Naked Giants Talk to Do206, Play SXSW
“We are all three best friends,” said Naked Giants’ singer/guitarist Grant Mullen in an interview last year with the Do206. “So we connect on a level that goes beyond the just the music we play, and translates into what we end up creating.” Throughout the interview, conducted in anticipation of the band’s performance at the Sound […]
Glint Goes for Adds
Glint’s Introvert and Extrovert EPs, released last fall and played at stations all around the country, were prefaces to Inverter, the band’s new full-length album. To write the music, band mastermind Jase Blankfort set up his equipment in a group of empty warehouses in Nyack, New York and allowed the immense spaces to shape the […]
Naked Giants and The Jigsaw Seen Travel to Austin for SXSW
No one from our office will be in Austin for this year's South by Southwest, but AmApAc artists Naked Giants and The Jigsaw Seen are traveling to Texas for the country's premiere music festival. These are the shows you should try to catch if you're heading to the Lone Star State this week: Naked Giants […]
The Guardian Reviews Rokia Traoré – Twice! Né So Goes for #1 at CMJ New World!
The Guardian loves Rokia Traoré so much that the paper has not one but two different reviews of her new album Né So on its website — and in each review, it gets four out of five stars! Reviewer Neil Spencer writes that “the Malian singer continues to cut a singular trajectory through modern music” with Né So. […]
Stereo Embers Premieres the black watch’s “Beautiful Sleeper”
the black watch has issued a clip for Highs and Lows opening track “Beautiful Sleeper,” and Stereo Embers has the premiere. In the video, band mastermind John Andrew Fredrick puts his years of working as a writing professor to work as he quickly scrawls the song’s lyrics on a chalkboard. “But the primary attraction here is songcraft, […]
New Music from Glint!
Glint’s Introvert and Extrovert EPs, released last fall and played at stations all around the country, were prefaces to Inverter, the band’s new full-length album. To write the music, band mastermind Jase Blankfort set up his equipment in a group of empty warehouses in Nyack, New York and allowed the immense spaces to shape the […]
The Cave Singers Share “Christmas Night” with Stereogum
Stereogum has a premiere of “Christmas Night,” the second single from The Cave Singers‘ new Banshee LP. Though it’s now springtime, the site says that this is “one of those Christmas songs that works for all seasons, more about the emotions surrounding the event than ol’ Saint Nick himself, and the Seattle rockers recount one […]
Pitchfork Loves Star Wars Headspace; Rolling Stone Goes Behind the Scenes
Star Wars Headspace “crackles with adolescent exuberance, thanks to a well-chosen roster of producers,” writes Pitchfork in its recent review of the Rick Rubin-curated project that finds top beatmakers like Flying Lotus, GTA, Rustie, Kaskade, Baauer, Claude VonStroke, A-Trak, and more putting their spin on the iconic film franchise by employing its bleeps, bloops, and Wookie […]
Buzzbands interviews the black watch; Blurt reviews Highs and Lows
Highs and Lows, released in 2015 by Los Angeles favorites the black watch, has been called “probably the best thing we’ve heard this year from an artist who calls Echo Park home” by Kevin Bronson of Buzzbands. It’s a high compliment from Bronson, who has been digesting the LA neighborhood’s musical output for almost 15 […]
Luke Top is Featured in Spin, Noisey, and Pitchfork
Spin has given its seal of approval to Suspect Highs, the new solo LP from longtime Fool’s Gold leader Luke Top. The magazine calls the album, which finds Top veering towards a more low-key sound than the worldbeat indie pop of Fool’s Gold, “a sometimes jazzy, other times rockabilly, all the time arresting affair.” According to […]
the black watch Goes For Adds
Highs and Lows, the 13th album from Los Angeles’ venerable the black watch, documents a long-running band that has been rejuvenated. Songwriter John Andrew Fredrick, who has helmed the cult favorites since 1987, didn’t intend to so quickly follow up the 2015 black watch LP Sugarplum Fairy, Sugarplum Fairy. That record was intended as his final album, […]
Luke Top Goes for Adds
As the singer and co-founder of Fool’s Gold, a band that has been blending African dance music and New Wave pop stylings since 2009, Luke Top has achieved international acclaim and toured all around the world. He’s also collaborated with an impressive array of artists including Papercuts and Cass McCombs. Yet on Suspect Highs, Top […]
The So So Glos Go For Adds with Songs from Upcoming Kamikaze LP
On Kamikaze, The So So Glos’ follow-up to 2013’s critically-acclaimed Blowout, the darks are darker, the lights are lighter, the loud is louder, and the quiet is quieter. Recorded with John Reis (Drive Like Jehu, Hot Snakes) and mixed by Mike Mogis (Bright Eyes, Rilo Kiley, Cursive), the LP finds the band narrowing its focus, kicking […]
The Cave Singers are Featured on 107.7 the End and KEXP, Seek Top 40 at CMJ Radio 200
The Cave Singers‘ new LP Banshee debuted at #55 on the CMJ Radio 200 last week, giving it a strong start and making it the highest-charting self-released album in issue 1430. As they aim for the Top 40 this week, local support in their hometown of Seattle has started to swell. Seattle’s 107.7 The End […]
Stereogum Shares FlyLo, Rick Rubin, and Baauer Songs off Star Wars Headspace, Vice Streams Album as it Goes for CMJ Debuts
Star Wars Headspace has fans of the beloved film franchise and the RPM genre in a tizzy. The Rick Rubin (The Beastie Boys, Lana Del Rey, Johnny Cash, Kanye West) curated affair features contributions from Flying Lotus, Shlohmo, Bonobo, and more, using the sounds of Star Wars as samples in 15 tracks that, Vice says, […]
New Music from Luke Top – Digital Servicing Only
As the singer and co-founder of Fool’s Gold, a band that has been blending African dance music and New Wave pop stylings since 2009, Luke Top has achieved international acclaim and toured all around the world. He’s also collaborated with an impressive array of artists including Papercuts and Cass McCombs. Yet on Suspect Highs, Top […]
Futurebirds Premiere Video with Team Coco, Announce New Tour Dates
Futurebirds have a new video sourced from their album Hotel Parties, and it just debuted on Team Coco. The tongue-in-cheek clip for “twentyseven” continues to play on the theme of road weariness that permeate the album and their previous video for its title track, as the band imagines itself as the well-fed and well-rested superfans […]
Brooklyn Vegan Details Fruit Bats Album and Tour, Premieres Video
Fruit Bats fans are giddy with the news that the band, dormant for several years while its mastermind Eric D. Johnson dealt with personal tragedy and focused his creative energy elsewhere, is back. After a tour sting in support of My Morning Jacket last year, Fruit Bats are releasing a new LP this May and […]
New Music From the black watch – Digital Servicing Only
Highs and Lows, the 13th album from Los Angeles’ venerable the black watch, documents a long-running band that has been rejuvenated by new members and inspirations. Songwriter John Andrew Fredrick, who has helmed the cult favorites since 1987, didn’t intend to so quickly follow up the 2015 black watch LP Sugarplum Fairy, Sugarplum Fairy. That record was […]
Naked Giants Speak to Amadeus Mag
Naked Giants are starting to generate a huge buzz ahead of their South by Southwest run this month, and the excitement is palpable in a new Amadeus Mag interview with drummer Henry LaVallee. The interview was conducted on the cusp of the band’s first tour, and LaVallee mentioned Boise’s Treefort Festival and a show at […]
