Beams Streams Again
Fans of Beams’ album Requiem For A Planet might have noticed that the album – released earlier this year to solid reviews – was not available on streaming services for a while. That situation has fortunately been remedied, and Exclaim has a story behind what happened. According to Exclaim, “In July, an AI playlister named Chartmob added one of […]
Sun Atoms, Writes Willamette Week, Makes “Shoegaze At Its Most Propulsive”
Willamette Week says “Portland band Sun Atoms’ new album, Everything Forever, should appeal to fans of shoegaze at its most propulsive, where walls of guitars meet a thundering rock chassis: think Ride’s latter-day albums with Erol Alkan, or My Bloody Valentine’s Loveless-closing ‘Soon.’” Read more here. Sun Atoms performs live in Portland at McMenamin’s Mission Theater on December 11.
Leif Vollebekk Shares His “Peace of Mind”
Leif Vollebekk has released his new music video for “Peace Of Mind and says, “[The] first time I saw the Rockies I was about 11. It’s one of the few things in life that remains as immense and sublime today as it did when I first saw it. A great mountain range instils calm and peaceful […]
New Music From The Ladies Of…
With songs filled with power-hungry guitar riffs, impeccable vocals, and thunderous grooves, The Ladies Of… is a musical cocktail that combines the vibe and sounds of David Bowie, Spoon, Bleachers, and The Killers, complete with a vigorous shake and a plastic sword garnish. Birthed in 2012, the band is made of a group of writers and performers from around the […]
AllMusic Gets Funky With Ohio Players
In its review of Ohio Players‘ album Pleasure, AllMusic notes that the record came as “their popularity was growing — slowly but surely — and those who were hip to the band recognized them as one of the most cutting-edge acts in the funk field. A lot of bands were providing funk in 1972, but not many of them […]
Brooklyn Vegan Covers Sun Atoms
Brooklyn Vegan has coverage of the new Sun Atoms album, Everything Forever. The site explains, “The album was produced by Peter G Holmström (Dandy Warhols) and mixed by Jagz Kooner, who got his start with the late great Andrew Weatherall and has worked on records by New Order, Massive Attack, Björk, Oasis and more. The album also features appearances from Modest Mouse’s Isaac Brock, Jasno […]
New Music From Ohio Players
Founded in 1968 by Armen Boladian, Detroit’s Westbound Records proved to the world that thrilling sounds were still coming from Detroit, after Motown left the city. From humble beginnings, this important independent label soon grew to be a powerhouse that influenced music worldwide. Now, the legendary label has teamed up with vinyl specialist label Org Music to re-launch with a […]
Greg Lisher Goes On Paltrocast
Greg Lisher, who is at radio now with his new solo album Underwater Detection Method, recently sat for a Zoom interview with Darren Paltrowitz about the origins of the album and which electronic influences came to play in its creations. Lisher, who is known for his guitar work in seminal acts Camper Van Beethoven and Monks of Doom, explores […]
The Big Takeover Shares Sun Atoms’ “Ceiling Tiles”
The Big Takeover recently shared Sun Atoms‘ “Ceiling Tiles,” part of the Portland, OR act’s second album Everything Forever, at radio now from Little Cloud Records. The band says, “The lyrics are about living life unknowingly and questioning how readily we come to see people as characters and life as entertainment. ‘In a world full of plastic plants, you […]
Anderson Vision Highlights Greg Lisher’s New Release
Anderson Vision has coverage of Greg Lisher‘s new album, Underwater Detection Method, which is at radio now from Independent Project Records. The site writes, “After his 2020 release, Songs from the Imperial Garden, a collection of acoustic instrumental tracks, Lisher decided it was time to explore uncharted musical territory. With Underwater Detection Method, he delves into the world of synthesizers […]
Afterimage’s Faces To Hide Is “Tantalizing,” Writes The Tone Arm
The Tone Arm writes that Afterimage‘s Faces to Hide – at radio now from Independent Project Records – “is a document of an often-overlooked corner of the Los Angeles underground scene. It’s a reminder that there were bands crafting dark, urgent, and experimental sounds that could rival anything coming out of Manchester or New York.” Read more about the set, which […]
New Music From Sun Atoms
Sun Atoms is a project from Portland, Oregon’s Peter Holmström (The Dandy Warhols, Pete International Airport), Jsun Atoms (The Upsidedown, Daydream Machine), June Kang, Mars de Ponte, Derek Spencer Longoria-Gomez, and Eric Rubalcava. The band channels luminary influences including Leonard Cohen, The Cure, Moon Duo and Nick Cave into an amalgamation that combines psychedelic, dark wave and post-modern pop. Their sophomore LP Everything Forever realizes […]
Greg Lisher Goes To Stereo Embers
Stereo Embers’ Alex Green writes, “As a member of Camper Van Beethoven and the Monks of Doom, Greg Lisher’s imaginitive and distinct playing remains instatnly recogniziable. But for his new solo album Underwater Detection Method, Lisher decided to make a left turn and make the keyboard the central instrument on the album. A riveting 12-song collection, Underwater Detection Method is a series of […]
War Strings Issues Music Videos
War Strings’ new album Die By Light is at radio now, and there are a total of three music videos for the collection. In the clip for “Love You One Way,” here, Andrew Stogel drives on a Southern California freeway while crooning into the camera with a microphone as well as some sultry dancing. In “Enough,” here, which was directed by Chris […]
Musoscribe Recommends Greg Lisher
On Greg Lisher‘s new album Underwater Detection Method, Musoscribe writes, “gurgling synths are wedded to analog textures. While much of the instrumentation is in fact electronic, there’s an unmistakably organic feel to this music. It’s anything but cold and robotic… This music truly merits praise. It sounds like a soundtrack for whatever you might be doing that requires some […]
Renowned For Sound Reviews Leif Vollebekk In London
Renowned For Sound has a play-by-play review of a “wonderful” Leif Vollebekk show in London last month, a concert that is portrayed as intimate, humorous, and virtuosic. Check that out here, in advance of Vollebekk’s US tour commencing later this week in Philadelphia. These dates are in support of Revelation, at radio now via Secret City Records: 11/7 – Philadelphia, PA […]
The Quiver Reverberates on Echoes
Tracks from The Quiver – the new collaborative album from In These Trees & Tartie, at radio now – are getting traction on the long-running syndicated show Echoes. First, host John Diliberto played the track “Ablaze” on a mid-October episode. The track “Ghosts In Our Room” also featured on the Echoes Halloween Special last week. Here is that playlist, for those interested in “a […]
New Music From War Strings
Los Angeles-based Andrew Stogel has fronted several bands like indie-psych rock band Dreamers Dose and the shoegazed-tinged LOVEYOU. Die By Light, Stogel’s fourth LP as War Strings, is a collection of pop excursions, skewed by his reserved delivery and eerie arrangements. It’s an unsettled picture of searching for intimacy. Uncertainty, captured through polar opposite entries; elated and despairing, wavering then […]
Leif Vollebekk Adds Canadian Tour Dates
Leif Vollebekk has added 2025 Canadian dates to his Revelation tour, which goes through the United States next month. The tour is in support of Vollebekk’s new album, which is at radio now from Secret City Records. Double J says it’s “an intoxicating listen;” Americana UK writes that “it is an otherworldly and unknowable something that reaches its mitts around the senses within […]
Laurie Anderson Does Public Television
In a recent interview with PBS News Hour, Laurie Anderson speaks about how she approaches using different instruments and methods in her composition. According to Anderson, “There are ways of making things that it doesn’t matter what the material is in a way. If I’m playing a violin, or if I’m painting, I’m using the same arm. I’m […]
