New Music From The Magnetic Fields!
Stephin Merritt has one of indie rock’s most distinctive voices, a deadpan bass tone that features prominently on the eleven albums he’s written and recorded as The Magnetic Fields. Merritt has also released albums under his own name as well as with the 6ths, the Gothic Archies, and Future Bible Heroes; composed original music and lyrics for […]
Sounds So Beautiful Is Really Into Melody Federer
Sounds So Beautiful has effusive praise for Melody Federer, calling her voice “the quintessence of emotion” and writing that she “incarnates freedom” and is “so intimate and touching, she’d make you break down and cry.” The site’s feature on Federer’s new album, When The Dogwoods Bloom, also includes embeds of two of the album’s videos. […]
Impose Premieres Joseph & The Beasts Video
“Joseph and the Beasts champion a compelling harmony of textured vocals, and experimental soundscapes,” writes Impose, which hosts the premiere of the band’s “Tangled Tern” video. According to the site, “This dynamic, electronic vista could just as easily been set to the backdrop of an interplanetary voyage. As a yellow, fluidic substance brings holographic models to […]
The Quietus Interviews Tinariwen
The Quietus has an illuminating interview with Tinariwen bassist Eyadou Ag Leche, who opens up about the group’s history, its homeland, and how these have impacted their new album Elwan. The band – which Ag Leche says started as “an open family of poets and musicians who were performing only for their friends and later on […]
GRMLN Goes For Adds
GRMLN is the musical project of Yoodoo Park, a 24-year-old guitarist and producer from Kyoto, Japan who spent several of his formative years studying and performing in California. His earliest recordings got the attention of Carpark Records, which released 2012’s Explore EP, 2013’s Empire LP, and 2014’s Soon Away LP. Park’s sound has evolved steadily […]
Dude York, Seeking a New NACC Peak, Gets Props From The Seattle Times
The Seattle Times describes Dude York‘s sound as “hefty, hooky-rock” in a recent feature previewing their local record release show for new album Sincerely, which the paper calls “a payoff for what’s long been one of the city’s hardest-working bands.” After positing that Indie Rock has been in a rut for a while, the Times […]
Director Rich Bernett Shares Joseph And The Beasts’ “Tangled Tern” Video
On aescripts + aeplugins, a website about 2D and 3D software packages used by video makers, director Rich Bernett has posted a step-by-step behind-the-scenes walkthrough of his video for Joseph & The Beasts‘ “Tangled Tern.” It’s a cool piece for anyone who is interested in learning a bit about video production, and the attached video […]
Stereogum Streams Rogue Wave’s Cover Me
Stereogum has a full album stream of Cover Me, a fun new collection of Eighties-era covers by Rogue Wave. The album was recorded as the indie rock darlings were prepping for the recording of the band’s 2016 LP Delusions of Grand Fur. After years of going to the studio to make albums, they decided to […]
New Music From GRMLN – Digital Servicing Only
GRMLN is the musical project of Yoodoo Park, a 24-year-old guitarist and producer from Kyoto, Japan who spent several of his formative years studying and performing in California. His earliest recordings got the attention of Carpark Records, which released 2012’s Explore EP, 2013’s Empire LP, and 2014’s Soon Away LP. Park’s sound has evolved steadily […]
Stereogum Shares The Flaming Lips’ “There Should Be Unicorns” Video
Stereogum has the new Flaming Lips video, a clip for Oczy Mlody’s “There Should Be Unicorns,” that is full of colorful visual stimuli. “In characteristic Flaming Lips fashion,” writes the site, “it features a bunch of trippy sh*t that doesn’t make any sense but looks cool, including Wayne Coyne wearing blow-up angel wings and eating glittery […]
The Celebrity Cafe Reviews Melody Federer
When The Dogwoods Bloom, the new album from Melody Federer, “is a beautiful blend of folk, blues and country coming together to create a new form of Americana for a digital age.” That’s according to The Celebrity Cafe, which reviewed the record last month. Comparing the LP to Federer’s earlier releases, the site says the […]
AmApAc Bands Play SXSW
South by Southwest is here! Unfortunately, the AmApAc staff won’t be able to travel to Texas this year. Fortunately, however, many of the great artists we work with will be there. Here’s a partial list of shows by AmApAc at SXSW this year – if you’ll be around and would like to interview any of […]
Joseph And The Beasts Go For Adds
The brightest stars are the ones bathed in the light of their neighboring suns. Springing from the edge of the eclectic Baltimore music scene and the mind of multi-instrumentalist Joseph Mulhollen, Joseph & The Beasts traffic in counter-rhythms that build from muted whispers to fevered crescendos, with each movement punctuating the group’s layered soundscapes. The […]
Paste Magazine Calls Dude York “The Best of What’s Next,” Seeks New NACC Peak
“I’d wanted John Goodmanson to work on a Dude York record for forever,” says the band’s drummer, Andrew Hal, in a recent interview with Paste. “He knows how to encourage and get good takes out of people….he was just a really thoughtful, fun person to make a record with.” Hall got his wish on Sincerely, the […]
Melody Federer Streams on Caesar Live N Loud
Caesar Live N Loud has a full-length stream of When The Dogwoods Bloom, the new LP from Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter Melody Federer. In the words of the site, the album “gives listeners a deep insight into some of Federer’s most intimate stories with each track highlighting a different chapter in her life.” The album features […]
Music Is My Life and When The Horn Blows Share Greyface’s “If You Want”
The Music Is My Life blog has a stream of Greyface‘s “If You Want,” another rad track from the band’s debut Greyola LP. According to the site, the track is “an incredible indie-pop tune” and Greyface is an excellent band to listen to when you want to get lost in your thoughts. Listen to “If […]
New Music From Joseph And The Beasts!
The brightest stars are the ones bathed in the light of their neighboring suns. Springing from the edge of the eclectic Baltimore music scene and the mind of multi-instrumentalist Joseph Mulhollen, Joseph & The Beasts traffic in counter-rhythms that build from muted whispers to fevered crescendos, with each movement punctuating the group’s layered soundscapes. The […]
Atwood Magazine Shares Surf Curse’s “The Strange And The Kind”
Atwood Magazine has a stream of Surf Curse‘s song “The Strange And The Kind,” which it describes as “minimal in instrumentation… as drummer and singer Nick Rattigan sings, … his rapid drumming [signifying] the unmemorable days that speed past and uncontrollably make up entire lives. This anxious feeling is juxtaposed with Jacob Rubeck’s relaxed, surf-styled guitar […]
WICB Interviews Greyface
Ithaca, New York’s WICB is loving Greyface‘s new Greyola LP. The album, which combines various elements of power pop into an immediately gripping package, has topped the charts at the station and seems like it’s going to be getting airplay for a long time. So it makes sense that the station reached out to the […]
BoingBoing Premieres Rogue Wave’s Pete Townshend Cover
BoingBoing has shared a video from Rogue Wave‘s new Cover Me album. While Pete Townshend’s original version of “Let My Love Open The Door” is a rocker, the veteran indie band have presented a thoughtful take that begins with jangling guitars before morphing into a larger, more psychedelic production. The video, directed and edited by Jim […]
