New Music From Anna of the North
Anna of the North has found an international audience and viral success with an epic, swooning, and ethereal sound that, according to the FADER, “brings out Scandi-pop’s sensitive side.” The project got its start when singer Anna Lotterud, who grew up in a small town and was managing a clothing store in Oslo, began to […]
DIY Mag Shares Krrum’s “Still Love”
“Still Love,” one of the tracks on Krrum’s debut Evil Twin EP, has been featured by DIY Mag. The song, writes the magazine, “mashes the fidgeting bloops of Jai Paul with rich, warm, bouncing production.” As quoted in DIY, the band says the song is “about feeling like you want progress in a relationship but […]
Kronos Quartet is Named “Best New Music Ensemble” by SFCV
San Francisco Classical Voice, a long-running website with a mission to “serve the arts community and its audiences with the highest-quality, free, original journalism,” has announced the results of its third-annual Best of the Bay reader poll. Unsurprisingly, Kronos Quartet won the award for Best New Music Ensemble. “We can’t quibble with giving the laurels […]
L.A. Witch Goes For Adds
After touring nearly non-stop for the last three years and releasing a handful of limited-edition singles, the Los Angeles three-piece L.A. Witch has developed a singularly seductive, haunting, and wistful sound. On their eponymous debut album, their reverb-drenched jangle and sultry vocals conjure the analog sound of some record collector’s prized seven-inch from a short-lived […]
The Dream Syndicate Goes for Adds
Seminal indie rock band The Dream Syndicate has released their fifth studio album and first since 1988, How Did I Find Myself Here? Formed in Los Angeles in 1981, The Dream Syndicate was founded by current members Steve Wynn (guitar, vocals) and Dennis Duck (drums) along with Karl Precoda (guitar) and Kendra Smith (bass). With its widely […]
Coast Modern, On Tour and Aiming For a New NACC Peak, Strip Down For AXS
Coast Modern is known for shimmering, effervescent pop productions with layers upon layers of hooks. It’s easy to get lost in the well-constructed headphone masterpieces that Luke Atlas and Coleman Trapp create, but the songs also translate to a stripped-down setting. This effect was on evidence recently when the duo appeared at an AXS Patio […]
Rolling Stone AU and KEXP Celebrate Cloud Control’s “Strange New Pop”
Rolling Stone Australia has praise for Zone, the new LP from the continent’s anthemic art-rockers Cloud Control. “On the group’s third LP,” writes the rag, “they’ve discovered… a new space situated between triumph and tragedy that sees them still keeping one eye on the horizon… [the LP is] a notable distance from the humble psych-pop of […]
The Grey Estates Shares “Sic Boys” By So Many Wizards
“The latest single from So Many Wizards is sun-soaked and joyful,” writes The Grey Estates of “Sic Boys,” the first track on the band’s new Heavy Vision album. “It’s as warm and fun as dipping your toes in the ocean, letting the waves crash over you. You’ll want to outstretch your hands to scoop up […]
New Music From The Dream Syndicate
Seminal indie rock band The Dream Syndicate has released their fifth studio album and first since 1988, How Did I Find Myself Here? Formed in Los Angeles in 1981, The Dream Syndicate was founded by current members Steve Wynn (guitar, vocals) and Dennis Duck (drums) along with Karl Precoda (guitar) and Kendra Smith (bass). With its […]
Why You Should Love Music Lavishes Praise on the “Unperturbedly Bizarre” Coast Modern
“This album is bizarre,” writes Why You Should Love Music about the self-titled debut by Coast Modern. “But the strangeness is what I love about these songs. Though founded upon sound compositional principles, nothing about this album is predictable or generic. It somehow manages to be whimsical, pessimistic, and charming all at the same time.” […]
Buzzbands Shares So Many Wizards’ “Sic Boys”
Buzzbands has “Sic Boys,” a single from So Many Wizards new LP Heavy Vision. “After dalliances as/with Crown Plaza, Nectarines and GNTLMN,” writes veteran LA scene blogger Kevin Bronson, “the prolific Nima Kazerouni has returned to the prime directive: His garage-pop quartet So Many Wizards… The kaleidoscopic Heavy Vision finds the quartet (Kazerouni, Erik Felix, […]
Krrum’s “Evil Twin” Streams on Clash Music
Clash Music has a stream of “Evil Twin,” the lead single on Krrum‘s debut EP of the same name. In addition to the song, a menacing banger featuring huge-sounding synthesized horns, Clash includes some backstory about the dark and mysterious UK outfit. “Just a kid from the Dark Peak – an ominous sounding area of […]
New Music From L.A. Witch
After touring nearly non-stop for the last three years and releasing a handful of limited-edition singles, the Los Angeles three-piece L.A. Witch has developed a singularly seductive, haunting, and wistful sound. On their eponymous debut album, their reverb-drenched jangle and sultry vocals conjure the analog sound of a collector’s prized 45 from some short-lived cult […]
Tiny Mix Tapes Shares Cloud Control’s “Zone”
Tiny Mix Tapes has “Zone (This is How It Feels),” the first song and near-title track of Cloud Control‘s band’s new LP Zone. In the accompanying piece, the website takes readers into the band’s backyard. Cloud Control comes from a place about an hour and a half outside of Sydney [Australia] called the Blue Mountains… […]
Allen Tate, Currently Singing on Tour with San Fermin, Premieres “Polly” via Paste
Paste recently premiered Allen Tate’s cover of Nirvana‘s “Polly.” The site writes, “Recorded with one of his San Fermin bandmates, drummer Michael Hanf, Tate’s cover of ‘Polly’ strikes a fine balance between faithful recreation of Nirvana’s song and bold expansion of the Nevermind cut beyond its original strictures. Tate’s voice is a rich and haunting […]
The Barr Brothers Prepare Tour
Canada’s The Barr Brothers are getting set to release their new LP, Queens of the Breakers, next month. They’re also gearing up for a month-long tour in support of the release, with dates in Canada and all across the US. It all starts in November, save for a show later this month in Utopia, TX. […]
Cloud Control Go for Adds
When Cloud Control moved back to Sydney in 2013, they were different than the band that had left. In the preceding two years, they toured their Australian Music Prize–winning, ARIA-nominated first album Bliss Release to global acclaim, relocated to the UK, and released a second LP – Dream Cave – from their new home. But […]
The Indie Sound Reviews Coast Modern, Who Begin US Tour This Week
The Indie Sound thinks Coast Modern‘s debut LP is more than an album. “Coast Modern brings you to a state of being present,” the site writes, mystically. “The most successful songs put you firmly into your skin. The lyrics hook onto terms that evoke texture and feeling; the layered production seems to surround you and […]
Vanyaland Praises So Many Wizards’ “Stellar Sound”
“So Many Wizards walk a fine line between garage rock and dream-pop,” writes Vanyaland in a review of Heavy Vision, the California group’s sophomore release. According to the site, “The album exhibits a low tone approach while maintaining feverish rhythms… to create a stellar sound that’s both mellow and effective.” The review compliments the LP’s danceable […]
Aquarium Drunkard Interviews Steve Wynn of The Dream Syndicate
“From the beginning,” The Dream Syndicate‘s Steve Wynn tells Aquarium Drunkard in a recent interview, “we wanted to be psychedelic, but not in the bell bottoms and tie-dye sort of way, but something that would give you a head trip and take you somewhere else from where you started.” The band has certainly accomplished that […]
