the middle east
The Middle East may have hung up their collective instruments, but they still released a stellar album in I Want That You Are Always Happy. Its definitely going to be tops in some album lists this year. Their first single off the album is “Jesus Came To My Birthday Party,
The Royalty
The Royalty – All Alone Check out The Royalty’s All Alone, that could be pulled from a Ronettes LP. The Royalty is an indie Rock and Roll fivesome from El Paso, TX whose music lives and breathes the same 60’s retro doo wop sound that I really can’t
Joe Fletcher and the Wrong Reasons
Tallahassee – Mt. Moriah Joe Fletcher & the Wrong Reasons – Say What You Will Tonight at Cafe 939 brings Tallahassee, Joe Fletcher & the Wrong Reasons and the Milkman’s Union. A night of indie/folk/country music with locals Tallahassee, an understated country / folk band, their recent album, Jealous Hands,
Ganglians
Ganglians – Drop the Act “Drop The Act” is the lead track on Ganglians new album Still Living, being released by Lefse Records on August 23rd. This is the third track released from the psych-pop album. It’s got a sunny nostalgia feeling to it, a beach boys-esque feel in the
Balmorhea
Balmorhea – Unt1tled Austin’s remarkable Balmorhea is a post-rock, instrumental band that recently recorded a live set from Ghent, Belgium at Saint Elisabeth Church. They’ve released one track from the live album ‘Unti1tled’ a gorgeous three minute track with drips of gorgeous intimate sound and reverbs from the recording
blitzen trapper
Blitzen Trapper – Love the Way You Walk Away Second released cut from Blitzen Trapper’s upcoming new album American Goldwing is a 70’s folk rock influenced track. Its slow acoustic intro relents into a slow foot stomper, complete with banjo and synth accoutrements and Earley lends his fantastic vocals
peter wolf crier
Peter Wolf Crier – Settling It Off Peter Wolf Crier’s second album, Garden of Arms, will be released on September 6 on Jagjaguwar. This album will follow up Inter-Be their 2010 debut. Today, they released their second single to p4k, “Settling It Off.” The bands influences on this album seem
Cymbals Eat Guitars
Cymbals Eat Guitars – Definite Darkness New York psych/rockers Cymbals Eat Guitars will release Lenses Alien, their sophomore album on August 30 in the U.S. via Barsuk. They also have a pretty righteous North American tour with Hooray For Earth opening for them. This week they released the 2nd
Sleeper Agent
Sleeper Agent’s stand out song ‘Get It Daddy’ is a total party in a bottle. This is one of the most fun, effervescent, irreverent songs you’ll hear this year. The video for the single premiered on Spin yesterday and they penned it perfect, “playful Southern-fried, boy-vs-girl power pop
House of Wolves
House of Wolves – 50’s House of Wolves is the musical moniker of singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Rey Villalobos, the name’s origin coming from the translation of Villa-lobos from Spanish to English. The LA native’s debut album Fold In The Wind is a stripped down, beautifully dark collection of
Here’s my mixtape for July. As always, its a mix of all the songs I’ve either fallen in love, been inspired by, or just couldn’t stop listening to. Tracklist: 1. Luther Russell – Ain’t Frightening Me 2. Jonny Corndawg – Chevy Beretta 3. Brown Bird – Fingers to the
A Lull
A Lull – Pot Luck Chicago’s A Lull is an experimental psych pop outfit that have an almost primal sound that gives their music an intensity thats as percussive as it is beautiful. About to release their “Confetti Reprise” EP (August 16th) today, they released ‘Pot Luck’ a fantastic experimental
