Groundsounds and Buzzbands Feature Greyface
Greyface’s new album Greyola has been featured on Groundsounds, which talked to the band’s guitarist Ryan Malina about the LP. According to Malina, the band didn’t come together initially with the idea of making an album, but the trio had such a natural chemistry that Greyola came together organically. Read the feature here to learn more. If […]
New Music From Melody Federer
Melody Federer weaves captivating, raw and emotion-filled stories based on a life full of love, loss, and adventure. On the move since her youth, she has already collected a long and winding road’s worth of memories that she pulls from for inspiration — yet her travels are just beginning. Originally from Dallas, Federer became enthralled […]
Chris Thile and Brad Mehldau Perform For CBS This Morning
CBS This Morning recently invited mandolinist Chris Thile (The Punch Brothers, A Prairie Home Companion) and jazz pianist BradMehldau to perform some songs on the show from their new LP, Chris Thile and Brad Melhdau. Fans of the duo’s jazz-folk fusion sound will enjoy watching the two virtuosos interact with each other, as their on-stage improvisational chemistry […]
CLRVYNT Interviews and Streams Dude York
CLRVYNT has a full-album stream of Dude York‘s Sincerely,and the feature is accompanied by an interview with all three members of the Seattle-based three-piece. Go here to check out the article with the free-wheeling conversation with Peter Richards (guitar, vocals), Claire England (bass, vocals), and Andrew Hall (drums). The webzine describes the interview as “a group hangout-cum-brainstorming session: cracking […]
Naked Giants Play For KBVR
Naked Giants are currently tearing through a US tour, and fans can get a preview of what to expect from their furious live show by checking out a recent session they recorded for KBVR in Corvallis, Oregon. This isn’t a mini-set; the band played a full six songs in Corvallis, and their frenetic and colorful presence […]
Dude York Goes For Adds
Hardly Art debut by sweaty, garage, power pop trio that mixes crunchy riffs with ringing hooks. Produced by John Goodmanson (Sleater-Kinney, Cloud Nothings, Los Campesinos!) Dude York makes heavy pop for heavy times. The band was born in a garage in Walla Walla, Washington – a secluded berg known for long, hot summers and slow, […]
Viktor Fiction Goes For Adds
Veteran producer/engineer (Ty Segall, Wilco, Built to Spill, Jesus and Mary Chain) releases an EP of darkwave and 80s synthy post-punk in advance of a US tour opening for Moving Units. Of Pulsar’s self-titled debut, released in 1997, Trouser Press wrote, “The album is one of the singular accomplishments of the 1990s.” Now, Dave Trumfio […]
Rogue Wave Goes For Adds
Top 20 CMJ band returns with inventive and Casio keyboard renditions of 80s classics from the likes of The Cure, Psychedelic Furs, Genesis, Cyndi Lauper, Echo & the Bunnymen, Pete Townsend, ZZ Top, Genesis, and more. Cover Me, a collection of 1980s covers by Rogue Wave that was originally released in an incredibly-limited edition for Record Store […]
Greyface’s Jutty Taylor Talks with The Vinyl District
“I love that the ritual of playing an LP facilitates conversation,” says Greyface singer/bassist Jutty Taylor in a recent interview with The Vinyl District. “The opposite of an ADD youtube ‘DJ-off’ where everyone is obsessively considering their next choice… I propose that we let folks like Fleetwood Mac tell us how the next 49 minutes […]
Tinariwen is Featured On NPR’s First Listen
NPR has a review of Tinariwen‘s new album Elwan, which includes guest contributions from Kurt Vile as well as members of Screaming Trees and Queens Of The Stone Age. “But that’s all a sideshow,” NPR asserts, writing that “the main draw continues to be Tinariwen itself — with the band’s swirling guitars, rhythms inspired by the […]
New Music From Dude York
Dude York makes heavy pop for heavy times. The band was born in a garage in Walla Walla, Washington – a secluded berg known for long, hot summers and slow, cold winters – before singer/guitarist Peter Richards and drummer Andrew Hall moved to Seattle and met bassist Claire England. In the Emerald City, the three-piece […]
New Music From Rogue Wave – Digital Servicing Only
Cover Me, a collection of 1980s covers by Rogue Wave that was originally released in an incredibly-limited edition for Record Store Day in 2016 and is now available with bonus tracks via Easy Sound Recording Company, was actually recorded before the band’s popular 2016 LP Delusions of Grand Fur. “This album started as a means […]
The Bluegrass Situation Praises Chris Thile & Brad Mehldau
The Bluegrass Situation has selected the duo of Chris Thile & Brad Mehldau for an “Artist Of The Month” feature, drawing attention to their excellent self-titled debut LP. The feature starts by explaining how unique the mandolin and piano combination is; after all, “the repertoire for mandolin and piano isn’t exactly teeming with arrangements. Compared […]
Greyface Jams In The Van
Greyface was recently invited to perform for Jam In The Van, and the LA three-piece delivered with a trio of spot-on performances of songs from the band’s new debut LP, Greyola. The band jumped into the solar-powered recording studio last month, recording versions of “Delilah,” “What Did You Lose?” and “Thank The Light.” Watch “Delilah” […]
Northwest Music Scene Praises Naked Giants As They Hit The Road
Northwest Music Scene has high praise for Naked Giants, writing that “you can hear how strong the dynamic is between the whole band” on new EP R.I.P., “and it’s really clear that they put their whole soul into making a song come alive.” The review cites the band’s punk energy, noting that that they don’t […]
The Flaming Lips Extend Tour
The Flaming Lips have added a few more dates to their spring tour of North America in support of Oczy Mlody, extending the run into May and giving fans on the West Coast an opportunity to check out the band’s manic and magical stage performance. See their new itinerary and listen to “We A Famly” below: […]
Kuroma’s Hank Sullivant Writes For Relix
“Every single time I have hit a creative stride,” writes Kuroma‘s Hank Sullivant in a recent guest essay for Relix, “it has been during a prolonged period of time living in Athens [Georgia].” In the essay, Sullivant explains his love for what he calls “The Classic City,” even he’s spent a lot of time in […]
New Music From Viktor Fiction – Digital Servicing Only
Veteran producer/engineer (Ty Segall, Wilco, Built to Spill, Jesus and Mary Chain) releases an EP of darkwave and 80s synthy post-punk in advance of a US tour opening for Moving Units. Of Pulsar’s self-titled debut, released in 1997, Trouser Press wrote, “The album is one of the singular accomplishments of the 1990s– with […]
Diffuser Talks To The Flaming Lips
The Flaming Lips are among the “most experimental, and original, recording artists in music,” writes The Diffuser in a recent feature on the band that includes an interview with singer Wayne Coyne. Conducted before a Lips show in Switzerland, the interview begins by touching upon how the Lips balance their studio and live iterations and […]
KXSC Reviews Surf Curse’s Live Show
Whitney Joy, a DJ at the University of Southern California’s KXSC, made a trip to the opposite side of LA to see Surf Curse at their recent record release party for Nothing Yet. It was an amazing show, she wrote in a review, and an example of “music at its finest and most genuine.” We’ve […]
