New Music From Krrum – Digital Servicing Only
Producer and songwriter Alex Carrie hails from the wilderness of Derbyshire in the middle of England, where the buses stop at 5pm 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 into […]
Coast Modern, On Tour Soon, Talks With LA Weekly
Although Coast Modern has steadily been releasing singles and gathering a fan base since last year, Luke Atlas and Coleman Trapp have been somewhat mysterious when discussing its backstory. That’s beginning to change with the release of the duo’s self-titled debut LP, which coincided with a significant LA Weekly feature on the group. Fans will […]
Sam Amidon Details His Musical Journey With Fretboard Journal
According to Fretboard Journal, “Sam Amidon is, quite simply, one of our favorite musicians. His visionary music is mesmerizing: He somehow melds traditional Appalachian folk with experimental music (and it works).” In a recent edition of the Fretboard Journal’s podcast, Amidon shares anecdotes about a “fascinating musical journey” that has included many interesting adventures. Listen right […]
The Electricity Club Interviews Lost In Stars
Dylan Willoughby has been making music for many years, but it was only recently that his Lost In Stars project truly took form. The project released its first LP earlier this year, to the delight of fans of intelligent, moody nighttime electro. Now he’s been interviewed by the Electricity Club, a UK-based website dedicated to […]
Coast Modern Goes For Adds
Coast Modern is what happens when you let go of what you always thought you wanted and embrace the unexpected. Luke Atlas and Coleman Trapp met while working as Los Angeles-based songwriters, fellow rats in the race to land songs with mainstream pop artists. After a couple of years without much success, they’d each nearly […]
Cloud Control Goes For Adds
When Cloud Control moved back to Sydney in 2013, they were in many ways different than the band that had left. In the preceding two years, they had 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 […]
The Dream Syndicate Goes For Adds
On September 8, seminal indie rock band The Dream Syndicate will release 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 […]
The Barr Brothers Go For Adds
The Barr Brothers are set to release their third album, Queens of the Breakers, on October 13 via Secret City Records. The band began in the late 2000s, after songwriter Brad Barr and his brother – drummer Andrew Barr – moved to Montréal after spending a decade in Providence playing in avant-rock trio The Slip. Brad’s […]
KQED Highlights Kronos Quartet
Northern California’s KQED devoted some time in a recent California Report to delve into Folk Songs, the new album from the “visionary” San Francisco-based Kronos Quartet that features vocalists Natalie Merchant, Olivia Chaney, Sam Amidon, and Rhiannon Giddens. “Part of what makes Folk Songs such a departure for Kronos,” says the feature, “is what’s not […]
Scan Interviews Gothic Tropic
Scan, the student newspaper at Lancaster University in the UK, interviewed Gothic Tropic leader Cecilia Della Peruti about her album Fast Or Feast, her time working with BØRNS and Charli XCX, her parents’ musical influence on her, and the person who inspired the song “Feed You To The Sharks.” The song, she says, “is not about a […]
New Music From Cloud Control – Digital Servicing Only
When Cloud Control moved back to Sydney in 2013, they were in many ways different than the band that had left. In the preceding two years, they had 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 […]
PopCrush Celebrates KAYE’s “Cheshire Kitten”
“Cheshire Kitten,” the new single by KAYE, is “a feminist future-funk anthem as eccentric as a Lewis Carroll character and as catchy as Chaka Khan.” That’s the opinion of PopCrush, which recently featured a stream of the huge and exciting new stand-alone single from the solo artist who is also known for her work as […]
KEXP Shines the Local Spotlight on Dude York
KEXP has been tooting the Dude York horn for a while now, so it’s almost hard to believe that the beloved Seattle radio institution has only recently picked the up-and-coming Seattle garage rock institution for a Local Artist Spotlight. “Since they emerged in Seattle with their 2011 debut Gangs of Dude York,” the station writes, […]
New Music From The Barr Brothers
The Barr Brothers are set to release their third album, Queens of the Breakers, on October 13, 2017 via Secret City Records. The band began in the late 2000s, after songwriter Brad Barr and his brother – drummer Andrew Barr – moved to Montréal after spending a decade in Providence, RI playing in avant-rock trio The […]
Simon Doom Selects Summer Songs For Brightest Young Things
Simon Doom‘s Simon O’Connor has teamed up with Brightest Young Things to present a sick summer compilation of tracks for fans to jam during the hot months. The diverse collection includes everything Charles Mingus and ZZ Top, along with a “Ghost Riders In The Sky” cover by the legendary Space Lady – a longtime favorite […]
Overcoats Play For Jefferson Public Radio
Overcoats‘ “sound captivates, combining electronic backdrops with soaring, harmonic intimacy — a sort of Chet Faker meets Simon & Garfunkel.” This is according to a blurb accompanying the New York-based duo’s recent live session for Jefferson Public Radio. It’s clear from the 25-minute session that the girls have a magnetic presence, which is buoyed here […]
New Album From Coast Modern
Coast Modern is what happens when you let go of what you always thought you wanted and embrace the unexpected. Luke Atlas and Coleman Trapp met while working as Los Angeles-based songwriters, fellow rats in the race to land songs with mainstream pop artists. After a couple of years without much success, they’d each nearly […]
Drowned In Sound Interviews Gothic Tropic
Drowned In Sound has a stunningly thorough interview with Cecilia Della Peruti, whose band Gothic Tropic “radiates with pop gloss and heroic hooks.” According to the site, “if Debbie Harry, Christine McVie, and Kevin Parker were going for a drive in the Cali Valley on a hot summer’s afternoon, this would be the tape they’d […]
Magnet Says Sam Amidon Is “Essential”
Magnet Magazine has classified Sam Amidon‘s The Following Mountain as “Essential New Music,” writing that “after five rewarding albums of artful, evocative (re)interpretations of primarily traditional material (and the odd contemporary pop cover), this Vermont troubadour and multi-instrumentalist makes a seemingly sharp pivot with his first offering of entirely original compositions. That the results rarely […]
New Music From The Dream Syndicate
After sharing their LP’s first single and title track earlier this summer, the LA proto-shoegaze band presents second single “Glide.” On September 8th, seminal indie rock band The Dream Syndicate will release their fifth studio album and first since 1988, How Did I Find Myself Here? Formed in Los Angeles in 1981, The Dream Syndicate was […]
