Paste Compares Simon Doom To The Cure
Paste Magazine has thrown its weight behind Simon Doom, calling the band “one of New York City’s best kept secrets.” Says the site, the quartet’s new song “Lucifer The Light Bearer” is “an absolute banger of a surf-tinged indie rock anthem” that sounds a little like The Cure. We may still be in the first […]
Postcards Go For Adds
Postcards is a dream pop/indie rock band that features hushed, introspective vocals that float over expansive sonic spaces that shift between harsh noise and dreamy soundscapes. Formed by four friends – Julia Sabra, Marwan Tohme, Pascal Semerdjian and Rany Bechara – in Beirut, Lebanon, the band is concerned with capturing the constant oscillation between opposite […]
Simon Doom Goes For Adds
Simon Doom has launched a new chapter in its creative journey with the release of “Lucifer The Light Bearer.” The track is built around shimmering, lofi guitars and driving percussion over which frontman and primary songwriter, Simon O’Connor, lays down an infectious hook that brings enough warmth to thaw out some of the New York […]
Thirdstory Goes For Adds
Thirdstory is the stage name of soulful NYC-based trio made up of Ben Lusher, Richard Saunders, and Elliott Skinner. Starting in 2015, the group has cultivated a strong grassroots following, including over 100,000 YouTube subscribers, with an abundance of awe-inspiring acoustic covers uploaded to the platform. In 2017, the chameleonic singers released their debut EP Searching, which was a […]
Dubiks Premieres Leyya’s “Heat” Video
“In true Leyya fashion,” writes music website Dubiks, “‘Heat’ mesmerizes with wonderfully layered and intricately constructed electronic sounds, tastefully crafted into an experimental pop song. The track is a collection of the subtle contrasts that make Leyya such a fascinating act, complete with Sophie’s trademark breathy vocals sitting against an intricately designed soundscape. Forgive Leyya […]
The Inventory Praises Postcards’ I’ll Be Here In The Morning
The Inventory has a review of Postcards‘ new LP I’ll Be Here In The Morning, writing that “the Beirut-based indie musicians have dropped a cleanly produced stack of dream pop and delivered a diversity that demands repeated play.” Says the site, “The musical conviction displayed by the band within their debut album belies Postcards’ dearth of previously released […]
Sam Amidon Performs At Yellow Couch Studios
Sam Amidon appeared on two different records we worked last year – his own LP, The Following Mountain, and Kronos Quartet’s Folk Songs. The multi-faceted musician also recently stopped by Yellow Couch Studio in Pittsburg to record a few songs, including two from The Following Mountain. “I’ve been a fan of Sam’s music for quite a while now,” […]
CHAPPO Tours with The Flaming Lips
CHAPPO, whose new album DO IT arrives later this month, has been tapped to open for The Flaming Lips on a string of March dates through the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic. It’s not the first time the band has done that, either. In a recent interview with Bedford and Bowery, singer Alex Chappo explained how The […]
Atwood Magazine Profiles red steppes and Shares “Bixby”
Atwood Magazine has a thorough profile of red steppes – the recording alias of Oakland-based singer/songwriter Nika States – along with the premiere of the project’s first single, “Bixby.” As Atwood explains, the song “is sonically comforting: The sweetness in red steppes’ voice, especially when layered, and the gentle guitars surround the listener in an […]
Clash Music Shares Leyya’s “Zoo” Video
Clash Music has the premiere of “Zoo,” one of the standout songs on Leyya‘s new album Sauna. Writes the site, “Leyya are a duo from Austria with a magpie-like eye for sound. Piecing together 60s pop with sitar sounds, electronic flourishes with a touch of brass, the pair’s songwriting is both fantastically broad and neatly […]
Sors-tu Premieres The Barr Brothers’ New Video
The Barr Brothers have released the second official video clip from 2017’s Queens of the Breakers. “You Would Have To Lose Your Mind” features experimental dancer Brittany Canda. Sors-tu.ca has the premiere of the clip, which it compares to some of the videos that Sia has made. Enjoy the gorgeous clip right here. The Barr Brothers […]
Artichoke Goes For Adds
Artichoke’s newest album, Echoes, is a collection of songs about songs, including ten stylistically-warped covers alongside four originals. Timothy Sellers (Artichoke) and musical guests recorded this oblique reinvention of pop music from the twentieth century at his studio in the Highland Park neighborhood of Los Angeles – an older part of town with a hilly […]
Sis Goes For Adds
Sis is the serendipitous, scary, and smooth combustion of Jenny Gillespie Mason, Rob Shelton, Carly Bond, Joseph Adamik, Andrew Maguire, and Jamie Riotto. The group began as a spontaneous shredding/sculpting session of songwriting and recording between former folkie Gillespie Mason – who came armed with her journals and a handful of rough compositions begun on […]
red steppes Go For Adds
Singer-songwriter Nika Aila States, who performs as red steppes, has been writing and performing songs for years. Living in the Bay Area, her geographical inclinations have led her to nurse a deep preoccupation with a sense of place, writing songs with an ocular lyrical panache that deals first with finding a setting – usually one that’s […]
The Dream Syndicate Plays Two Stripped-Down Songs For WFUV
The Dream Syndicate continues to promote last year’s How Did I Find Myself Here? After three decades without releasing material, the new record is more than a comeback – it finds the band not only returning to form but explanding its sound. A key player on the LP is Jason Victor, the newest member of the […]
CHAPPO Schedules Shows
CHAPPO started off 2018 with a bang, premiering the song “Cry On Me” on KCRW and announcing their upcoming album DO IT. The single is available to download from AmApAc in advance of the album’s release next month, and we’re excited about all of the positive feedback we’ve been receiving from stations about the track. […]
Brooklyn Vegan Shares Sonny Smith Song
A few months ago, Brooklyn Vegan was one of the first outlets to drop the news that Sonny Smith – known, among many other things, for his work as the frontman of Sonny and the Sunsets – had signed to Dan Auerbach‘s Easy Eye Sound and would release the Auerbach-helmed Rod For Your Love his year. […]
Pitchfork Bestows “Best New Track” Honors On Mount Eerie
Pitchfork says “Distortion,” the new single from Mount Eerie, is a Best New Track. “On Mount Eerie’s new song,” writes the site, “death is still real, but its scope has expanded. It’s no longer confined to the few months before and after [his wife] Geneviève’s death, though he still calls to her, still refers to […]
Aesthetic Magazine Interviews San Fermin’s Ellis Ludwig-Leone
San Fermin continues to support Belong, which the band released to much acclaim last year. The band’s Ellis Ludwig-Leone recently sat with Aesthetic Magazine for a conversation as well as a photo session. Ludwig-Leone explained why he chose to make Belong more lyrically personal than previous San Fermin outings, and he also told the ‘zine […]
Noisey Premieres Leyya Video
According to Noisey, “One of the most exciting things about music is that it doesn’t have to make absolute, technical sense for you to thoroughly enjoy it… Clashing sounds and words, beats and melodies to create a mood or feeling or swath simply of sound rather than rigid structure is an entirely pleasurable creative act.” […]
