New Music from Kuroma – 20+ Centuries EP
Kuroma, a supergroup filled with minds behind such projects as MGMT, Amazing Baby, and The Whigs, return with a new EP following their recent full-length, Kuromarama. Kuromarama, produced by MGMT’s Ben Goldwasser, resulted from a long creative journey, and is a fully-realized record carefully designed, bursting with subtle nuances, catchy hooks, garage rock abandon and […]
Culture Collide Loves Lithuania, Spin Premieres “Pieces”
Culture Collide has high praise for Hardcore Friends, the debut LP from Philadelphia’s Lithuania. The site gives the record a score of 88 out of 100, opening its review by describing the band’s songs as “wildly catchy and surprisingly earnest punk jams.” It continues, “Hardcore Friends is both a ripping, punk-infused record, and an ode […]
Kathryn Calder Performs for the National Post
Grief has unfortunately been a common theme in Kathryn Calder‘s recent life. The New Pornographers member has lost both of her parents in the past few years, and she hasn’t shied away from dealing with themes of loss and mourning on her three solo albums. She discussed these tragedies, and how they informed her third, […]
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New Music from Pell – “Queso” Single
Pell, who was born and raised in New Orleans but forced to relocate to Mississippi at age 13 after Hurricane Katrina destroyed his family’s home, has been praised for fusing precise lyricism and soulful singing. He rose to prominence in 2014 with Floating While Dreaming, a critically-acclaimed album that led to festival spots at Lollapalooza and Reading, […]
Gary Clark, Jr. Plays “The Healing” and “Grinder” for a CBS Saturday Session
Gary Clark, Jr. recently visited CBS to perform two songs from his hit album The Story of Sonny Boy Slim at CBS This Morning: Saturday. Clark, who they say is “arguably the most acclaimed bluesman of his generation,” brought a full band and background singers to the studio to play blistering renditions of “The Healing” (view […]
Young Empires Wow CMJ Audiences, Share Stories with Exclaim
Did you go to the 2015 CMJ Music Marathon? If so, hopefully you caught one of four performances from Toronto’s Young Empires. Music Times called them “One of the ten best bands we saw at CMJ,” and wrote, “the group performed cuts from their new album The Gates with powerful charisma… Despite a short half-hour, […]
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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 […]
