US Royalty
US Royalty – Sleepy Eyes Really enjoying this new single from DC’s US Royalty. The bands harmonizing reminds me of the now-defunct Chief, and its a got a cool, sort of west coasty rock vibe ala Yukon Blonde. The track itself sort of rolls on with no friction, its really
Slam Donohue
NY-based band Slam Donahue has debuted a brand new track “No More Talking” off their upcoming Big House Nice Dreams Mixtape. The band is singer guitarist David Otto and bassist Thomas Sommerville and drummer Keenan Mitchell and they make toe-tapping melodies that feels extremely youthful and carefree. “No More Talking,
Yukon Blonde
Vancouver, BC quartet Yukon Blonde is giving everyone the opportunity to stream their new album for a week leading up to SXSW. Check out the follow up to their fantast EP Fire // Water and their upcoming schedule: March 13 – 18 – Austin, TX @ SXSW March 3/15 – Hotel San Jose (SXSan
Chains of Love
Chains of Love – He’s Leaving With Me Vintage 60’s romantic pop music for whatever reason really strikes a chord with me. For such, I suggest checking out Chains of Love, a Vancouver group who seems to be entirely influenced by the Ronettes and the Shangri-la’s. A lo-fi
Dinosaur Feathers
A couple years back, Dinosaur Feathers‘ debut album Fantasy Memorial, had really interested me. It was a shockingly fun album & its 50?s / 60?s styled pop music was a blast to listen to and they proved to be fantastic at creating multi-layered melodic pop music that was fun
Twin Steps
Twin Steps – Pinkie Promise Check out “Pinkie Promise,” a doo wop laced experimental pop track that is extremely infectious and sometimes a little frenetic. Its more of a surreal, almost schizophrenic soundscape set to a 60’s doo-wop style. The track comes from their upcoming EP, Serial Parade out April
Yellow Ostrich
Yellow Ostrich – The Shakedown Yellow Ostrich – Marathon Runner Yellow Ostrich’s sophomore album releases today and I’ve got to say I’m extremely impressed with the effort on Strange Land. The difference between Alex Schaaf’s early work when he was a cut and paste artist and now where
free energy
Free Energy – Electric Fever A couple years back Philadelphia’s Free Energy blasted on the scene with a throwback rock and roll that had all the guitar solos, and extremely hook laden rock tracks that you could ever want. This band totally floored me with their debut, I faithfully saw
Jonny Corndawg
Jonny Corndawg – Shut Up I’ve been meaning to post this, as a treat Newport Folk Fest and Jonny Corndawg released a Dad Country B-side titled “Shut Up.” Though if you’ve seen Jonny live I’m quite certain you’ve heard the track, because it appeared on his album,
The Rocketboys
Check out Austin’s The Rocketboys, and their new single “Bloodless,” a soaring indie rock song that will appear on their forthcoming album, Build Anyway, out June 5th. Bloodless has a much bigger more courageous sound that I’m really enjoying out of these guys. It feels like their sound
Bear Driver
Bear Driver and their self-proclaimed ‘sunny-slacker pop’ are releasing their new single “Big Love” on 3/26 on Adventure Club Records. “Big Love,” reflects that “sunny-slacker pop” style with fuzzy, jangly guitars, loose, irreverent pop music that seems to be fueled by sunny melodies and an ever carefree feeling. Look
Newport Folk Festival
Last night I headed into Cambridge for the Newport Folk Festival lineup announcement and with huge anticipation building up, each artist was called out based on a rebus puzzle (example). If you were watching on the livestream, you may have seen me turn over Sharon Van Etten’s card. It
