Brooklyn Vegan Shares Sun Atoms Video and Chats With Jsun Atoms
Brooklyn Vegan has the video for Sun Atoms' "Half Robot Half Butterfly," along with an interview with Jsun Atoms about the many influences that went into the creation of new LP Let There Be Light. These influences include Morocco, 11:11 (the time), The Cure, and more… Read more here to get a better sense of […]
WXAC’s Charles Lull Recommends Sunny War
WXAC's Charles Lull digs the new Sunny War LP Simple Syrup and says it's "a perfect album for a dreary morning, a chill day or any day the you want to feel the blues." Lull reviewed the record for BCTV, telling readers that it's worth taking time with the album and navigating the difficult topics […]
New Music From G Bryant
Soft Assembly Of A Die Hard is the debut solo effort of LA-based multi-instrumentalist G Bryant. The 12-track LP reflects the array of influences in Bryant’s eclectic music-making, including indie post-rock, ambient soundscapes, psychedelic folk, dark Americana, musique concrete, traditional African music, and others. The album is rooted in warm synths and electric bass, spooky […]
Buzzbands Calls La Bonte “Endearingly Shambolic”
According to Buzzbands, the debut LP from La Bonte is "a collection of unfussy and at times endearingly shambolic indie-rock that allows Garrett La Bonte's narratives, imbued with a palpable but not mawkish melancholy, shine." The site has the video for "Francis Right," which La Bonte made "using a combination of After Effects and frame-by-frame […]
Brooklyn Vegan Says Half String is “Pure Sunshine”
According to Brooklyn Vegan, Half String‘s A Fascination With Heights is “a terrific record that definitely skews a little more toward the atmospheric postpunk of The Sound and Comsat Angels than what Ride, Swervedriver or My Bloody Valentine were doing. Poppier too. Choruses are loaded with “lah lahs” and “Bah bah bahs,” and songs like […]
Audiofemme Highlights The “Comfortable, Soul-Healing” Foamboy
“Warm, saturated, and bright, but not harsh,” Audiofemme writes, “Foamboy’s energy is ultimately as comforting as a soak in a bubble bath – the perfect soundtrack for a soul-healing, unplugged moment.” The site has an interview feature with the Portland-based duo, whose pandemic-produced LP My Sober Daydream is at radio currently. It also has the […]
Vinyl Chapters Praises The Musicianship of Moon and Bike
"It’s hard to base an entire album around just two guitars without running out of ideas," observes Vinyl Chapters, "but Moon and Bike make a good go of it. Their musicianship can’t be faulted and the way the two guitars almost feel like one instrument because they are so in sync is a pleasure to […]
New Music From Particle Kid featuring Sean Ono Lennon & Mickey Raphael
Described by Rolling Stone as a “trippy troubadour” and a “musical polymath who combines an indie DIY aesthetic with a questing hippie spirit and a relentless work ethic,“ Particle Kid is a constantly absorbing and evolving musician who has both musical DNA and professional experience backing Neil Young (along with his brother, Lukas Nelson & […]
Backseat Mafia Shares La Bonte’s “Don’t Let This Define Me”
Backseat Mafia has the video for "Don't Let This Define Me," the title track of La Bonte's debut LP. "For all of the sunshine of California," the site writes, "there’s something of the grey about the song, beautifully melancholy in a sort of Scottish indie band sort of way, with dashes of David Bazan, Songs: […]
The Midlands Rocks Says Melvins Provide An Object Lesson In Acoustic Metal on Five Legged Dog
According to The Midlands Rocks, “We’d had hints of how this would go down from Buzz Osborne’s two acoustic solo albums, but Five Legged Dog is on another level – and then some. Never a band to do things by halves, alt heroes Melvins have recorded an acoustic retrospective, and it’s genuinely a beast of […]
CoS Speaks With Josh Klinghoffer About Pluralone, Pearl Jam, and More
Consequence Of Sound recently interviewed Josh Kinghoffer, whose Pluralone project is at radio now with singles “Across the Park” and “Sevens” along with a grip of other releases dating back to 2019 that are available on our download page. Klinghoffer was a longtime member of Red Hot Chili Peppers, and he’s now a touring member […]
La Magazine Details Yael Meyer’s “Huracán”
The Spanish-language La Magazine recently detailed Yael Meyer‘s new “Huracán” single, noting that the song was “composed during a period of abrupt change and transformation for Yael [and is] raw, heartbreaking, happy and hopeful.” Read the full review, and see Meyer’s epic self-directed video for the song, here. “Huracán” is the first offering on an […]
Lanterna Performs On WEFT
Lanterna's album Hidden Drives, released earlier this year, has been doing well at radio. The veteran musician's gorgeous soundscapes landed him atop the NACC Chill Chart for multiple weeks and earned raves from the likes of Echoes, but that dizzying nationwide success hasn't led Henry Frayne to neglect his local Champaign, Illinois community. Tonight (Monday, […]
Le Canal Auditif Praises The “Magnetic” Gus Englehorn
Le Canal Auditif says Gus Englehorn‘s new song “The Gate” is “a magnetic piece that repels and terrifies and attracts and captivates at the same time.” Or something like that. The article is in French, and you can read it here. Be sure to indulge in the cool music video for the track, which was […]
New Noise Reports On Melvins’ Five Legged Dog
New Noise recently covered Melvins' new acoustic Five Legged Dog collection, which it describes as "whopping." The site has all the details on the 2-CD, 4-LP set, which is currently at radio from Ipecac Recordings. New Noise also reports that Melvins will be joining Ministry next spring for an epic tour. Read more here.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Digs Sun Atoms’ Sound and Musical Vision
Liverpool Sound And Vision digs Sun Atoms' Let There Be Light, writing that "Sun Atoms and the surrounding cast of musicians and influences bring the music as if it were a cinematic treat, a marble statue unveiled, the sun seen for the first time after a month of downpour. It is that musical expression, of […]
New Music From La Bonte
After a decade of playing in punk and hardcore bands in Southern California, Garrett La Bonte started La Bonte (pronounced La Bon-Tay) in 2015 to explore his impulses for work grounded in patience: slow resonances, discomfitting absences, and wayward, creeping catharses. The project is also, importantly, deeply personal. Don’t Let This Define Me, La Bonte’s debut record, frankly […]
For The Record Brings Gus Englehorn’s “The Gate” To Viewers
For The Record has coverage of Gus Englehorn‘s “The Gate,” which is at radio now. The site also links to the off-kilter and wonderful video for the track. Englehorn explains the visuals: “The protagonist awakes in a pit and sees a man peering down at him laughing, then he is taken on an astral journey. First, […]
Yael Meyer Directs Epic Video For The World Cafe/WXPN-approved Single “Huracán”
Yael Meyer’s new self-directed video for “Huracán” is amassing lots of views and likes on YouTube. According to Meyer, “In contrast with my previous albums, the production on this one is a lot more epic. It was important to me to incorporate many different musical influences and focus on more intense sounds and noises alongside other more […]
Breaking and Entering Is Crazy About Moon and Bike
Breaking and Entering writes that Moon and Bike‘s One is “peerless… This is moonlight music, or sunrise symphonies. It’s seraphic signals sent from above, a way of talking that’s way better than words, and which gets you to feeling that way as well.” B&E continues, “It’s the music to dance to by yourself, to raise children to and […]
