Jonny Corndawg
The Life of a Bear Thursday night while I was at the Paradise for Middle Brother, Deertick and Dawes I got a chance to hear Jonny Corndawg. A friend of the bands’ he played a few of his songs during Dawes’ set… I couldn’t help but really love his
The Longwalls
The Longwalls have released a stop motion video for their track, Ghosts off their ‘Dark Academy EP‘. It’s a folky, americana styled track, but has great a pop flavor / sensibility. The Longwalls have also recently released a new LP on Staticmotor Recordings titled, Careers in Science. More of the
The Head and the Heart
Had I started to listen to the Head and the Heart’s self title album sooner than the end of december, it would have gone on to be one of my top 5 albums of 2010 (not sure where…but its awesome). Here’s the video for one of the
The Rural Alberta Advantage
North Star This week debuted a lot of new albums, one of my specific favorites is ‘Departing’ from Rural Alberta Advantage. They have recently released a second single ‘North Star,’ the fifth track on the album. Buy Departing
Ra Ra Riot
Too Dramatic (The Morning Benders Remix) I don’t post too many remixes here, but I thought this one was pretty good. The Morning Benders remixed Ra Ra Riot’s Too Dramatic (the Orchards). Its a whole different sound, to a song I already liked… the song has been slowed
The Thermals
The Thermals – “Not Like Any Other Feeling” from stereogum on Vimeo. The Thermals just released a video for song ‘Not Like Any Other Feeling,’ a charming, chalk drawn mixed media stop motion video covering a Space Station, a Rocket Ship, and some really fun stop motion visuals. This playful sense
Readymade Breakup
Erased (ACA) Inside All Along My good friends from the powerpop world, Readymade Breakup are bringing their talents to Boston tonight to open up for Dinosaur Feathers. They have also released an a capella (esque) version of their track Erased to release to you off of their most recent album.
kingsley flood
I always jump at the chance to see new stuff from Kingsley Flood, one of my favorite bands here in Boston. I recently got the pleasure of seeing them play before they headed out for South By Southwest. Above is their live video for rockin’ song Mannequin Man. For those
Analog Edition
In case you haven’t heard, Matt from Everybody Taste has put together a new little venture under the title Analog Edition. Analog Edition is a vinyl record label and music zine with the goal of recording limited edition vinyl with the idea of elevating great music through a timeless
Alexander
Truth A Million Years You may know him as Edward Sharpe, but the frontman of the Magnetic Zeros released a solo project under his given name, Alexander Ebert. The album entitled Alexander, was written and recorded during time off from the MZ’s. Alexander Ebert would work in his bedroom
That Ghost
To Like You The new album from That Ghost, Songs Out Here, released this week. This is the first I’m hearing single, To Like You and I’m kind of loving it. I am really digging the retro, lo-fi, reverby sound. To catch you and me up to
Middle Brother
Middle Brother Me Me Me If you haven’t heard of them, Middle Brother, you probably aren’t reading this website. To catch you up to speed, Middle Bro is made of Deer Tick’s John McCauley, Dawes frontman, Taylor Goldsmith, and Delta Spirit frontman, Matt Vasquez. Together they form