beach house
I Do Not Care For the Winter Sun Baltimore dream pop duo, Beach House, recently released a holiday single entitled ‘I Do Not Care For The Winter Sun.’ As their M.O. has shown, its a slow burning, sleepy, fireside dream of a work, just as beautiful as you’d
Bridge Underwater
Send Me All Your Love Philly indie-rockers and pop songsmiths Bridge Underwater recently contacted me with a link to their EP Send Me All Your Love. The EP a short 3 songs long just isn’t enough. The three tracks available for a dollar on their bandcamp. These songs are
The One
The One A B-Side on “Heart In Your Heartbreak,” released December 14th on Slumberland, this single features indie-poppers’ the Pains of Being Pure At Hearts signature sparkling, jingly pop. It’s a quick 4 minute track that reminds me very much of the Cure. Buy the single on itunes.
Keepin' On
Keepin’ On Nashville’s Turbo Fruits play fresh lo-fi rock and roll thats loose and riff heavy. Their brand of garage rock has some blues and punk roots. They’ve just recently released their single, ‘Keepin’ On’ under Turbo Time Records, a venture begun by vocalist, Jonas Stein. Upcoming US
Comin back home
Comin’ Back Home 90 year old blues legend T-Model Ford will be releasing a new LP entitled Taledragger January 11th on Alive Records. The single “Comin’ Back Home,” is as gritty and bluesy as it comes. A delta blues track that beckons a few listens, sounds like it could have
J Mascis
Not Enough “Not Enough” is the first single from J Mascis’s forthcoming album ‘Several Shades Of Why.’ Best known as the songwriter for Dinosaur Jr., Mascis is releasing this acoustic collection on Subpop and will be available March 15. Mascis’ trademark raspy, dry voice is all over this, and
Christmas
Holiday Face Dent May does it again with his Christmas track, “Holiday Face.” Its got a similar feel to his other tracks, a smooth electronic feeling christmas track, that you’ll be humming along to. More Dent May
AB & the Sea
Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) Check out the boys from San Francisco covering the Phil Spector written “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home).” This is particularly becoming one of my favorite Christmas covers this year. AB & the Sea released a great little EP a few months ago, I gave them
Andy Hull
Bad Books, the Andy Hull & Kevin Devine project were recorded playing their fantastic song ‘Baby Shoes’ at CMJ earlier this fall. Their self-titled album was released in October and it is just fantastic. They’ve been offering it up for $5 for a while now, and is well worth
Kurt Von Stetten
Come Correck The do it yourself album does not come easy to many. Especially if you are a one man show. Multi-instrumentalist, Kurt von Stetten is such an artist. Playing every instrument on every song, he embodies a complete musician. His latest effort, Pyramid, is one of those albums that
Camper Van Beethoven
The Palace Guards Camper Van Beethoven frontman David Lowery just announced that he’d be releasing a solo project of his own. The album entitled, The Palace Guards, will be available everywhere February 1st, 2011 through 429 Records. Being released as a solo project, gave Lowery creative freedom without being
Alexandria
The High Life Matt Longo, formerly the lead singer of Sex During Wartime, wrote and recorded this sweet little EP in Harlem, NY, entitled Alexandria. His writing and playing is an honest reflection of a relationship in its highs (The High Life) and lows (Building a Wall). The music is
