he says, but that’s […]
Coast Modern Releases MGMT Cover, Tours
Coast Modern is on a creative tear, making so much new music that they can’t even keep track of what they’ve recorded. Regarding their newest release – a cover of MGMT‘s classic “Electric Feel” – the duo of Luke Atlas and Coleman Trapp says, “Honestly we don’t remember making this. A few days ago the mastered […]
AmApAc Artists Head To Austin for SxSW
Multiple A man A plan A canal artists are getting pumped for a week of shows in Austin for South by Southwest. If you’re going to be in Austin, here’s where you can catch our artists! Monday, 3/12 Naked Giants – Strange Brew 7 – Hotel Vegas & Volstead Lounge – 9:30 PM Tuesday, 3/13 […]
Magnetic Mag Premieres Dream System 8’s “It’s All Happening”
Magnetic Magazine recently premiered “It’s All Happening,” from Dream System 8‘s debut LP We Sleep Again. The site quotes the band’s Erika Electra about the song’s meaning – according to her, “The song is sort of an existential look at my life. I’ve always been fascinated by the concept of time, and how it is […]
KTSW Reviews Artichoke’s Echoes
Echoes, the newest album from Artichoke, has a “fun-loving” sound and contains “the most unconventional and intriguing versions of classics we all know and love.” The review identifies a couple of covers as highlights: Johnny Cash‘s “Folsom Prison Blues” and Jimmy Buffett‘s “Margaritaville.” According to the review, these tracks have “the heavy and lo-fi guitar solos […]
Beams Tours North America
Beams are going to South by Southwest this month- and a lot of other places too! The Toronto-based seven-piece recently released Teach Me To Love, which reached a new peak this week in its second week at NACC. Now they’re taking the show on the road, with a solid block of dates through much of the […]
CHAPPO Talks With Bedford and Bowery
Last month, Bedford and Bowery premiered the single “White Noise” from CHAPPO’s new album DO IT. The blog describes the song as one that “jolts itself alive with a sliding guitar riff carrying through a groove of distorted bongos,” and it also includes a detailed interview with bandleader Alex Chappo. In the interview, he talks […]
Leyya Gets Set For US Live Debut
In their native Austria, Leyya is huge. The duo is also known around Europe for their technicolor sound and bombastic production. Yet they haven’t performed in the United States. That’s set to change next week, when the band comes out to Austin for SXSW: Saturday, March 10 – 6pm – Palm Door on Sixth, EU in […]
The Barr Brothers Play World Cafe With Sarah Pagé
Fans of The Barr Brothers might be lamenting the recent departure of Sarah Pagé, the band’s longtime harpist whose unique stylings are integral to the sound of new LP Queens of the Breakers. They’ll be excited, therefore, to learn about previously-unreleased performances of the band featuring the now-departed member. One of these performances saw the light […]
The Southern Sounding Shares Dream System 8’s “Color The Stars”
The Southern Sounding has a stream of “Color The Stars,” from Dream System 8‘s debut LP We Sleep Again. In the words of the site, bandmates Erica Elektra and John Kurtz “develop a euphoric electronic awareness [and] a sense of emotional connectedness [that lies] deep beneath the fluorescent facade of the song.” The site goes on, “Elektra’s […]
CHAPPO Goes For Adds
CHAPPO’s third studio album, DO IT, was born of tragedy. On the heels of touring behind their second LP, the dense concept LP Future Former Self, singer Alex Chappo, guitarist David Feddock, and keyboardist Chris Olson all returned home. Their holiday was short-lived, however, as a series of tumultuous events occurred in succession: the band […]
Exclaim Recommends Beams’ Teach Me To Love
Exclaim says that “alt-folk aficionados are sure to get a big kick out of Teach Me to Love, the latest from Toronto troupe Beams. But aside from the twangy banjos and Appalachian-tinged percussion, the new album will also appeal fans of both Lucinda Williams and Kate Bush. Beams’ frontwomen Anna Mernieks and Heather Mazhar bring haunting […]
