Overcoats Go Deep with Billboard, Climb the NACC Charts
Overcoats recently took Billboard on a deep dive of an interview, telling the magazine all about their new album Young and their story as artists and friends. “We want our lyrics to sound like a diary entry that you weren’t supposed to see,” bandmember Hana Elion tells the magazine, explaining the intimacy on display throughout Young‘s […]
The Austin Chronicle Calls Belong “San Fermin’s Best” Album
The Austin Chronicle has given a four star review to San Fermin‘s Belong, writing that the album “aims more personal for the Brooklyn composer [Ellis Ludwig-Leone, who heads the band], though the sonic ambitions of his eight-piece remain unchecked.” The review praises the band’s singers, Allen Tate and Charlene Kaye, for how well their voices […]
Clash Music Streams Blonder’s “Lean”
Clash Music has a stream of “Lean,” Blonder‘s “killer summer jam” that the site describes as “synth-pop with real post-punk leanings.” Writing last summer, the magazine proclaimed that “‘Lean’ opens with some spacious Factory Records style guitar, sounding more than a little like some lost Section 25 demo. But then the drums kick in, and the […]
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 […]
Stephin Merritt Talks To Vermont Public Radio and The Magnetic Fields’ 50 Song Memoir Comes to Spotify
Vermont Public Radio has an interview with The Magnetic Fields’ Stephin Merritt, whose 50 Song Memoir is among one of the most critically-adored records of 2017. Telling the station about one of the LP’s tracks, “’78: The Blizzard of ’78,” Merritt explains, “It’s maddeningly repetitive, played on a somewhat out-of-tune electric dulcimer, which is basically […]
When The Horn Blows Explains Steady Holiday’s “Terror” Video
According to When The Horn Blows, Steady Holiday‘s “Terror” (from her EP of the same name) takes a “stunning and shrewd approach to kitsch as Steady Holiday plays with spooky arrangements, dramatic, cinematic 60s influences and a hugely ironic sentiment, delivered through a subdued yet stirring vocal – effective in its entirety.” The site has […]
Impose Premieres Linda Fox’s Video For “Like New”
Linda Fox, the musical project of a New Yorker named Michael Donovan, makes what Impose calls “spectral, dreamy noise pop.” The project has a new video, for new track “Like New,” and it involves a creepy and disturbing scene at a wedding. Impose has the clip, which it calls “totally surreal experience” when matched with […]
Julietta Goes For Adds
Though Julietta was born and raised in New York, she has found her sound in Central America. The artist spent her winter in the dense jungles of Nicaragua at Maderas Village Studios recording her single “Beach Break,” which has caught the attention of music blogs across the globe and led to features as an upcoming […]
Linda Fox Goes For Adds
File Under: Music has released “Like New” from Linda Fox, the next audio/visual single in its One Song At A Time series. An experimental project at heart, project mastermind Michael Donovan draws from elements of noise pop, dance-rock, lo-fi, and folk music to fashion palpable songs that reflect less than immediately accessible emotional states. A playful, questioning guitar goes over […]
Wolfpack Radio Reviews Overcoats’ Young
Caroline Ackerman, the general manager of University of Nevada, Reno’s Wolfpack Radio, recently reviewed Young, the debut LP from New York’s Overcoats. The duo “expertly blends the comforting harmonies of folk with modern synth,” writes Ackerman, who compliments Overcoats’ “wistful and dark lyrics” that go with the girls’ “magical harmonies and meaningful stories.” Read the […]
San Fermin Curates Playlist For USA Today
Have you ever looked blankly at yourself in the mirror and asked out loud, “What is San Fermin listening to right now”? Well, if you were a regular reader of USA Today, you’d know the answer to that question! That’s because band mastermind Ellis Ludwig-Leone recently curated a playlist for the daily, including not only […]
Ghost Against Ghost’s “Expansive” LP is Reviewed By The Obelisk
The Obelisk has a detailed review of Ghost Against Ghost‘s still love, noting the album’s “stylistic ambition and melodic breadth.” Band mastermind Christopher Bono “is able to put an expansive but still deeply human resonance to the story he’s telling and exploring” on the album, the review contends, “and though the tale may be dark, […]
KCRW Streams GRMLN
Santa Monica NPR affiliate KCRW posted the premiere this spring of GRMLN‘s “27 Kids,” writing that the track is “an exuberant blast of power pop excellence, complete with beautifully layered ‘ahhs,’ and ‘na na nas.’” This brilliantly compliments lyrics which celebrate the positive political activism currently being enacted by so many young people. This one […]
New Music From Linda Fox
File Under: Music has released “Like New” from Linda Fox, the next audio/visual single in its One Song At A Time series. An experimental project at heart, project mastermind Michael Donovan draws from elements of noise pop, dance-rock, lo-fi, and folk music to fashion palpable songs that reflect less than immediately accessible emotional states. A playful, questioning guitar goes over […]
Breaking and Entering Streams darkDARK
“If you’re familiar with acts like Sleigh Bells and Purity Ring,” opens Breaking & Entering‘s feature on darkDARK‘s new EP Heathered, “we have some blissful electronic pop that you’ll love.” Calling the record “euphoric,” the site describes the project as “an escape of sorts, with a relaxing, yet intricate blend of synths, guitars, and breathy […]
PopMatters Shares Lost In Stars
PopMatters has a stream of Lost In Stars‘ “All We Ever Wanted From Everything,” one of several songs on the producer’s new LP that feature the stunning lead vocals of frequent collaborator Kid Moxie. According to the site, “Dylan Willoughby may have been classically trained, but it’s electronic music that has always been his prime […]
Consequence Of Sound Interviews Steady Holiday
Last fall, Steady Holiday was profiled by Consequence of Sound on a feature entitled “Five Rising LA Artists You Need To Hear.” Yet, as the band’s Dre Babinski told the magazine, her ambitions go beyond the City of Angels. In the accompanying interview, Babinski tells CoS about how she moved from being a backing woman […]
New Music From Julietta
Though Julietta was born and raised in New York, she has found her sound in Central America. The artist spent her winter in the dense jungles of Nicaragua at Maderas Village Studios recording her single “Beach Break,” which has caught the attention of music blogs across the globe and led to features as an upcoming […]
Baeble Music Shares “Kai’s Song” By Overcoats
The writers at Baeble Music love “Kai’s Song,” one of the fantastic tracks on Overcoats’ debut album Young, and they’ve written a blog post sharing the song and explaining why. The site says the New York-based duo knows “how to blend modern and classic styles by using electronic production underneath delicate vocal harmonies… ‘Kai’s Song’ is […]
Culture Collide Interviews and Streams Nectarines
Nectarines member Nima Kazerouni recently sat for an interview with Culture Collide. In it, he explained how the new project differs from his other bands, So Many Wizards and Crown Plaza. Calling Nectarines’ work a collection of “dark heartbreak songs,” he explains that his bandmate Allie Bumstead was the lynchpin that made the band come […]
