Chris Thile and Brad Mehldau Go For Adds
“Progressive-bluegrass pacesetter” Chris Thile (Punch Brothers) pairs with renowned jazz pianist BradMehldau to cut a record of loose originals and covers of Elliott Smith, Fiona Apple, Bob Dylan and JoniMitchell. Mandolinist Chris Thile (Nickel Creek, Punch Brothers, A Prairie Home Companion) and accomplished jazz pianist Brad Mehldau first performed together in September 2011 as part […]
The Oklahoman Praises The Flaming Lips
Oklahomans have loved The Flaming Lips for more than three decades now, a fruitful creative stretch of time during which the band has become the best-known rock act from a state known more for churning out country stars like Garth Brooks and Reba McIntyre. Since Oklahomans know the band best, it’s important to know how they […]
MushRoomed Reviews Surf Curse
In a recent review of the new Surf Curse album, MushRoomed took time to extol the virtues of the duo’s live shows. “Although they’re a two piece band,” the site says, “they manage to fill the stage with such energy that you hardly remember it’s just two white boys on stage.” The review describes the […]
New Music From Chris Thile and Brad Mehldau
Mandolinist Chris Thile (Nickel Creek, Punch Brothers, A Prairie Home Companion) and accomplished jazz pianist Brad Mehldau first performed together in September 2011 as part of Mehldau’s residency at London’s Wigmore Hall. Of that performance, the Guardian wrote, “Mehldau struck up his signature rocking chord vamp over which lightly struck motifs swell to sensuous extended […]
Stereogum Shares The Flaming Lips’ Video For “Sunrise (Eyes of The Young). New LP Goes for #1!
Stereogum has the video for “Sunrise (Eyes of the Young),” a standout track from The Flaming Lips‘ new opus Oczy Mlody. The video, like everything the Lips do, is quite trippy and has been described by Wayne Coyne as “part somber and sad and part childlike, ethereal fantasy.” In a statement, Coyne continued with a […]
Northern Transmissions Gives “Song of The Day” Honors to Slow Hollows
Northern Transmissions chose “Last Dance” by Slow Hollows for a recent Song of the Day feature. The site refers to the band as “post pop,” referencing the catchy quality of the songs singer/guitarist Austin Feinstein and crew have assembled into new LP Romantic, which currently sits at #25 on the CMJ Radio 200. “Last Dance,” the […]
New Music From Greyface
Justin (Jutty) Taylor (vocals/bass), Ryan Malina (guitar), and Julien Bellin (drums) met while playing music together as teenagers in Florida in the 1990s and have been playing music together since, yet Greyface is their first official project as a three-piece. Debut album Greyola exhibits the sound of a band drawing from a wealth of influence and experience. […]
The Flaming Lips Appear On The Tonight Show
One of the highlights of The Flaming Lips‘ new album Oczy Mlody is “The Castle,” a shimmering single that features both sunny melodies and wicked, experimental production. The band recently played the song on The Tonight Show, bringing their delightfully psychedelic playfulness to late night. Watch the performance below, and learn more here via Spin. […]
Surf Curse’s “Christine F” Video Premieres On The Grey Estates
Surf Curse‘s just-released Nothing Yet LP begins with “Christine F,” a surging statement of musical and lyrical purpose that provides an alluring introduction to the band’s energetic lo-fi, surf punk sound. The Grey Estates has the video for the track, which is delightfully creepy and features many of the band’s peers from the vast Los […]
Surf Curse Goes For Adds
Second LP from lo-fi duo based in the same LA DIY community as Girlpool, Cherry Glazerr, The Garden, and Slow Hollows Surf Curse is Nick Rattigan and Jacob Rubeck, who started their project in a basement in Reno, Nevada before going to Los Angeles to become a fixture of the DIY scene anchored […]
New Music From Kan Wakan Going for Spins
Kan Wakan is Gueorgui Linev—the producer, composer, synthesizer scientist, film score fanatic, and multi-instrumentalist whose highly-acclaimed full-length debut Moving On dissolved the genre-breaking electronica of Massive Attack, Air, and Zero 7 into a bottomless sea of 20th century minimalism, psychedelic soul, and ambient atmosphere. It’s been three years since the release of Moving On, and […]
The Flaming Lips, Aiming For #1 at CMJ, Share Video Via Pitchfork
Pitchfork has the video for The Flaming Lips‘ “How??” This trippy and trashily disaffected song serves as the opener for the Lips’ epic new LP Oczy Mlody, teasing out the album’s musical and lyrical themes. The video, as described by Pitchfork, “features bright costumes, and also finds Wayne Coyne on a motorcycle covered in stuffed […]
CBC Honors Boreal Songs Amongst The Best Albertan Albums Of the Year
Boreal Sons have found a fan in Katherine Duncan, who hosts CBC Radio 1‘s Key of A program highlighting great music from the Canadian province of Alberta. Duncan included the band’s You & Everyone in her “Alberta Top Ten Albums of 2016,” writing that on the album the band has “taken that limitation [of losing a […]
New Music From Kan Wakan – Digital Servicing Only
Kan Wakan is Gueorgui Linev—the producer, composer, synthesizer scientist, film score fanatic, and multi-instrumentalist whose highly-acclaimed full-length debut Moving On dissolved the genre-breaking electronica of Massive Attack, Air, and Zero 7 into a bottomless sea of 20th century minimalism, psychedelic soul, and ambient atmosphere. It’s been two years since the release of Moving On, and […]
Wayne Coyne Talks To Prince Paul at The Talkhouse, Music OHM Compares Oczy Mlody to Literally Taking Drugs
On the eve of the release of the Flaming Lips’ new record Oczy Mlody, which shot to #3 at CMJ’s Radio 200 chart this week, Lips’ mastermind Wayne Coyne sat down with legendary hip-hop producer Prince Paul (De La Soul, Handsome Boys Modeling School), at the Sonos store in New York City and got deep on […]
PRI’s The World Features Nico Muhly & Teitur
Confessions, the new LP from Nico Muhly & Teitur, was recently featured on Public Radio International‘s syndicated The World program. The feature led the program’s Global Hit podcast on January 13, and that can be heard right here. Released in October, Confessions has been continuing to build up steam at radio and has been charting […]
New Music From Surf Curse – Digital Servicing Only
Second LP from lo-fi duo based in the same LA DIY community as Girlpool, Cherry Glazerr, The Garden, and Slow Hollows Surf Curse is Nick Rattigan and Jacob Rubeck, who started their project in a basement in Reno, Nevada before going to Los Angeles to become a fixture of the DIY scene anchored […]
The Flaming Lips Talk To Salon, Receive Plaudits From Relix, Land at CMJ #3, Aim For CMJ Chart Domination
In a recent interview with Salon, The Flaming Lips‘ Wayne Coyne was dismissive of the idea of his band’s importance, telling the site that “it is just music after all… It’s not like we’re trying extract some bacteria from a dying infant’s brain in one long move… This is easy compared to real jobs, hard […]
BeatRoute Reviews the ‘Appealing’ Slow Hollows LP, Currently #31 at CMJ
BeatRoute has a review of Slow Hollows’ new LP Romantic, which describes the album as “dreary winter blues” and notes singer Austin Feinstein’s recent collaborations with Frank Ocean and Tyler, The Creator. Calling the album “a youthful, poesy, lovelorn collection of songs,” Beatroute states that “Feinstein’s vocals aren’t choirboy material, but his lackadaisical drawl laid over […]
Brightest Young Things Interviews Allen Tate
Brightest Young Things has an insightful interview with Allen Tate, who sings in San Fermin and recently released a gorgeous solo album entitled Sleepwalker. Conducted right before Donald Trump’s inauguration, the interview doesn’t only touch on musical topics but breaches Tate’s ideas about where America is going as a nation in 2017. “There are a lot […]
