Newport Folk Festival
Newport Folk Festival is a mere 9 days away, so it might be a good time to get yourself well acquainted with the fantastic acts that will be performing at the festival. These are my favorites from some of the artists that will be playing this year. Hope you enjoy
Girls
Girls – Vomit Impossible to google San Francisco band, Girls have just released the bomb on all of us total nerds. The first cut from their upcoming sophomore EP Father, Son, Holy Ghost, entitled Vomit. Vomit is an ambitious, epic, and sprawling six and a half minute rock and roll song
Yellow Ostrich
Yellow Ostrich – 13 Mary (alternate) Recently signed to Barsuk, Yellow Ostrich is preparing to release their upcoming album The Mistress. The song, “Mary” premiered today via Brooklyn Vegan in alternate form, with a huge crescendo that showcases this bands power. The album hits shelves, 8/16 on Barsuk Records. Catch
Nikki Lane
Nikki Lane – Gone, Gone, Gone by iamsoundrecords Songstress Nikki Lane’s path to music isn’t a normal one. Moving out of her native South Carolina, Lane left for the bright lights of LA and bounced around until landing in NY where she started penning her first songs while dejected
kingsley flood
Can you imagine the dusty, americana rock band, Kingsley Flood, as cute and cuddly bears? Yeah, I can too. But now we don’t have to imagine, because in the hilarious video for their standout track ‘I don’t wanna go home’ the band features a story about a group
Pepper Rabbit
Pepper Rabbit – Murder Room Pepper Rabbit’s upcoming album Red Velvet Snowball is still a few weeks out, but they are releasing a second cut from the album entitled ‘Murder Room.’ Murder Room is a delightful mid tempo synth pop song full of experimental electronic beeps and bloops. Red Velvet
Alexander
Alexander – Truth from Alexander on Vimeo. After months of listening to this song, and countless posts about the album, I’m still finding this to be one of the best songs I’ve heard this year. Alexander’s Truth is off his debut solo album which i reviewed, and I
Luther Russell
Luther Russell – Aint Frightening Me Luther Russell released his fifth LP, a double-length entitled The Invisible Audience, on July 12th on Ungawa Records. He says the double album is “a glimpse into the jukebox of my psyche.” Check out the first cut from the album (which is streaming on AOL
Young Buffalo
Young Buffalo – Only We Can Keep You From Harm Its time to remember the name Young Buffalo. The Mississippi band is going to turn some heads with the brash music that’s exuberant, carefree, and at times quite frickin beautiful. These guys shimmer in some fantastic harmonies, pounding drums, and
Mathieu Santos
Mathieu Santos – I Can Hear The Trains Coming Mathieu Santos, the bass player for Ra Ra Riot is releasing a brand new solo album on Barsuk Records entitled Massachusetts 2010. The album will be available August 2nd. The album will be available digitally as well as a limited edition 500
Real Estate
Real Estate – It’s Real New Jersey’s Real Estate are to release a new album, Days, on Tuesday October 18th, 2011. The band recorded the album in upstate NY over the winter. The first cut off the record is the buoyant and poppy “It’s Real.” A song I’
Cymbals Eat Guitars
Cymbals Eat Guitars – Rifle Eyesight (Proper Name) New York indie rockers Cymbals Eat Guitars will release Lenses Alien, the follow up to their debut album Why There Are Mountains on August 30 in the U.S. via Barsuk. Rifle Eyesight (Proper Name) is an eight minute experimental rock track that
