Goodnight Texas
[I]t’s no secret that I’m truly in love with the ramshackle sounds of folk music, the collaboration between San Francisco’s Avi Vinocur and North Carolina’s Patrick Dyer Wolf, aptly named Goodnight, Texas, the geographic midpoint between the two’s hometowns, who are creating a stylistic
Bird By Snow
[S]ongs that feel this mysterious feel as though they give us wisdom passed down from the trees, something primordial and all together larger than the sum of us. That is the feel that Bird By Snow seems to be going for on their upcoming album titled, Offering. Check out
Team Spirit
[P]assion Pit’s former keyboardist, Ayad Al Adhamy, is leading a new band called, Team Spirit, and they’ve got a self-titled debut EP. Unsurprisingly, it doesn’t sound much like Passion Pit, but that shouldn’t dissuade you, “Phenomenom,” is a guitar driven, powerpop track with a whole
Blonde Summer
Blonde Summer – Robots on Command [M]ore summertime music is never a bad thing. These guys seem to have this style on lockdown. I practically lose all care as soon as I hear their music. Check out Blonde Summer’s second single, “Robots on Command,” a fuzzed out, guitar heavy
Elliott Smith
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMqUzHJjbnU[/youtube] [A]pparently Kyle James Hauser and I share more than just a first name, we both seem to love Elliott Smith’s “Somebody That I Used to Know.” Check out this recording of Hauser’s banjo laden cover of the Elliott
The Technicolors
The Technicolors – Sweet Time [E]very once in a while, we just need a ballsy rock-n-roll sound to kick start our day / month / etc. This might be that song, this might be that band. Enter, the Technicolors. Bluesy rock, with an Oasis like vocal set, its an exciting sound that’
modern rivals
Modern Rivals – Clocks vs. Darts [M]odern Rivals are a five-piece made up of entirely friends who’ve been playing music together since middle school. Their music lies somewhere in the keyboard-inflected dream pop, they are wonderfully melodic, they create songs that on the surface level fit into that dreampop
First Aid Kit
[W]e were lucky enough to have First Aid Kit play the Newport Folk Festival a couple weeks back, and it seems as though they’ve been fresh in my mind since. Then they go and release “Wolf,” a live favorite that will be released as a digital single on
Western Affairs
Western Affairs – Iowa [W]estern Affairs is a three-piece dreampop group based in Washington DC. Back in July they released, 2000, a six track EP with single “Iowa,” featured above. It’s an eclectic dream-like state full of ambient spacey sounds that give the song a sense of solitude, and
Blessed Feathers
Blessed Feathers – Hey All You Floridians [W]isconsin’s Blessed Feathers have an interesting story of origin. When Donivan Berube left his home in Lakeland, Florida, after disassociating himself from his life as a Jehovah’s Witness. At 17, he left home and headed north straight into Wisconsin where he
mumford & sons
[youtube width=”940″ height=”429″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kS8RTRi7HA[/youtube] [I]t’s been far too long since Mumford & Sons released their debut Sigh No More back in 2009, and we’ve all been patiently awaiting the arrival of their new material, we’ve heard rumors,
Blonds
[B]rooklyn’s BLONDS are releasing their fantastic debut full length today, The Bad Ones, and the band has offered up a stream of the entire album. I think you are all going to be hooked after the first few tracks, give it a listen, and when you fall for
