Monthly Archives: October 2011
Review | Dawes, Blitzen Trapper and The Belle Brigade at Royale
Dawes – If I Wanted Someone Blitzen Trapper – American Goldwing The weekend got started off right Friday evening with an early show, and I mean early show at the Royale. After a long week, amazing sets by The Belle … Continue reading
New Music | Pickwick – Blackout, a cappella version
The guys of Pickwick snuck in a surprise a cappella performance of their song ‘Blackout’ at the University of Washington’s Suzzalo Reading Room this past week. Lead singer Galen Disston’s got a voice that was made for soul music. Each … Continue reading
New Music | Sandman Viper Command – Rough Love
Sandman Viper Command – Rough Love This being the second song I’m hearing from Canadian indie-rock band Sandman Viper Command, and I’m becoming overly obsessive. It takes a while to open up in the reserved song, but clicking in somewhere … Continue reading
Tomorrow Night | Dawes, Blitzen Trapper and The Belle Brigade at the Royale
Dawes – If I Wanted Someone Blitzen Trapper – American Goldwing Simply put: tomorrow night’s Dawes, Blitzen Trapper and The Belle Brigade show at The Royale is bound to be well, pretty freaking great. Grab your tickets now, arrive … Continue reading
Review | Brown Bird – Salt for Salt
Brown Bird – Thunder and Lightning Brown Bird – Bilgewater When I got my first crack at hearing Brown Bird I was totally floored. Amazed at how much great sound duo David Lamb & Morganeve Swain produce together. Their influences … Continue reading
New Music | Nada Surf – When I Was Young
Nada Surf – When I Was Young Nada Surf is about to release their 7th record (4th on Barsuk), The Stars Are Indifferent To Astronomy, which will release next year (1/24/12). I’m digging this one because its reminding me of … Continue reading
New Music | Active Child – Diamond Heart
Active Child – Diamond Heart by Vagrant Records Check out this brand new track from Active Child. Diamond Heart, is part of a deluxe edition of You Are All I see, which will be available November 1st exclusively on iTunes. … Continue reading
New Music | The Black Keys – Lonely Boy
Time to get crazy about another Black Keys album. Dan and Patrick do it again in their first single off their upcoming record El Camino. I don’t need to tell you anything else. Preorder the album.
New Music | Jeremy Messersmith – Blue Sky
Jeremy Messersmith – Blue Sky Check out Jeremy Messersmith’s Blue Sky, an homage to everything going on at the Occupy Wall Street protests. The acoustic driven song sounds every bit like Paul Simon. Messersmith as always does a fantastic job … Continue reading
New Music | Johan Reinhold – Shoot Me Down
Johan Reinhold – Shoot Me Down Shoot Me Down, a poignant song about love-hate relationships, holding on too long, and the numbness that follows is the single from the upcoming full-length debut ”Beautiful Loser” by Swedish indie electro-pop singer/songwriter, Johan Reinhold. Produced and … Continue reading
Michael Kiwanuka – I’m Getting Ready
Michael Kiwanuka – I’m Getting Ready Stumbling upon this small EP by London’s Michael Kiwanuka was such a treat. His voice is reminiscent of Otis Redding & Bill Withers, his music a little Dylan, and a little Nick Drake. He … Continue reading
Review | Brown Shoe – The Gift Horse
Brown Shoe – Diving Bell Brown Shoe – Colt Rider The pure landscape of Brown Shoe is huge. Its almost as if every song on the Gift Horse were to be sung atop a mountain. The vocals are expansive and … Continue reading
New Music | Hands – Warm Night Home
Hands – Warm Night Home Hands is an Indie Rock band out of Los Angeles consisting of four members: Geoffrey Halliday, Ryan Sweeney, Sean Hess and Alex Staniloff. They just recently released their track “Warm Night Home,” an emotionally driven … Continue reading
Tonight | FORK @ Berklee Cafe
FORK – She’s Mine FORK – Pretty Redhead Tonight, at Berklee Cafe (150 Mass Ave. Boston) Boston’s FORK a two piece band that formed by Berklee students, John Murphy (of CA) and Jordan Zylak (of PA). Their music is an … Continue reading
New Music | Family of the Year – St. Croix
Family of the Year – St. Croix I just got this wonderfully breezy track, St. Croix from Family of the Year,s a 6 piece indie / folk / pop band out of Los Angeles. St. Croix is featured on … Continue reading