River City Extension
Opening my email this morning, I got all kinds of excited. New Jersey’s River City Extension just announced a new album Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Your Anger, to be released on June 5 via XOXO Records / Anchor & Hope Music. It got even better when
Moonface
If you aren’t familiar with the project, Moonface, is Spencer Krug (Wolf Parade) and an ongoing series of changing collaborations. The album, Heartbreaking Bravery, out April 17th was recorded with Finnish band Siinai. Our first taste is “Teary Eyes and Bloody Lips,” a dark, and moody track that builds
Heartless Bastards
Heartless Bastards – Parted Ways Austin’s Heartless Bastards release their album Arrow the follow-up to ’09’s The Mountain, which found their way deep into my library and became an album that I enjoyed for its folk rock meets punk noise sort of aesthetic. What Heartless Bastards have done with
Horse Feathers
Horse Feathers – Fit Against the Country Make no mistake, Portland folk band Horse Feathers’ singer Justin Ringle has a voice that could calm a raging storm. Their music is extremely gentle, delicate, and extremely beautiful. The band is about to release a fresh new LP titled Cynic’s New Year,
Islands
The follow-up to Islands’ Vapours is finally upon us (street date 2/14) and luckily the guys at ANTI records have allowed the album up for streaming, so we can get an early taste of what Thorburn and the rest of Islands have been up to. The stripped down, confessional
Water Liars
Water Liars – $100 I’m really enjoying the music of Water Liars (formerly Phantom Limb) a two piece featuring vocalist Justin Kinkel-Schuster(of Theodore) and drummer Andrew Bryant. Their album (titled Phantom Limb) drops 2/28 and they’ve released album opener “$100.” Its reverb drenched, grungy introduction relents to
Maps & Atlases
Maps & Atlases – Winter Maps & Atlases are finally back at us with some brand new music, an upcoming album and I for one am quite excited. The first cut off their upcoming album, Beware and Be Grateful (4/17) is “Winter,” combines dense lyrics about a freezing Chicago winter,
Plants and Animals
Check out the second cut from Plants and Animals’ forthcoming album, The End of That, which is due out at the end of the month on Secret City Records. It’s definitely a track that displays the bands versatility, and its vibrance. The song, “Song for love,” has a cool,
The Head and the Heart
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iSQGWpy0qY[/youtube] Watch Seattle’s The Head and the Heart’s video for their standout track “Down in the Valley,” a video made of footage captured during the band’s most recent tour. This song had always been the absolute stand out for
Fort Lean
Fort Lean – Sunsick Holy freaking percussion. Brooklyn’s Fort Lean is following up their ’11 self title with this beast of a song. “Sunsick,” takes a bit of grunge sound and intertwines it with a bit of anthemic sunshine. The huge crashes and pounding on drums are equaled with soaring
OK Go
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MejbOFk7H6c[/youtube] If you haven’t gotten to see any of the music video insanity that is OK Go, I’d be wildly surprised. What else is wildly surprising is how they consistently one up themselves again and again and again. In this
Saint Motel
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40XR-A6-e38[/youtube] Saint Motel has recently released a new video for their fantastic track “At Least I Have Nothing,” a synthpop / rock track that has a cinematic almost Tron-like sound. Its a track that I originally talked about back in November, and one
