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 […]
Leif Vollebekk Rocks… And Rolls
Leif Vollebekk is out with the official video for “Rock And Roll,” the first track on his new album Revelation. The clip, here, features a live performance of the frenetic performer with his band, which will be on tour in the United States soon. In the meantime, Revelation is at radio now from Secret City Records and looking to pick up support […]
The Second Disc Likes Afterimage
The Second Disc has an overview of Faces To Hide, the new set at radio now from original era post-punkers Afterimage and Independent Project Records. The site writes, “Afterimage was once deemed “L.A.’s Joy Division” by The Los Angeles Times; now, the cult band returns with a new, all-encompassing collection featuring all existing studio cuts from the original band plus previously unreleased […]
Binnie Klein Talks Joni Mitchell With That Record Got Me High
That Record Got Me High is a podcast for “music obsessives,” featuring long discussions by musicians and other obsessives pouring over classic and formative LPs. Binnie Klein – the longtime WPKN DJ who also writes and releases music under the moniker In These Trees – talks about Joni Mitchell‘s For The Roses, as well as some contextually-important work from the likes of James Taylor and Bob Dylan. […]
New Music From the innocence mission
The first studio album from the innocence mission in four years, Midwinter Swimmers (due November 29, 2024) sounds immediately like an old friend. At the same time, it’s a new kind of adventure for the beloved Pennsylvania band of high school friends Karen Peris, Don Peris, and Mike Bitts, having both an expansive, cinematic quality and the strange, lo-fi beauty […]
