New Music From Low Level Clouds
Low Level Clouds is the Honolulu-based project of Christopher Coats whose self-titled full-length debut album mixes breezy 60s and 70s melodic pop with an indie rock bite. Low Level Clouds is a deeply personal record for Coats, and one that mixes upbeat melodies with dark lyricism. “Usually,” Coats says, “I feel like writing lyrics when I’m kind of down, as […]
Big Takeover Does The Pony With Shiva Burlesque
According to Big Takeover, Shiva Burlesque was “one of the more creative, tricky-to-categorize bands working in the vibrant underground scene of 1980s Los Angeles… [whose] potent synthesis of acoustic and electric textures, exploratory lyrics and keen sense of dynamics brought them some impressive in-the-know admirers and comparisons to the likes of John Cale, Echo & the Bunnymen and Love.” […]
Beats Per Minute Reviews Combo Chimbita, NACC Latin’s #1 Artist
Beats Per Minute has an appreciative review of Combo Chimbita‘s IRÉ, which hit #1 at NACC Latin this week, #5 at NACC World, and shot from #158 to #43 on the Top 200. “The New York-based collective harness a pioneering ethos, not interested in dipping into solidified traditions. Their music breathes perpetual flux, or perhaps a sense of […]
Northern Transmissions Has Details On How To See Particle Kid in 2042
Northern Transmissions is streaming the new single from Particle Kid, and the site also has details on a unique product the artist is creating to coincide with the release of his upcoming LP Time Capsule. According to Northern Transmissions, “Time Capsule will be available digitally and on CD along with a limited run of 20 actual time capsules, hand-crafted […]
New Music From The Ophelias
The Ophelias burst out of the San Francisco indie rock scene in 1985 and their first, self-titled LP appeared in early 1987 to widespread acclaim. “Almost every reviewer has considered them the most innovative band out of San Francisco in many years,” wrote Bob O’Brien in the LA Times. Soon they were signed to Rough Trade US and two more […]
Riff Mag Recommends “Lifetimes” By the bird and the bee
Riff Mag digs the new single from the bird and the bee and says “‘Lifetimes’ is a cool, light and breezy track that shows off Inara George’s shimmery vocals. Textured guitars seamlessly glide over the vocals. The lyrics are reminiscent of a long-lost time as George sings of being young. It’s an infectious bubblegum pop gem that you’ll want […]
Combo Chimbita, Among WTTW’s “Five Afro-Latin Artists You Should Know,” Hits #1 At NACC Latin
Combo Chimbita had a great week at radio this past week, hitting #1 at NACC Latin, #5 at NACC World, and jumping from #158 to #43 in IRÉ‘s second week on the NACC Top 200. Thanks to all the stations who’ve gotten behind the band and the LP, which will hopefully be reaching new peaks at World […]
FYI Compares Leif Vollebekk To Springsteen and Cohen
FYI Music News writes, “Any fan of Montreal singer/songwriter Leif Vollebekk knows how riveting he can be on stage. His new EP, New Waves (Live Recordings ’19-’21), captures that in six songs recorded at various locations. ‘I’m Not Your Lover,’ in particular, conjures a steamy night in L.A., with Vollebekk channelling Bruce Springsteen and Leonard Cohen in equal measure.” Check out the review here; New […]
Combo Chimbita’s Niño Lento Speaks With HMV About Records
Combo Chimbita guitarist Niño Lento es Fuego recently participated in a “My Record Collection” feature on HMV.com. Find out about his early love of Soda Stereo, how La Pestilencia inspired him to make music, and what record makes him always feel good. Get hip here, and check some of these records out on your own! Lento’s band’s new LP, IRÉ, hit #3 at NACC Latin last […]
American Pancake Champions Particle Kid’s “Self Assured Sound That Fuels Dreams and Past Memories”
American Pancake has a glowing review of “Someone Else’s Dream,” the new single from Particle Kid‘s upcoming LP Time Capsule. The site’s American Robb writes, “I instantly thought of an amalgam of The Smashing Pumpkins, Neil Young, The Flaming Lips and Sparklehorse. The project of divergent singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist Micah Nelson, and here featuring J Mascis, Paul Bushnell and Sunny War, floats a self assured sound that fuels […]
Brooklyn Vegan Highlights the bird and the bee
Brooklyn Vegan recently included “Lifetimes,” the new single from the LA duo the bird and the bee, on a list of new songs. The site thinks fans should be satisfied, noting that “Inara George and Greg Kurstin are celebrating the 15th anniversary of their debut album by releasing this new single. The guitars are just a little grungy but this […]
New Music From Shiva Burlesque
Independent Project Records will release the two-CD Mercury Blues + Skulduggery collection from Shiva Burlesque in February 2022. Hear two singles – “Do The Pony” and “Paul Is Dead” (Demo) – now. Creators of what Uncut Magazine editor Allan Jones lauded as “…timeless, brilliant music” Shiva Burlesque was founded by transplanted northern Californians Jeffrey Clark and Grant-Lee Phillips, emerging from the alternative music scene of subterranean […]
The Joy Of Violent Movement Has The “Expansive, Elegant” New Song From the bird and the bee
The Joy Of Violent Movement has the video for the new song by the bird and the bee. The site writes, “‘Lifetimes’ is centered around an expansive and elegant arrangement that starts with angular post-punk guitar that slowly builds up to include blown out beats, twinkling keys, fluttering synths, a dreamy Bossa nova and jazz-like bridge, and […]
Treble Zine Describes Combo Chimbita’s New Record As “Vital”
“IRÉ,” writes Treble Zine about the new Combo Chimbita release, “is a vital record, spotlighting Combo Chimbita’s sharp energy and vast aims… Until their live sets return this spring—where you can catch the most sublime manifestation of the band’s power—IRÉ provides something close to an immersion in Combo Chimbita’s divine and enigmatic world.” Read the site’s full review here! Thanks to all the […]
Ghettoblaster Shares Gus Englehorn’s “Tarantula”
Visit Ghettoblaster for the video for the “stomping, paranoid” new Gus Englehorn track “Tarantula.” The site notes that the song comes from Englehorn’s debut for Canada’s Secret City Records, an album called Dungeon Master that is due in April. As Englehorn explains, “I decided to make a little fable where a tarantula is whispering bad things into your ear. Most of the […]
Spill Reviews Leif Vollebekk, Who Goes For NACC Adds Next Week
Spill Magazine is up with a review of New Waves, the Leif Vollebekk live EP released as a surprise earlier this week. The site tells readers that “Vollebekk is a deeply emotive musician, whose passion is fully expressed in his live performances. It can be heard in the interplay between his vocals and the string melody on ‘Transatlantic Flight’” […]
New Music From Yael Meyer
Yael Meyer has been a staple of the Latin American and US indie pop scene for more than a decade. “Known to belt out music and combine electronica, pop and folk sounds in unprecedented ways,” according to Thread MB, her music has been described by Entertainment Weekly as a “bouncy, ebullient electropop that should appeal to the considerable number of […]
Bandcamp Daily Highlights Combo Chimbita’s New LP
“There’s an air of both mystery and peace throughout IRÉ, the latest album from Combo Chimbita,” writes Bandcamp Daily, which has a nice feature on the new LP. Bandcamp writes that “Its songs balance between two extremes: the needs of the body and mind, and the pull of nature… The group conjures a whirlwind of genres: hip-hop breaks, […]
American Songwriter Asks Sunny War About Touring While Black
American Songwriter has a feature on “Touring While Black,” and one of several artists interviewed is Sunny War. She’s candid. “I would say,” she says, “the majority of the shows I’ve played since the release of my first LP With the Sun in 2018 have been sort of scary for me. A lot of my gigs are in predominantly white […]
New Music From Leif Vollebekk
New Waves (Live Recordings ‘19-’21) is a collection of recordings from Leif Vollebekk’s live performances from between 2019 and 2021. The set includes five songs from his 2019 LP New Ways as well as “Long Blue Light,” released as a single in 2020. Of the album, the Montréal-based songwriter states, “Last year I had a chance to revisit these songs and I realized […]
