AU Review Checks Out Alpine’s “Yuck” – Land New Peak at CMJ
Australian indie-pop group Alpine‘s sophomore release, Yuck, continues to receive praise for its bouncy and bright sound. The AU Review recently gave the LP a glowing review, comparing Yuck to “the musical equivalent of a really well-curated modern art museum.” Perfectly orchestrated and artfully executed, Yuck sustains its layered and lovely sound through the refined […]
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The Bird and the Bee Goes For Adds with Recreational Love
The Bird and the Bee‘s Recreational Love reflects the easy intimacy of this collaboration between vocalist Inara George (of indie-folk supergroup Living Sisters) and Grammy-nominated producer Greg Kurstin (Beck, Sia, the Flaming Lips). Dreamlike and dance-heavy, the new album adds hints of smooth R&B grooves to a light, retro pop sound Entertainment Weekly once described as “space-age pop […]
Fever the Ghost Goes for Adds with “Vervain (Dreams of an Old Wooden Cage)”
Just over a year after making a mark on LA’s underground scene and releasing the celebrated EP Crab in Honey, Fever the Ghost has become ascendant. Coming after tours with Sean Lennon, Temples, and Flaming Lips, their debut album Zirconium Meconium demonstrates that the band’s success is not a result of hype. Rather, it stems from their […]
Young Empires Album Sampler Goes for Adds
Toronto’s Young Empires are offering a three-song preview of a debut album that draws from ageless themes of love, loss, rebirth, and redemption. Combining late-night soul, Technicolor pop, and vibey beats, the trio has crafted a mature departure from the songs included on 2012’s Wake All My Youth EP. Viral hits “The Gates” and “So Cruel” are now […]
PopMatters Debuts Jeremy and the Harlequins’ “You’re My Halo” Video; Jeremy Fury Talks to Underground Garage – Going for Debuts
“It’s the underbelly of classic, feel good Americana,” says Jeremy and the Harlequins singer Jeremy Fury about the band’s new video for the song “You’re My Halo,” “as if ‘50s nostalgia skipped the drive in and plunged head first into the Dungeon.” In its premiere of the video, PopMatters notes the band’s musical and visual […]
Sam Cohen is Reviewed by Waster and PopMatters
Waster has reviewed Sam Cohen‘s Cool It, calling the first solo album from the former Yellowbirds member a “fun, kaleidoscopic record.” The positive review goes in depth about many of the album’s tracks, coming up with colorful descriptions of the psychedelic multi-instrumentalist’s songs. “Let the Mountain Come To You” is like “a rainbow coming out […]
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New Music From the Bird and the Bee
Recreational Love, the long-anticipated fourth album from The Bird and the Bee, reflects the easy intimacy of this collaboration between vocalist Inara George (of indie-folk supergroup Living Sisters) and Greg Kurstin (a Grammy-nominated producer who has worked with the likes of Beck, Sia, and the Flaming Lips). Dreamlike and dance-heavy, the new album adds hints […]
Vice Says Alpine is Among the Best of 2015; Broadsheet Features the Band
Vice‘s Noisey blog starts its list of 2015’s 15 best albums so far with a disclaimer: “Lists are dumb.” But we beg to differ, because Noisey’s list includes some incredibly smart choices – including Yuck, the sophomore album from Australian six-piece Alpine. The posting says that “Yuck is wall-to-wall wonder… a record that sneaks up on […]
Zella Day Talks with Idolator and Hits the Road, Playing Lollapalooza 2015
“As much as this music is for me,” Zella Day told Idolator in a June interview, “I’m making it for other people.” And it’s in that vein that she takes interviewer Mike Wass through a long and winding conversation about her upbringing, the symbolism in the song “Hypnotic,” and the years between her first forays […]
New Music from Fever the Ghost – Digital Servicing Only
Just over a year after making a mark on LA’s underground scene and releasing the celebrated EP Crab in Honey, Fever the Ghost has become ascendant. Coming after tours with Sean Lennon, Temples, and Flaming Lips, their debut album Zirconium Meconium demonstrates that the band’s success is not a result of hype. Rather, it stems from their […]
NEEDS interviews in Vice and Earshot!
“NEEDS is a sinister, ferocious juggernaut of an album,” writes Vice’s Alex Hudson about the debut LP from Vancouver post-hardcore act NEEDS. The praise comes as preface to an interview with singer Sean Orr, who says he wanted the album to sound “really sharp and nice and sexy” when the band took it to Noise […]
Kathryn Calder Talks Yogurt, Mustard with the Georgia Straight
If you’re like most music fans, you spend a lot of time wondering about all of the foods, condiments, and mysteries your favorite artists keep in their refrigerators. Fortunately for all of us, the Georgia Straight is keeping tabs. Canada’s largest urban weekly recently featured Kathryn Calder in its long-running “What’s In Your Fridge?” column, and […]
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New Music from Young Empires
Toronto’s Young Empires are offering a three-song preview of a debut album that draws from ageless themes of love, loss, rebirth, and redemption. Combining late-night soul, Technicolor pop, and vibey beats, the trio has crafted a mature departure from the songs included on 2012’s Wake All My Youth EP. Bassist Jake Palahnuk says, “There’s more struggle on this […]
Zella Day Shows Pandora Around, Makes Naked Noise – Top 40 at CMJ!
Zella Day‘s intimate approach to songwriting can lead listeners of her new album Kicker to feel like they know her very well, yet nothing compares to the intimacy of actually hanging out with her! That’s what Pandora did for a recent interview with Day, meeting the singer-songwriter at home she shares with housemate and musical […]
Alpine is Reviewed on Press Play, Premieres Song with Stereogum – Jumps to #56 at CMJ
Press Play loves Alpine’s new album Yuck, giving it four out of five stars for being “so damn pleasurable.” In the brief review, available here, the site praises the vocal interplay between co-singers Phoebe Baker and Lou James and declares that the band exists “on the more fun end of the indie-pop scale.” “Yuck,” says […]
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Lael Neale Goes for Adds with “Born in the Summer” [single] – Digital Servicing Only
![Lael Neale Goes for Adds with “Born in the Summer” [single] – Digital Servicing Only](https://amanaplanacanal.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/IllBeYourManCoverResize-150x150.jpg "Lael Neale Goes for Adds with “Born in the Summer” [single] – Digital Servicing Only")
Raised in the pastoral hills of Virginia, Lael Neale takes musical inspiration both from the solitude of idyllic pastures and the energy of Los Angeles, where she currently resides. On her upcoming debut album, Neale navigates through her own winding search for essence and meaning, detailing experiences that we all can recognize in our own lives. […]
