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Lithuania Goes for Adds
Hardcore Friends, the debut album from Philadelphia’s Lithuania, is appropriately titled. Band members Eric Slick and Dominic Angelella trace their friendship back for more than a decade, to their days in the jazz program at University of the Arts in Philadelphia. Their love of punk and experimental music made them oddballs amongst their classically-minded peers, and […]
Futurebirds are Reviewed by Relix, Stream Album via American Songwriter
According to Relix, Futurebirds‘ new album Hotel Parties is the band’s “most timeless and cohesive” LP. Futurebirds has a reputation as a powerful touring band, and their sweaty, Southern-tinged live performances have made them a hit in indie circles throughout their native Southeast. Yet Hotel Parties succeeds because it “peels back a few layers, digs to […]
Fever the Ghost Perform for Yahoo!, Share “1518” with Consequence of Sound, Tour
Yahoo! has a great feature on Fever the Ghost, the trippy Los Angeles four piece whose debut LP, Zirconium Meconium, the site calls “a spectacular soundfest, filled with bloops, bleeps, squiggles, and—significantly—a number of very compelling songs likely to grab your cranium and squeeze with repeated listening.” The band performed two songs at Yahoo!’s studio […]
The Line of Best Fit Praises St. Germain, New LP Aims for Debuts
The Line of Best Fit has positive words for St. Germain, the French electronic pioneer’s self-titled first album in 15 years. About the long pause, LOBF speculates, “It might have taken Ludovic Navarre until now to figure out exactly how to set about the task of coming up with something fresh again… [but] he’s certainly […]
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New Music from Jonny Greenwood, Shye Ben Tzur, and the Rajasthan Express
Jonny Greenwood has recently teamed up with Israeli composer Shye Ben Tzur, the Rajasthan Express (a group of Indian qawwali musicians), and Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich. Together, through Nonesuch records, they created Junun, an album that combines Sufi qawwal and Hebrew musical traditions. Greenwood’s long time friend, Paul Thomas Anderson, with whom he’s collaborated on such films as Inherent Vice and There Will […]
St. Germain Talks to Vice and Premieres “Real Blues” Music Video on Resident Adviser
Ludovic Navarre, also known by the moniker St. Germain, has finally released new material for the first time in 15 years. Recently, he met up with Vice, to discuss what he’s been doing and where he’s gone between the release of his critically acclaimed Tourist LP (2000) and his recent self-titled release. You can find the interview here. Additionally, […]
Futurebirds Featured on Baeble Music, Continue US Tour
Athens, GA has been home to countless college radio favorites over the years, from R.E.M. and The B-52s to Of Montreal and Olivia Tremor Control. According to Baeble Music, “we can thank contemporary bands like Futurebirds for keeping the myth of Athens alive.” The site featured the title-track from their new album, Hotel Parties. Check it […]
Gary Clark Jr. Talks About His Acting Debut with Relix, Performs “Shake” for The Daily Beast
In 2007, Gary Clark Jr. starred in the 2007 John Sayles film, Honeydripper. After being approached by the director during a showcase at SXSW, Clark found himself immediately on his way to the set in Greenville, AL. He figured, “Why not? It’s not every day someone asks you to be the lead in a movie.” Read […]
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New Music from Lithuania
Hardcore Friends, the debut album from Philadelphia’s Lithuania, is appropriately titled. Band members Eric Slick and Dominic Angelella can trace their friendship back for more than a decade, to their days in the jazz program at University of the Arts in Philadelphia. Their love of punk and experimental music made them oddballs amongst their classical […]
Fever the Ghost Kick-Off US Tour w/ “1518” Music Video Premiere
For a debut album, Fever the Ghost‘s Zirconium Meconium manages to push the boundaries of music further than some groups achieve throughout their entire career. The new music video for “1518” continues this trend by showcasing a fledgling technology that allows you to explore a music video like never before. For the video, the psych-glam-kraut-pop band […]
Jacob Snider’s Carrier Featured on Twisted Soul
On Jacob Snider‘s debut album Carrier, he takes full advantage of the boundlessness that comes with being a young, unknown artist to paint an alluring, winding picture. To accomplish this, Snider enlists multi-instrumentalist Armand Hirsch to use handclaps, marxophone, banjo, and more to create a lilting but lively backdrop. As Twisted Soul put it, “It’s a fine introduction […]
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St. Germain Goes for Adds with “St. Germain”
There are many reasons for successful artists to go into exile. But for Ludovic Navarre, the DJ and producer whose albums as St. Germain were crucial to setting the parameters of electronic music for the 21st century, the 15-year gap leading up to new LP St. Germain was the result neither of creative block nor overindulgence in the trappings […]
Gary Clark Jr. Gets Four Stars from American Songwriter, Heats Up ACL 2015, Seeks New CMJ Peak
“It’s still early to throw accolades like ‘visionary’ around,” writes American Songwriter, “but aspects of Gary Clark Jr.’s music encourage that reaction.” The quote comes from a review of Clark’s new album The Story of Sonny Boy Slim, to which the magazine awards four-stars. Reviewer Hal Horowitz praises the Austin-based guitarist for his “raw emotion […]
Pittsburgh in Tune Praises Tarmac Adam
Pittsburgh in Tune has a review of the new album from Australia’s Tarmac Adam, In Place. After discussing the band’s history, which includes both triumph and tragedy as well as a connection to legendary Aussie band Crowded House, the review goes on to say that In Place is imbued with a “sense of optimism” that […]
Lael Neale Debuts Video on My Old Kentucky Blog
Lael Neale‘s debut album, I’ll Be Your Man, has been wowing us with its literary lyrics and gorgeous vocal melodies. Now, the LA-based, Virginian-raised folk singer is offering visuals to go with the music, starting with two recent videos directed by Tyler Monsein. My Old Kentucky Blog had the premiere of one of them, “White Daisy, […]
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