107.7 The End Praises 2017 LPs by My Goodness and Dude York
Seattle’s 107.7 The End has included Scavengers, by My Goodness, amongst its list of best local albums from 2017. Calling the album a “step forward,” the article’s author also declares the album’s title track “one of the best songs I’ve heard all year.” Sincerely, the new album from Dude York, is also on the list […]
KEXP Selects Cloud Control For “Song Of The Day” Honors
Cloud Control’s “Rainbow City” has been swooped up by KEXP and given a “Song Of The Day” feature. The station says, “‘Rainbow City’ comes out with a gorgeously produced video, a surreal color-fest that meets the expectation of a song about rainbow anything. The song sees riffs float through a gossamer miasma of synths and […]
Simon Doom Shares Favorite Records With Discogs
Simon Doom‘s Simon O’Connor has eclectic and often-obscure musical taste, as evidenced by a recent interview with the musician on Discogs. O’Connor, Discogs writes, has created a “unique brand of power pop that’s as innovative as it is accessible” on new LP Babyman. In the interview, he delves into his influences by sharing the first […]
WQHS Reviews Overcoats’ Breakthrough Debut LP
WQHS, the student-run station at the University of Pennsylvania, has a review of Overcoats’ Young. According to the review, the duo creates “beautiful songs of sadness and longing… [with] a unique style that makes you want rock back and forth to the beat.” The reviewer continues, “Overcoats’ songs are about relationships, not just romantic but also familial. […]
AllMusic Positively Reviews Kronos Quartet
AllMusic has a four-star review of the new LP from Kronos Quartet, calling Folk Songs “a smart and emotionally effective exploration of the folk tradition that respects musical history without being chained to it, and it’s an experiment the Kronos Quartet would do well to repeat in the future.” The album features an impressive set […]
My Goodness Releases “Islands” Video, Hits the NACC 200
My Goodness has a new video, for Scavengers standout track “Islands.” In an interview with KEXP last year, band member Andy Lum said, “In the past we’ve drawn most of our creative energy from volume, which is a lot of fun, but doesn’t leave a lot of room to grow. We basically explored ways we […]
Gold Flake Paint Praises Gothic Tropic’s Fast or Feast
Gold Flake Paint raves about Gothic Tropic in a review of their new album, Fast or Feast. The album’s lyrics are inspired by frontwoman Cecilia Della Peruti‘s own struggles and experiences with relationships and adolescence but, according to the site, she seems to find the silver lining in any bleak situation — “every breakthrough and small victory becomes […]
Overcoats Share “Leave The Light On” Video
Overcoats have a new video, which was directed by Charlotte Hornsby and Jesse Ruuttila and filmed at New York’s Rockaway Beach. The video is for “Leave The Light On,” a track from the duo’s stunning debut album Young. According to The AU Review, “Exuding excitement and charm, there have been many moments on the album […]
BUST Hires Tacocat’s Emily Nokes
BUST Magazine, which has been a “fierce, funny, and pro-female” force in media for the past two-and-a-half decades, has a new music editor: Emily Nokes, who is also the singer of Tacocat! In an article introducing her to readers, BUST wrote, “She’s smart, she’s feminist, has impeccable taste, and she gives no f*cks about expressing […]
Kronos Quartet Goes For Adds
For more than 40 years, San Francisco’s Kronos Quartet—David Harrington and John Sherba (violins), Hank Dutt (viola), and Sunny Yang (cello)—has combined a spirit of fearless exploration with a commitment to continually re-imagine the string quartet experience. In the process, Kronos has become one of the world’s most celebrated and influential ensembles. The group has performed thousands […]
Soundblab Goes Crazy Over Gothic Tropic
According to Soundblab, Gothic Tropic‘s new album is “killer.” The site contends that Fast Or Feast “checks all the boxes. Vocals. Songwriting. Solos. And it sounds so good from a production standpoint. I mean, this stuff is original, but also honed and polished—star-making machinery.” Comparing bandleader Cecilia Della Peruti’s guitar playing to Pat Metheny and […]
107.7 The End Profiles My Goodness
“Things are different now,” wrote 107.7 The End last year in a detailed feature on Seattle’s My Goodness. The band started as the project of singer/guitarist Joel Schneider before developing into a true collaboration between Schneider and drummer/keyboardist Andy Lum. Now, they’ve blossomed into a four-piece and replaced much of their original blues-rock sound with […]
For Folk’s Sake Recommends Overcoats’ Young
Overcoats’ Young is “a complete album, not just a collection of songs they happened to be working on at the time.” This is according to For Folk’s Sake, which published a review of the album last month. “There’s a satisfying comfort in the way the duo steers melodies and tones,” the site writes, also lauding […]
Simon Doom Needs To Be Heard, Writes The Alternative Press
Back in May, The Alternative Press included Simon Doom‘s MGMT-produced single “I Feel Unloved’ – which has a bizarre music video directed by VICE’s Nick Gazin and starring Doom along with fellow musician Anni Rossi – on a list of songs “you need to hear.” The song, which opens Doom’s new Babyman LP, is a stunningly […]
New Music From Kronos Quartet – Digital Servicing Only
For more than 40 years, San Francisco’s Kronos Quartet—David Harrington and John Sherba (violins), Hank Dutt (viola), and Sunny Yang (cello)—has combined a spirit of fearless exploration with a commitment to continually re-imagine the string quartet experience. In the process, Kronos has become one of the world’s most celebrated and influential ensembles. The group has performed thousands […]
Sam Amidon Has Gotten Under The Radar “All Whirled Up”
On The Following Mountain, seasoned folk experimentalist Sam Amidon veers away from the traditional compositions he’s often recorded and towards original music. According to Under The Radar, “The Following Mountain rewards us with the marriage of the two Sam Amidons—the inflection of those old-soul melodies meet the nuances of his [previous band] Popcorn Behavior. He’s […]
Overcoats Share Their Story with SF Examiner
Overcoats met at Wesleyan University, an experience the duo detailed in a recent interview with the San Francisco Examiner. “I remember finding all the locations on campus that had a good echo and then singing various songs in there,” band member Hana Elion told the paper, while JJ Mitchell added, “It took four years of creating […]
Stereogum Premieres Holy Oak’s Isabelle
According to Stereogum, Holy Oak‘s song “Isabelle” is a “sweeping acoustic number… [The song is] striking and heartbreaking, and the depths of that statement lingers long after the song has finished.” The site premiered the song in advance of Second Son, the new Holy Oak LP that is currently spinning at radio. “I almost left this […]
As You Are Comes to Amazon
As You Are, the directorial debut of Miles Joris-Peyrafitte that stars Charlie Heaton and Amandla Stenberg, is now streaming via Amazon Prime Now. We recently serviced the film’s soundtrack, which includes haunting instrumentals by Joris-Peyrafitte and Patrick Higgins as well as a the gorgeous and folky “Appalachian Moon” by Kevin Reilly. Now, you can see the whole film. According to The Hollywood Reporter, As You […]
Anna Of The North Goes For Adds
Rising Oslo-based duo Anna of the North presents two new dreamy synth pop singles off their forthcoming debut album due this fall. Anna of the North has found an international audience and viral success internationally with an epic, swooning, and ethereal sound that, according to the FADER, “brings out Scandi-pop’s sensitive side.” The project got […]
