Brooklyn Vegan Shares French Vanilla’s “Carrie”
According to Brooklyn Vegan, “If you like your music danceable with healthy doses of angst and angles (not to mention saxophone), you will likely dig” French Vanilla. The LA-based feminist punk group just released their debut, self-titled LP, and Brooklyn Vegan has the video for the album’s single. “Carrie” is lyrically inspired by the Stephen […]
Noisey Premieres Simon Doom’s “I Feel Unloved”
“Ugh,” opens the article accompanying NOISEY‘s premiere of Simon Doom‘s “I Feel Unloved.” “This song is so good, with a verse like sunshine and plinkety guitars that are very Albert Hammond Jr… but then there’s a Flaming Lips-ian synthy psych-pop twist too.” The song comes from Doom’s upcoming album Babyman, which was produced by MGMT. In addition […]
Steady Holiday, On Tour Now, Shares “More Than One Way” With Consequence of Sound
Consequence of Sound has a stream of “More Than One Way,” the second track from Steady Holiday‘s new EP Terror. The song was written as a response to Donald Trump’s election, and CoS writes that its “words [provide] a chilly contrast to the otherwise soft and hazy romantic arrangement behind” singer/instrumentalist Dre Babinski. According to […]
Lemonwire Reviews Tinariwen’s Elwan
“Any listener of Tinariwen’s music can hear a cry for freedom in a world gone mad, as well as resolution to remain strong to the ties of music and landscape that bring societies, as well as people, together,” writes Lemonwire in its recent review of the Tuareg collective’s new album Elwan. The review states that […]
Record Store Day Celebrates 10 Years on Saturday, April 22
It’s that time of the year again! For the tenth year in a row, independent record stores around the world are celebrating every vinyl lover’s favorite holiday — Record Store Day! The event began as a way to draw attention to local stores at a time when vinyl seemed like it was in decline; now, […]
Steady Holiday Goes For Adds
Steady Holiday is Dre Babinski. Just over a year ago, she could be found playing in bands around LA, opening for Fitz and the Tantrums and Fun., and making a record with some friends from Dr. Dog. She enjoyed the side-woman life, but longed for an outlet of her own. Writing and recording in secret, […]
San Fermin Goes For Adds
San Fermin’s new Belong LP marks a shift in perspective for bandleader Ellis Ludwig-Leone. “In the past I’d usually write through characters… to try to distance myself from what I was writing about,” says the Brooklyn-based artist. “I decided that I could drop some of the artifice and write something more direct.” In bringing a […]
Nectarines Go For Adds
Nectarines make slightly-gothic dream pop with a vibe that feels a bit like The Pixies on codeine. Glorious, honeyed, heavy, and rhythmic, Nectarines recall a time when clove cigarettes, asymmetrical haircuts, and dark fashion told you were in the right place. The band is led by vocalist/guitarist Nima Kazerouni of So Many Wizards, an acclaimed […]
Yorkston/Thorne/Khan Goes For Adds
Produced by the band and recorded entirely onto tape at Analogue Cat Studios in Northern Ireland by Julie McLarnon, the new Yorkston/Thorne/Khan album represents a confluence of currents, among them the north Indian sarangi, jazz-tinged bass, acoustic guitar that owes a debt to Mississippi John Hurt, and three unique vocalists. Yet while the constituent elements seem […]
Mount Eerie Talks With Paste
As Paste writes, Mount Eerie‘s new album A Crow Looked At Me “articulates more than just a one-sided sadness. Traveling through an entire spectrum of bereavement, [Phil] Elverum is mystified at how someone can exist and then be irrevocably gone… All he can do, in response to this profoundly devastating thing, is continue to exist […]
CoS Praises The Magnetic Fields
The Magnetic Fields – who seek a new NACC peak this week with 50 Song Memoir – have garnered a great review from Consequence of Sound. “An unprecedented two-and-a-half-hour journey into the typically guarded [Stephin] Merritt’s life, the album is as revealing as it is resonant,” CoS writes, after setting the album up as “the […]
Mayflower Madame, On Tour In the US, Premieres “Drown” Via BlackBook
BlackBook recently premiered the new single from Mayflower Madame, “Drown,” comparing the Oslo-based band to gothic and shoegaze heroes. According to the site, the band’s “sneering vocals and wickedly distorted guitar riffs are pure Jesus & Mary Chain, the ominous, echo-drenched atmospherics recall Sisters of Mercy, and the overall and very palpable sense of fear […]
New Music From Yorkston/Thorne/Khan
Produced by the band and recorded entirely onto tape at Analogue Cat Studios in Northern Ireland by Julie McLarnon, the new Yorkston/Thorne/Khan album represents a confluence of currents, among them the north Indian sarangi; jazz-tinged bass, reminiscent in places of Danny Thompson; acoustic guitar that owes a debt to Elizabeth Cotton, Dick Gaughan and Mississippi […]
Tinariwen, On Tour Now, Earn Praise From Notre Dame Student Paper
The Observer, a student-run paper serving the communities at Notre Dame and St. Mary’s College in Notre Dame, has reviewed Tinariwen‘s new album and called it “a masterpiece of grassroots protest music.” Contrasting Tinariwen with other musicians who seek to be activists with their art, the paper calls Elwan “real protest music” made by musicians […]
New Music From San Fermin – Digital Servicing Only
San Fermin’s new Belong LP marks a shift in songwriting perspective for bandleader Ellis Ludwig-Leone. “In the past I’d usually write through characters from books or movies, as a way to try to distance myself from what I was writing about,” says the Brooklyn-based artist. “As I’ve become more confident as a songwriter, I decided […]
Giphy Honors Dude York with an Official Channel
Do you like animated GIFs? Of course you do! How about America’s Band, Dude York – do you like them? “DUH,” you’re thinking. “Obvs. OMFGz. Do I even have to say it?” Since that’s the case, we have some great news for you. Giphy, the #1 online source for animated GIFs, has partnered with Dude York […]
David Dye Hosts The Flaming Lips on World Cafe
Last week was the end of David Dye‘s legendary run as the host of World Cafe on WXPN, which comes after a quarter century of hosting some of the best and most disparate artists the world over for performances and incisive interviews. For his final week, Dye invited The Flaming Lips to the studio, where […]
New Music From Nectarines – Digital Servicing Only
Hailing from Long Beach, California, Nectarines make slightly-gothic dream pop with a vibe that feels a bit like The Pixies on codeine. Glorious, honeyed, heavy, and rhythmic, Nectarines recall a simpler time — a time when clove cigarettes, asymmetrical haircuts, and dark fashion told you were in the right place, and then the band kicked […]
The Mancunion Reviews Mount Eerie, New LP is Top Debut at NACC (#28)
A Crow Looked At Me is a “tough listen,” admits the Mancunion‘s review of the new Mount Eerie album. Written and recorded in the immediate aftermath of his wife’s death, Phil Elverum‘s new LP is “a hard listen because it is just so sad.” Despite this, or perhaps because of it, reviewer Joe Casson concludes […]
The Magnetic Fields Move Fast on NACC, Get Reviewed on Pitchfork
“50 Song Memoir is a conceptually satisfying work,” writes Pitchfork in its solid review of the collection from The Magnetic Fields, “spanning five discs and two-and-a-half hours without feeling repetitive or samey.” The review places the album in the context of Stephin Merritt‘s previous work under the moniker, noting that the songwriter thrives when his […]
