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 […]
Leyya Gets Props From Austrian Press
“The Upper Austrian duo Leyya,” writes Austrian Music Export, “is currently at a point in their career somewhere between being a local insider’s tip and the next big Austrian pop export. But that could all change soon.” As the site states, “the ease with which Leyya can shake catchy synthesizer melodies out of their sleeves […]
Simon Doom Shares Video and Tour Dates Via Bandsintown
Bandsintown.com recently premiered the video for Simon Doom‘s “Lucifer The Light Bearer,” which, says the site, “strikes the perfect balance between sonically sweet and lyrically ominous.” Now, writes writes Bandsintown, “we’re ecstatic to premiere the music video for the song, which was directed by acclaimed visual artists Jonah Freeman and Justin Lowe. Featuring a gaggle of […]
The Guardian Praises Steve Reich’s Newest Release
The Guardian praised the “pitch perfect performances” on Steve Reich‘s new Pulse/Quartet in a recent review of the Nonesuch-issued disc. “It’s the seamless, intertwining canons in the woodwind and strings” in Pulse, wrote the paper’s Andrew Clements, “that give the shape and character to this ravishing quarter-hour movement, with airy, weightless textures.” Of Quartet, he […]
WUOG Recommends Postcards
WUOG‘s Andrew Bennett has reviewed Postcards‘ I’ll Be Here In The Morning. According to the review, “The simplicity of their sound pairs well with their reflective lyrics about everything from dreams and memories to scenes of war.” Writes Bennett, “I’ll be here in the morning is a consistent and well-executed album of dreamy slow-core, showing […]
Earmilk Premieres Dream System 8
Dream System 8‘s “Shine A Little Light” recently got a premiere from Earmilk, which also interviewed the duo. In the interview, bandmember Erica Elektra explains the group’s unusual origin story – the duo met on Tinder, but their connection ended up being more musical than romantic – while her cohort David Klotz gives some background about […]
Postcards Sound Great Live
Postcards‘ new LP I’ll Be Here In The Morning is a fantastic record, but unfortunately not many fans in the US will have the chance to see them perform its songs live. It’s a pity, because the Lebanese band is truly captivating. Fortunately, there are plenty of high-quality online videos of recent performances that can […]
Dancing Astronaut Shares Leyya’s “Drumsolo”
Dancing Astronaut is absolutely effusive about Leyya, writing that the Austian duo is “unraveling a new multicolor thread of electro-pop and sewing it into the very seams that so nicely dress up the genre. In a delectable exudence of multitudes, Leyya takes on both melancholy and joy in their music with a pleasantly pearlescent, polychromatic […]
Artichoke Explains Echoes
Artichoke's new album, Echoes, is taking off at radio and has been moving up the NACC chart. Stations have been digging the unique and off-kilter vibe Timothy Sellers brings to his recordings, and we've gotten so much positive feedback on his surprising cover versions of familiar songs by the likes of John Lennon, Johnny Cash, […]
Dream System 8 Goes For Adds
Emotional maturity in the age of app-based dating is hard to come by, and in the case of Dream System 8 it’s led to great music. The project started with a Tinder date between veteran musicians Erica Elektra and David Klotz; while romance didn’t blossom, the two did find an immediate musical kinship. Klotz, an […]
CBC First Play Streams Beams
There are still a couple more days to stream Beams‘ new LP as a CBC First Play. According to the CBC, “Sometimes when the sun makes an appearance in the middle of winter, a kind of slow heat swallows you whole. You’re still cold, but the warmth washes over your body, and you feel the […]
