New Music From The Magnetic Fields – Digital Servicing Only – 5 Songs From 50 Song Memoir
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 […]
Surf Curse Is On Oh My Rockness
“Think jingle. Think jangle. Think haze. Think waves. Think punk melodies you’ll actually remember.” That’s how Oh My Rockness describes Surf Curse, which the site compares to bands like Surf City, Japandroids, Cherry Glazerr, Parquet Courts, Terry Malts, and Royal Headache. The duo’s new Nothing Yet LP is currently at radio, and it can also be […]
CoS Shares Dude York’s “Tonight”
Though guitarist Peter Richards sings on most songs, Dude York‘s new LP Sincerely also includes a couple of tracks sung by the band’s bassist, Claire England. One of these is “Tonight,” which has been shared by Consequence of Sound. The song, says CoS, “finds bassist/vocalist Claire England coming to terms with the end of a […]
The Flaming Lips’ Wayne Coyne Talks To Iowa Public Radio
Wayne Coyne, who has been fronting The Flaming Lips for more than three decades, doesn’t appear to know how to rest. Only a month after the release of the band’s newest album, Oczy Mlody, the multi-disciplinary artist is being featured with a solo exhibit of his visual art – including a giant installation called King’s […]
Melody Federer Goes for Adds
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 […]
The Stranger Interviews Dude York, Going for Top Debut at NACC
Seattle alt-weekly The Stranger has a feature on Dude York‘s new LP, Sincerely, that tells the detailed story behind the album’s completion. “The record’s bold, polished sound didn’t come easy,” writes the blog, detailing the recording process with band members Andrew Hall, Peter Richards, and Claire England. “For some bands, I think the DIY thing works […]
Pitchfork Gives Tinariwen’s Elwan an 8.2
Pitchfork has reviewed Tinariwen‘s Elwan, giving it an 8.2 rating and saying that “Tinariwen’s collaborations [with the likes of Kurt Vile and members of Queens of the Stone Age] work more ideally than on previous outings.” Describing the album’s sound, the site writes that it’s a “solid collection of tunes that merge West African styles […]
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 […]
