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Built to Spill Going for Adds
One of the most endearing and enduring bands of its generation, Built to Spill, is ready to release their 8th studio album, Untethered Moon. The band, fronted by Doug Martsch, create resonate and sonorous songs that “a whole lot of bands might try to sound like…but only one can do it” [Stereogum]. Hailing from Boise, Idaho, […]
DTCV Album Reviews – Looking to break at Radio 200
The new album by DTCV is starting to pick up momentum at radio. Their 4th album, Uptime!, saw chart support from stations like KHNS, KHOL, Ohio.fm, WLFR, WMCX, WNCW, WRRG & WUNH – putting it just shy of reaching the CMJ Radio 200. Northern Transmissions said the new album “build[s] upon [their] indie rock foundation that harks back to […]
Consequence of Sound praises The Staves – Climbing at CMJ
UK sisters The Staves have had their lives flipped upside down since the release of their debut album in 2012. The critical acclaim they received swept them into multiple world tours, opening for Mumford & Sons, the Civil Wars, and Bon Iver. It was during the Bon Iver dates that group formed a bond with […]
Radio K Features Tigran Hamasyan’s “Brilliant” Album Mockroot
Radio K has made Tigran Hamasyan‘s Nonesuch Records debut, Mockroot, its weekly release spotlight, taking note of the album’s eclecticism and dubbing it “the first masterpiece of neo-classical-post-jazz-Armenian-folk-electronic-thrash-metal.” Mockroot is a sprawling and epic affair, and Hamasyan is unafraid to explore seemingly disparate influences to craft a sound that is absolutely unique. The Radio K […]
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New Music from Built to Spill
One of the most endearing and enduring bands of its generation, Built to Spill, is ready to release their 8th studio album, Untethered Moon. The band, fronted by Doug Martsch, creates resonate and sonorous songs that Stereogum says, “exist on a continuum between two poles: snappy, twee-inflected pop songs and vast, mind-altering classic rock soundscapes.” […]
Record Store Day is this Saturday, April 18th – Dash Launches RSD Radio
The 8th annual Record Store Day is happening this weekend, all around the globe. Visit the RSD website here, to find your nearest participating store. This year’s schedule is bigger than ever, with 100s of releases and in-stores confirmed, all to celebrate the local, independent record store. For a full list of releases, including new […]
Vetiver Hits New Peak at CMJ – US Tour Starts Next Month
Vetiver teamed up with long time collaborater Thom Monahan (Devendra Banhart, Beachwood Sparks, Buxton) for his latest album, Complete Strangers. The result is a record that continues to find new fans, and connect with those that have been following the band since their days opening for Fleet Foxes and The Shins. Don’t let up on […]
Kuroma’s Kuromarama Streaming in Full at Brooklyn Vegan – Touring with Tennis, Tame Impala – Debuts at CMJ
Kuroma‘s new album, Kuromarama, was produced by MGMT‘s Ben Goldwasser and released via Votiv Music. Brooklyn Vegan has the whole thing streaming here along with the full schedule for Kuroma‘s upcoming tour. The cross-country tour kicks off with a sold-out show in NYC opening for Ex Hex on April 23rd. The tour will continue throughout […]
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Kathryn Calder Going for Adds
Kathryn Calder, the eponymous new solo album from the New Pornographers member, pairs the singer’s gorgeous vocal delivery with electronic soundscapes inspired by Brian Eno and other early synth pioneers. Packed with instrumental and melodic surprises, the album balances elements of classical and pop music while further exploring the poignant, ruminative lyrical themes found on her […]
The Staves debut live video on Stereogum and talk to DIY Magazine about producer Justin Vernon
If I Was, the excellent sophomore album from British trio The Staves, was produced by Justin Vernon, the Grammy-winning man behind Bon Iver. Vernon joined the group onstage in London last month to perform a moving rendition of the song “Make it Holy,” and Stereogum has video of the performance here. Watch it to get an inkling […]
Nylon debuts video for Kuroma’s “Simon’s in the Jungle”
Powerpop quartet Kuroma, which is led by former Whigs and MGMT member Hank Sullivant, has premiered a video for the song “Simon’s in the Jungle” on Nylon. The song is one of the standouts on the band’s shimmering new album Kuromarama, and its animated video is a delightfully colorful and conceptual cartoon that evolves in surprising […]
Go into the studio with Tigran Hamasyan
Armenian jazz pianist Tigran Hamasyan, whose multi-faceted album Mockroot is currently out on Nonesuch, has made a video montage of behind-the-scenes recording footage. It shows Hamasyan with his trio—Sam Minaie on electric bass and Arthur Hnatek on drums and live electronics—and vocalist Gayanée Movsisyan as they recorded the album in Meudon, France last year. Watch […]
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New Music From Kathryn Calder
Kathryn Calder (The New Pornographers) has returned with her first album since 2011. The self-titled record is Calder’s third solo album & represents her transition from a songwriter reacting to the world to a self-aware artist capturing her own moments and creating her own worlds. Calder developed the ten songs from atmospheres she crafted in the producer’s chair of […]
CMJ Premieres DTCV’s “X-Water” Music Video
The 4th studio album by DTCV (pronounced detective) has landed at radio and is off to a fast start. Stations like WCSB, WMCX,KTCU, KVCU, KVRX, & WTSR gave it top Add honors. The record’s hush, dreamy vocals from singer Vivarock have led to comparisons to Dum Dum Girls‘ Dee Dee Penny and Sonic Youth‘s Kim Gordon. The track “X-Water” […]
Vetiver talks to Billboard – Announces US Tour – New Peak at CMJ
Andy Cabic of Vetiver has long been a staple of the San Francisco music scene. For an area that once was home to artists like John Dwyer (Thee Oh Sees), Ty Segall, & Jessica Pratt, Cabic is one the last few musicians standing. “When I moved to San Francisco [in 1998]…you could…not really have an idea of […]
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