The AV Club Reviews L.A. Witch, On Tour Starting This Week
The AV Club has a review of L.A. Witch‘s self-titled debut, highlighting the band’s “morbid streak” and describing them as “a garage-rock trio whose music sounds like it should be blaring from a ghostly Thunderbird as it disappears into the midnight mist… Smoky, sinister, otherworldly takes on classic surf, garage, and girl group sounds are […]
The Deli and Clash Music Feature Two Different Bangers by Happy Hollows
The Deli has the video for “Feel The Moon,” one of many synth-filled jams on Happy Hollows’ new LP Concordia. “The post punk duo were always quite adept,” the site says, “at refreshing the rhythmic thrust of eighties new wave with a more joyful anthemic thrust, but not without considering the gloom that also surrounds […]
New Music From Demo Taped
Adam Alexander aka Demo Taped, the multi-talented, critically-adored 19-year-old whose new single is a blissed-out gospel wrecking ball worthy of celebration, doesn’t like to be called a prodigy. “The only difference between me and anybody else,” he says, “is that when their parents let them quit piano lessons, mine made sure I stayed with it!” Perhaps this […]
Substream Believes Anna Of The North Is Worth The Hype
“Ever since Norwegian singer Anna Lotterud met producer Brady Daniell-Smith and put out single ‘Sway,’” writes Substream in a review of Anna Of The North‘s debut LP Lovers, “she’s been on the map of dream-pop lovers. It’s been a slow buildup of new singles and hype since then, from the ode to her current home […]
Coast Modern Sits With Met Radio
Coast Modern sat with Met Radio, the student voice of MSU Denver, for an interview about their hit self-titled debut album. In addition to giving some crucial details about the album’s creation, the band also offers up ideas about their future (“It would be cool to make album in like a destination album, like go […]
Austin Town Hall Says So Many Wizards Create “Rock N’ Roll Heaven”
Austin Town Hall likes “Sic Boys,” one of the tunes on So Many Wizards‘ new album Heavy Vision. While the “track opens with an angelic vocal carefully echoing through your speakers,” the site explains, “you can hear the energy building as the guitars slowly churn. Instantly, they’re jittering quickly, pushing the song’s pace, pushing you […]
Ani DiFranco Goes For Adds
Ani DiFranco says Binary, her 20th studio album, is inspired by her desire “to try to push society to a better place.” This may be a turn from her more inward-focused 2014 LP Allergic To Water, but it comes as no surprise from someone who has long been recognized for her entrepreneurship, social activism, and […]
Motherfolk Goes For Adds
Motherfolk began as a collaborative effort between Nathan Dickerson and Bobby Paver, who attended high school together in Maysville, Kentucky but didn’t discover a shared musical passion until they found themselves living in the same dorm in college. They bonded over music, moving into an apartment together and making frequent trips to Nashville to record […]
Stereogum Reviews The Dream Syndicate’s New LP, Which Debuted at #31 on NACC Last Week
Congratulations to The Dream Syndicate for a massive Top 40 debut at NACC last week with How Did I Find Myself Here?, the band’s first LP in nearly 30 years. It’s a truly remarkable release from the band, which initially broke up in the late Eighties before reforming in 2012. That it took so long […]
The Revue Premieres Happy Hollows’ “Way Home”
The Revue has the video for “Way Home,” the first song on Happy Hollows‘ fantastic new album Concordia. In an accompanying article, the site gives the band’s backstory and explains how Concordia relates to their previous material – Spells, a debut that thrived on “power punk-pop and garage-rock,” and Amethyst, for which they “transformed themselves” […]
L.A. Record Recommends L.A. Witch
“With a name like L.A. Witch,” writes L.A. Record, “you already have a pretty good idea of the music you’re about to hear: something black, something sexy, a soundtrack to the forbidden. With their self-titled debut, this badass L.A. trio uses reverb-soaked guitars, narcoticized vocals, and delightfully seedy subject matter to cast their spell over […]
New Music From Motherfolk
Motherfolk began as a collaborative effort between Nathan Dickerson and Bobby Paver, who attended high school together in Maysville, Kentucky but didn’t discover a shared musical passion until they found themselves living in the same dorm in college. They bonded over music, moving into an apartment together and making frequent trips to Nashville to record […]
Ghettoblaster Shares Happy Hollows’ “Decide”
Ghettoblaster recently premiered “Decide,” the newest single from Happy Hollows‘ fresh LP Concordia. As the site explains, the band has spent a while “cutting their teeth in LA’s underground and touring the country with indie favorites like Lucius, Deerhoof, and Japandroids,” but the new album “represents the peak of Happy Hollows’ artistic progression, combining the […]
The Skinny Gives Four Stars To Anna Of The North
The Skinny calls Lovers, the first LP from Scandi-pop duo Anna Of The North, “a glistening journey through the spectrum of emotions associated with heartbreak.” As the site describes it, “Anna of the North succeed where so many other synth-pop acts fail, in being able to produce expansive electronic pop that is both poignant and […]
RIFF Magazine Features San Fermin, On Tour Now
RIFF magazine has an interesting profile of San Fermin, featuring photos of the band from a recent trip to play Outside Lands in San Francisco. Based on an interview with band mastermind Ellis Ludwig-Leone, the profile delves into the creative process behind the band and explores the different elements that each member brings to the […]
New Music From Ani DiFranco
Ani DiFranco says Binary, her 20th studio album, is inspired by her desire “to try to push society to a better place.” This may be a turn from her more inward-focused 2014 LP Allergic To Water, but it comes as no surprise from someone who has long been recognized for her entrepreneurship, social activism, and […]
FACT Mag Approves of L.A. Witch; Their New LP Debuts in the NACC Top 50
FACT Mag has a review of L.A. Witch‘s self-titled debut, which the site describes as “a tough-as-nails, gritty exploration of psych, punk and rockabilly tinged with ’60s girl-group nostalgia.” The review makes reference to the trio’s influences – specifically “Black Sabbath, the Gun Club, Joy Division, the Cramps” – but contends that it’s “exactly how […]
Impose Shares “Before She Runs” By So Many Wizards
Impose has “Before She Runs,” one of the tracks on So Many Wizards‘ sophomore release Heavy Vision. The site describes the song as “fast paced,” writing that it “guides you through a frantic composition with a murky sound, with leader Nima Kazerouni’s vocals singing of a failed relationship almost buried inside it all. Moments with […]
The Music Enjoys Cloud Control
Cloud Control is “grown up” on Zone, their third LP. This is according to The Music, a website from their home continent of Australia. “Each song reflects different moods,” says the site. “Lead single ‘Zone (This Is How It Feels)’ is retro-fitted with a wink to Kid Cudi, ‘Treetops’ seems influenced by the score in […]
Happy Hollows Goes For Adds
Art-rock duo Happy Hollows was founded by two polar opposites. Free-spirited guitarist Sarah Negahdari initially met bassist Charlie Mahoney at an LA strip mall where she was reading Tarot to pay bills; he’d just arrived from Washington, DC to pursue a PhD. Yet the two clicked as friends, and years later they’ve toured across the […]
