Spindle Introduces Buxton – Break the Top 50
Congratulations to Buxton on the release of their new studio album, Half A Native. The record has been at radio for a few weeks now, but did not see official release until last Tuesday. Spindle wrote a “Introducing” feature on the band, saying the new album “manages to be sugary sweet and icy cool under […]
Watch: Kate Pierson on Late Night – Listen: NPR Morning Edition Feature – Climbing at CMJ
Even after founding one of the most influential bands of the past 30 years with The B-52’s & providing her legendary style to songs by R.E.M., Iggy Pop, The Ramones and David Byrne – Kate Pierson hadn’t released a solo album until this year’s Guitars and Microphones. NPR‘s Morning Edition spoke to Pierson about how she […]
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Young Buffalo – House (Votiv) Howlin Rain – Mansion Songs (Easy Sound Recording Company) Little Helen Rose – Live at The Monkey Room (Self-released) CHAPPO – Celebrate EP (Votiv)
New Music from Bonson Berner
The new album from Buenos Aires/Los Angeles’ Bonson Berner is out next week! Bonson Berner mixes the modern sounds of South America with a fresh electro-tinged take on classic new wave. Once an architect, mastermind Lisandro “Pato” Aloi has had a long and intense relationship with art and music. From his part in avant-garde Argentine rock band Siga […]
CHAPPO Celebrate EP Review on Culture Collide
New 4 track EP, Celebrate, from New York natives CHAPPO was featured and warmly reviewed by Culture Collide. CHAPPO has built a loyal fan base since their start in 2009 due in part to their captivating live shows – and Celebrate certainly embodies that – always harmonic, often psychedelic, and sometimes even disco. The quartet truly “show [their] palette…and the […]
WVAU Reviews Little Helen Rose EP
Little Helen Rose‘s debut EP, Live at the Monkey Room, is a bluesy, smoky affair. The young artist is starting to get picked up by stations including American University radio, WVAU, who wrote a rave review for the EP. ”She belts, she agonizes, she shrieks in a total catharsis of a deep-seated fear of mortality, and […]
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Buxton – Half A Native (New West) Kate Pierson – Guitars and Microphones (Lazy Meadow / Kobalt) Young Buffalo – House (Votiv) Built to Spill – “Living Zoo” [single] (Warner Bros.) Howlin Rain – Mansion Songs (Easy Sound Recording Company) Kathryn Calder – “Take A Little Time” [digital single] (File Under: Music)
New Music from Vetiver – Digital Servicing Only
We’re excited to show you the new single, “Loose Ends” from the easy, breezy, & rockin’ Vetiver. The first single, “Current Carry” off the San Francisco band’s upcoming record, Complete Strangers, was sunnier than previous Vetiver and yet still tied in the folky rock the band has become known for. This latest tune, “Loose Ends”, was […]
Built to Spill Announce New Tour!
With their upcoming record, Untethered Moon, due in April, Built to Spill has released thier 2015 tour dates. After routing down the west coast for their set at Coachella, they’ll be moving through the south and midwest, including dates with fellow Pacific Northwest band Death Cab for Cutie. Look below for cities near you, and […]
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CHAPPO – Celebrate EP (Votiv) Kate Pierson – Guitars and Microphones (Lazy Meadow/Kobalt) Buxton – Half A Native (New West Records) Howlin Rain – Mansion Songs (Easy Sound Recording Company) Little Helen Rose – Live at The Monkey Room (Self-released) Young Buffalo – House (Votiv)
Young Buffalo Going For Adds
Mississippi-based rock act Young Buffalo songwriters Ben Yarbrough and Jim Barrett started making music together as teenagers and never ceased evolving. The band now featuring drummer Tim Burkhead, bassist Andrew Guinn and keyboardist Will Eubanks, is excited to share their debut album House, 11-lively tracks produced by Dave Schiffman (HAIM, Weezer). With the good fortune of being birthed in […]
Built to Spill Going For Adds
Built to Spill’s new single, “Living Zoo” is a haunting zany track off the band’s upcoming record, Untethered Moon. Fronted by Doug Martsch, Built to Spill create resonate and sonorous songs that have endured and endeared since their start in 1992. Untethered Moon is the band’s first album since 2009 and with new bandmates, Steve Gere […]
Buxton US and SXSW Tour – Going for New Peak at CMJ
Buxton’s third release Half A Native is a record of growth and progress. Buxton was born and raised in Houston, but made the trek out to Los Angeles to work with fabled producer/engineer Thom Monahan (Devendra Banhart, Vetiver, Beachwood Sparks, Jonathan Wilson). The shift helped Buxton to craft their most realized album to date, a […]
All This Week: Kate Pierson Live on Late Night with Seth Meyers – “Guitars and Microphones” Music Video Premiere
The ever-influential Kate Pierson will sit-in with Fred Armisen and his 8G Band (Late Night‘s house band) all this week! The B-52s‘ member will be in town to promote her debut solo album, Guitars and Microphones. For more information along w/ local listings, click here. The music video for the self-titled track went out today, […]
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Howlin Rain – Mansion Songs (Easy Sound Recording Company) Little Helen Rose – Live at The Monkey Room (Self-released) CHAPPO – Celebrate EP (Votiv)
New Music from Young Buffalo
There’s nothing typical about the Oxford, Mississippi-based rock act Young Buffalo or the story behind their debut album, House. Although the group’s songwriters Ben Yarbrough and Jim Barrett didn’t begin playing under the Young Buffalo moniker until 2009, they started writing music together as teenagers and never ceased evolving. The band—which now also features drummer […]
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Buxton – Half A Native (New West Records) Kate Pierson – Guitars and Microphones (Lazy Meadow/Kobalt) Howlin Rain – Mansion Sons (Easy Sound Recording Company) Little Helen Rose – Live at The Monkey Room (Self-released) CHAPPO – Celebrate EP (Votiv)
New Music from Bonson Berner – Digital Servicing Only
Bonson Berner mix the modern sounds of South America with a fresh electro-tinged take on classic new wave. Once an architect, mastermind, Lisandro “Pato” Aloi, has had a long and intense relationship with art and music. From his part in avant-garde Argentine rock band Siga la Flecha (“Follow the Arrow”) to photography, to poetic lyricism; […]
Howlin Rain Kicks Off Tour – The 405 Album Review
Howlin Rain, the blues-folk-psych-rock brainchild of San Francisco’s Ethan Miller, started their North American yesterday near their hometown of Eureka, CA. Their fourth studio album, Mansion Songs, was recorded at The Mansion (Ty Segall, Mikal Cronin, and Thee Oh Sees) with Eric Bauer, and chronicles Miller at his most vulnerable – both as an artist and […]
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Kate Pierson – Guitars and Microphones (Lazy Meadow/Kobalt) Buxton – Half A Native (New West Records) Little Helen Rose – Live at The Monkey Room (Self-released) CHAPPO – Celebrate EP (Votiv) Kathryn Calder – “Take A Little Time” [digital single] (File Under: Music) Sam Cohen – “Let the Mountain Come to You” [digital single] (Easy […]
