Taking in the new video by NYC-based TEEN is like shooting rainbows and moonshine into your eyeballs. Not that I know this little metaphorical referential tidbit from personal experience but who cares. What’s important is the psych-rock driven Carolina is deliciously good, and the video gives any viewer reason to smile a dreamy smile. By the way, the track is taken from the band’s Carolina EP available now via Carpark Records. Peace. Continue reading “teen // carolina”
jake mattison // golden friend
jake mattison // golden friend
Jake Mattison is a man set free. Out of the darkness and into a blessed light, we are charmed by the bejeweled and triumphant songs of this mere man. Each note thrums warmly up and down his latest song Golden Friend. Listening to his pain muddled timbre, it is easy to hear it’s bluish, wrung out and forthright triumph. And while Mr. Mattison is no braggart his song has plenty of reason to puff up it’s chests and hold a beautifully turned out head high. The Golden Friend EP drops July 15th just about everywhere you could want it. Peace. Continue reading “jake mattison // golden friend”
intergalactic lovers // delay + video
No jokes about Belgian waffles. I promise. Intergalactic Lovers are one of those bands which can only be described as indescribable This one is hard hard to nail down. But, it’s not like they’re all over the map either. The special thing this band does, and they do it very well, is meld together a myriad of different influences and stylistically blends them into something sonically pleasing. Listen to their song, “Delay,” and here what I’m trying (poorly) to explain. The end product sounds like several sounds, as if the Psychedelic Furs, La Luz and Marissa Nadler were tossed into a cauldron and the resulting brew materialized into the Intergalactic Lovers. The debut album Greetings & Salutations is out now and it is laden with just shy of a dozen ear-friendly gems. Check it out. Peace. Continue reading “intergalactic lovers // delay + video”
the melodic // on my way ep
The folk-rock genre keeps expanding and my ears are taking on the supple characteristics of a contortionist just to accommodate them all. Allow me introduce South London banjo-wielding and finger-pickin’ band The Melodic, and like their name indicates good sounds abound. The band releases it’s debut On My Way EP on June 25th via Anti Records.
you me & us // stay inside
Palm Springs sprouts a Popish and post-punkish threesome in the form of the trio You Me & Us. Check out their latest gauzy fuzz guitar ridden debut EP, Stay Inside, and indulge in a bit of sonic joy for all. Peace. Continue reading “you me & us // stay inside”
map & atlases // old ash
The new Christopher Hainey-directed video for the song Old Ash by Maps & Atlases is fresh out the barbershop! The album Beware and Be Grateful, is out now on Barsuk Records. Nothing like having a song to shave too, huh? Peace.
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grandchildren // endtimes
From the city of brotherly love Philadelphia-based Grandchildren are an “electro-acoustic orchestral pop” rock band. Recently, they’ve released a new video for their song Endtimes. Last month the band released their debut Golden Age LP via Ernest Jenning Record Co. Peace. Continue reading “grandchildren // endtimes”
tripwires | shimmer
Reading, UK is known for… Um well, I don’t really know what they’re known for. But, I know this, thank goodness they’ve birthed the band Tripwires. Their new song and video “Shimmer,” is fuzzed out and dour faced Indie rock. The band sounds like it was breastfed on Radiohead, Nirvana and some Silversun Pickups. The guitar on this particular track sounds reminiscent of Nirvana’s Heart Shaped Box, but no matter it still shines nonetheless. And vocalist/frontman Rhys Edwards leans into this song with a spirited melancholy, which contrasts perfectly to the swirling counterpoints of drum, bass and lead gossamer guitar. The song is taken from the bands soon to drop album Spacehopper courtesy of Frenchkiss Records. Look for the LP on June 17th (UK) June 18th (US). Peace. Continue reading “tripwires | shimmer”
la luz // brainwash = official song of the week
Seattle, Washington punkish rock girlsome La Luz make a mean song. On their latest, the Brainwash 7-incher release via Suicide Squeeze Records. These women come out swingin’, brandishing their respective instruments like weapons of mass seduction! The band has a juicy retro-rock style which goes well with speakers and toe-tappin’ or fisticuffs and an overindulgence of brewskies. You pick.
I like ’em so much I’m making them my official song of week! Yeah, that effing good! You can pre-order the EP right HERE. Peace. Continue reading “la luz // brainwash = official song of the week”
typhoon // dreams of cannibalism + video
Today is a good day. Why? Today the Portland, Oregon-based band Typhoon premiered their Matthew Thomas Ross directed video for Dreams Of Cannibalism. The song, with all of it’s wild ranging folk-rockin’ docility comes from their forthcoming album White Lighter, which drops August 20th, 2013 courtesy of Roll Call Records. My favorite song on the new album is “Common Sentiments,” and man can Kyle Morton sing his heinie off!
Of note, if you like what you hear then check out the bands much lauded and sweetly colossus EP, A New Kind Of House. Peace. Continue reading “typhoon // dreams of cannibalism + video”