Greg Lisher Goes To Stereo Embers
Stereo Embers’ Alex Green writes, “As a member of Camper Van Beethoven and the Monks of Doom, Greg Lisher’s imaginitive and distinct playing remains instatnly recogniziable. But for his new solo album Underwater Detection Method, Lisher decided to make a left turn and make the keyboard the central instrument on the album. A riveting 12-song collection, Underwater Detection Method is a series of […]
War Strings Issues Music Videos
War Strings’ new album Die By Light is at radio now, and there are a total of three music videos for the collection. In the clip for “Love You One Way,” here, Andrew Stogel drives on a Southern California freeway while crooning into the camera with a microphone as well as some sultry dancing. In “Enough,” here, which was directed by Chris […]
Musoscribe Recommends Greg Lisher
On Greg Lisher‘s new album Underwater Detection Method, Musoscribe writes, “gurgling synths are wedded to analog textures. While much of the instrumentation is in fact electronic, there’s an unmistakably organic feel to this music. It’s anything but cold and robotic… This music truly merits praise. It sounds like a soundtrack for whatever you might be doing that requires some […]
Renowned For Sound Reviews Leif Vollebekk In London
Renowned For Sound has a play-by-play review of a “wonderful” Leif Vollebekk show in London last month, a concert that is portrayed as intimate, humorous, and virtuosic. Check that out here, in advance of Vollebekk’s US tour commencing later this week in Philadelphia. These dates are in support of Revelation, at radio now via Secret City Records: 11/7 – Philadelphia, PA […]
The Quiver Reverberates on Echoes
Tracks from The Quiver – the new collaborative album from In These Trees & Tartie, at radio now – are getting traction on the long-running syndicated show Echoes. First, host John Diliberto played the track “Ablaze” on a mid-October episode. The track “Ghosts In Our Room” also featured on the Echoes Halloween Special last week. Here is that playlist, for those interested in “a […]
New Music From War Strings
Los Angeles-based Andrew Stogel has fronted several bands like indie-psych rock band Dreamers Dose and the shoegazed-tinged LOVEYOU. Die By Light, Stogel’s fourth LP as War Strings, is a collection of pop excursions, skewed by his reserved delivery and eerie arrangements. It’s an unsettled picture of searching for intimacy. Uncertainty, captured through polar opposite entries; elated and despairing, wavering then […]
Leif Vollebekk Adds Canadian Tour Dates
Leif Vollebekk has added 2025 Canadian dates to his Revelation tour, which goes through the United States next month. The tour is in support of Vollebekk’s new album, which is at radio now from Secret City Records. Double J says it’s “an intoxicating listen;” Americana UK writes that “it is an otherworldly and unknowable something that reaches its mitts around the senses within […]
Laurie Anderson Does Public Television
In a recent interview with PBS News Hour, Laurie Anderson speaks about how she approaches using different instruments and methods in her composition. According to Anderson, “There are ways of making things that it doesn’t matter what the material is in a way. If I’m playing a violin, or if I’m painting, I’m using the same arm. I’m […]
Leif Vollebekk Rocks… And Rolls
Leif Vollebekk is out with the official video for “Rock And Roll,” the first track on his new album Revelation. The clip, here, features a live performance of the frenetic performer with his band, which will be on tour in the United States soon. In the meantime, Revelation is at radio now from Secret City Records and looking to pick up support […]
The Second Disc Likes Afterimage
The Second Disc has an overview of Faces To Hide, the new set at radio now from original era post-punkers Afterimage and Independent Project Records. The site writes, “Afterimage was once deemed “L.A.’s Joy Division” by The Los Angeles Times; now, the cult band returns with a new, all-encompassing collection featuring all existing studio cuts from the original band plus previously unreleased […]
Binnie Klein Talks Joni Mitchell With That Record Got Me High
That Record Got Me High is a podcast for “music obsessives,” featuring long discussions by musicians and other obsessives pouring over classic and formative LPs. Binnie Klein – the longtime WPKN DJ who also writes and releases music under the moniker In These Trees – talks about Joni Mitchell‘s For The Roses, as well as some contextually-important work from the likes of James Taylor and Bob Dylan. […]
New Music From the innocence mission
The first studio album from the innocence mission in four years, Midwinter Swimmers (due November 29, 2024) sounds immediately like an old friend. At the same time, it’s a new kind of adventure for the beloved Pennsylvania band of high school friends Karen Peris, Don Peris, and Mike Bitts, having both an expansive, cinematic quality and the strange, lo-fi beauty […]
The Big Takeover Lauds Greg Lisher’s Musicality and Lack Of Pretension
The Big Takeover has a review of Greg Lisher‘s Underwater Detection Method, which is out from Independent Project Records tomorrow (Friday, October 25) and going for NACC Adds next week. Lisher is well-known for his work with Camper Van Beethoven and Monks of Doom, and “Underwater Detection Method puts the man known for quirky postpunk and art rock in the realm of space rock. […]
Leif Vollebekk Lives Life Fearless[ly]
Living Life Fearless has shared Leif Vollebekk’s “Southern Star,” which features Cindy Cashdollar on steel guitar. Vollebekk says, “I asked her to stretch out at the end, and, when she did, I just sat there in the control room, completely blown away.” Check out the track here; it appears on Revelation, at radio now via Secret City Records. Vollebekk’s US Tour is […]
Montréal Rocks Shares Patrick Watson’s New Song
Montréal Rocks recently shared “Silencio,” by Patrick Watson featuring November Ultra. The site explains, Recorded in a Parisian studio overlooking Montmartre, ‘Silencio’ features a haunting blend of guitar arpeggios, soft percussion, piano, and synthesizers. The song is sung in both English and Spanish, with November Ultra’s voice adding a distinct, ethereal quality. ‘I think you like me better since I […]
New Music From Greg Lisher (Camper Van Beethoven, Monks of Doom)
Underwater Detection Method is a thing of firsts. While Greg Lisher is familiar to fans of made-in-California alternative rock thanks to his work with Camper Van Beethoven and Monks of Doom, the LP sees Lisher moving in a totally new direction. “While many fans know me strictly as a guitar player in an ‘alternative’ band, I purposely stepped outside my comfort […]
FAULT Chats With Leif Vollebekk
In a recent conversation with FAULT Magazine, Leif Vollebekk shares, “I was simultaneously reading Carl Jung essays and reading this book about Isaac Newton [while making new LP Revelation, at radio now from Secret City] and it turns out they were both fascinated with alchemy. Jung wrote about the purification of the soul that a true alchemist would need, whereas […]
Afterimage Gets Positive Feedback
Gear site Positive Feedback has checked out Faces To Hide, a collection of recordings from LA’s short-lived 80s postpunk band Afterimage. According to the review, “What sets Afterimage apart from their peers is use of keyboards and saxophone to augment and fill in the sound. While that sounds odd in a Post Punk band, it clearly fits here with […]
Leif Vollebekk Is “Our Anchor,” Writes Ink19
Leif Vollebekk‘s new album Revelation is out, and Ink19 has a review. According to the site, “The world is full of sorrows, but it takes an artist like Leif Vollebekk to turn that sorrow into a contemplative center where we can all collect, reflect, and get over it already… Leif Vollebeck remains our anchor, and we all are the story […]
Bobby Bazini Pairs With Barista Microtorréfacteur On A Medium-Dark Roast Blend
Barista Microtorréfacteur, the Montréal-based coffee roasters who have been in business since 2004, has a collaborative roast named after Bobby Bazini, a medium-dark roast espresso blend with tasting notes of dark chocolate and roasted almonds,” Barista says, “it is intense and complex. This coffee will appeal to those who love a full-bodied espresso with very […]
