Mount Eerie Goes On Tour
Earlier this year, Phil Elverum released a painfully honest and beautiful album under his Mount Eerie moniker, A Crow Looked At Me, that functions as his musical reaction to the tragic early death of his wife. It is, quite simply, the most riveting album of 2017 — an artistic accomplishment that is as captivating as […]
New Music From Allen Tate
Allen Tate, a Brooklyn-based vocalist and songwriter, first received acclaim as the lead singer of San Fermin, the indie rock band led by composer Ellis Ludwig-Leone. Ludwig-Leone wrote about half of San Fermin’s songs for Tate’s voice, which contrasted with the band’s female vocalists to thrilling effect. Strong reviews greeted the group’s two albums, with […]
Noisey Shares Overcoats Video
In May, Noisey premiered “Leave The Light On,” the first video from Overcoats‘ smash debut album Young. The accompanying article, which describes the track as being “bolstered by vibrant, close-knit harmonies,” shares the video’s backstory and quotes band members Hana Elion and JJ Mitchell about how the video’s themes reflect the song’s concept. Watch the video […]
Hollywood Life Shares KAYE’s “Cheshire Kitten”
Hollywood Life says “KAYE is exactly what we need right now” and describes her new single “Cheshire Kitten” as “a future-funk track that challenges gender binaries and other cultural expectations.” The site has the premiere of the song’s new video, which was choreographed by Charlene Kaye and Jadée Nikita, as well as an interview with Kaye about […]
The Barr Brothers Stream on Thank Folk For That
Thank Folk For That has shared The Barr Brothers‘ “It Came To Me.” The song, says the website, “begins with a squall of guitar and a rush of drums, quickly formed into a mean, bluesy riff textured with classical acoustic harp. Brad Barr’s voice distorts to a rasp, telling the tale of a Zen-like quest for […]
So Many Wizards Go For Adds
So Many Wizards is an airy, jangly dream-punk project from Southern California. Originally the solo bedroom adventure of multi-instrumentalist Nima Kazerouni, the project has evolved over several years into a fully-formed band (featuring guitarist Tomemitsu, bassist Devin Ratliff, and drummer Erik Felix) that has garnered attention from Pitchfork, Stereogum, Aquarium Drunkard, and Impose Magazine; spins on […]
Coast Modern Talks Tacos (And Other Snacks) With Highlight Mag
Traveling to LA anytime soon? We at AmApAc are always happy to hook you up with recommendations for what to eat while you’re here, but you can also get some solid suggestions from the boys in Coast Modern. The duo has dropped a list of ten choice snack spots in the City of Angels, and […]
Wonderland Premieres Krrum’s “Evil Twin” Video
Wonderland has the premiere of “Evil Twin,” the new video for the title song off Krrum‘s debut EP. As the site describes it, the video takes the song’s “fairly dark theme and turns it on its head as we see a bunch of celebs but not quite how we’d expect. Starring Britney [Spears], Michael Jackson, […]
Under The Radar Premieres Cloud Control’s “Zone”
Under The Radar has premiered “Zone (This Is How It Feels),” the opening track off the upcoming Zone LP from Australia’s Cloud Control. The “ambitious” song “starts with a moody intro,” says Under The Radar, before it “gives way to an anthemic chorus… It’s a thoroughly modern track, and a big advancement from the fun retro […]
KAYE Streams Via Substream
Substream is hosting a stream of KAYE‘s “Cheshire Kitten,” a free-standing release that follows last year’s Honey EP and this year’s LP with her band San Fermin. “The lyrics allude heavily to Alice In Wonderland,” the site writes, “as KAYE likens women who can be whatever they want to be and multifaceted to the constantly changing Cheshire […]
New Music From So Many Wizards – Digital Servicing Only!
So Many Wizards is an airy, jangly dream-punk project from Southern California. Originally the solo bedroom adventure of multi-instrumentalist Nima Kazerouni, the project has evolved over several years into a fully-formed band (featuring guitarist Tomemitsu, bassist Devin Ratliff, and drummer Erik Felix) that has garnered attention from Pitchfork, Stereogum, Aquarium Drunkard, and Impose Magazine; spins on […]
Coast Modern, Touring Soon, Gets “Top Tune” Honors From KCRW
KCRW plucked “Dive,” from Coast Modern‘s self-titled debut LP, as “Today’s Top Tune” on August 11. The shimmery, summery banger – just the latest in a long string of Coast Modern tracks to go viral around the world – is streaming on the site. Listen here! Coast Modern shot to #50 on the NACC chart […]
Krrum Streams Via Stereogum
“The title track from Krrum’s Evil Twin EP exists in a brightly colored world of its own,” wrote Stereogum last year when it premiered the song. “The song,” as the site describes it, “begins with cartoonish horns that run scattershot over a tight rhythmic pattern. It’s kind of like an audible accompaniment to the image […]
WVIA’s George Graham Reviews Kronos Quartet
Kronos Quartet‘s new album Folk Songs, according to a recent review by George Graham of WVIA in Pennsylvania, is “a fascinating recording that combines guest vocals with often haunting arrangements of traditional tunes… Each of the arrangements has some interesting twist, and none of them [do] what you might expect, usually sounding like neither a […]
Krrum Goes For Adds
Producer and songwriter Alex Carrie hails from the wilderness of Derbyshire in the middle of England, where the buses stop at 5 pm and the nearest nightclub is a £50 cab away. His first musical port of call was punk, and when he was young he played trumpet in a ska band. Everything then came […]
Billboard Interviews Coast Modern
“It was definitely a challenging project to incorporate Newtonian physics into hip-hop beats,” Luke Atlas told Billboard about a gig writing rap for NASA that led to his meeting his future Coast Modern collaborator Coleman Trapp. “If we can handle something as weird and hard as this,” Atlas says, “we can handle writing normal songs.” […]
Exclaim! Premieres Barr Brothers Single
“It Came To Me,” a pre-release single from the Barr Brothers‘ new LP Queens of the Breakers, has premiered via Exclaim! Band member Andrew Barr shared the song’s backstory with the site, saying, “Since we were kids, Brad [Barr] and I would sit down at our instruments and, without speaking, launch into playing loud rock and […]
Music Existence Shares KAYE’s “Cheshire Kitten”
Music Existence has shared KAYE‘s new “Cheshire Kitten” single, which is being hailed as a feminist anthem. According to Charlene Kaye, “The song celebrates the fact that [women] are versatile creatures who can be lots of contradictory things at once. We can be technically capable AND sexual, aggressive and soft, breadwinners and maternal figures-and I […]
Cloud Control Gets in the “Zone” on Triple J
Australia’s Triple J has Cloud Control‘s new single, for “Zone (This Is How It Feels)” The song is from the band’s upcoming album of the same title, due September 1 via Votiv. According to Triple J, “The record was self-produced by frontman Alister Wright, who shows off some neat tricks on this maudlin mantra. The […]
San Fermin, On Tour, Talks To PopDust
PopDust has an interview with Ellis Ludwig-Leone, the man behind the chamber pop project San Fermin. “The chamber pop band… is known for their enormous, emotive sound… Their latest release, Belong, is perhaps their most cohesive, using the sounds of their sometimes cacophonous debut record and fine-tuning them into an all-encompassing barrage. The band continues to […]
