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The Curtis Mayflower
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQ7Yn7yVgvg[/youtube] [M]assachusetts boys The Curtis Mayflower released their critically acclaimed debut album, Everything Beautiful is Under Attack, back in January and it quickly became a favorite of mine. The Kickstarter funded project was recorded live in a New England farmhouse last
Devan Dubois
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zM3bG1tAVuA[/youtube] [L]os Angeles musician Devan Dubois perfected a southern sound in his hometown of Nashville, TN and moved to the City of Angels to hone his style. His long-awaited debut album, Le Fou, will be released this coming Tuesday, August 19th
GOAT
[youtube]http://youtu.be/mkj65G3T7CM[/youtube] [S]wedish psychedelic rockers GOAT are readying the release of their highly-anticipated sophomore album, Commune, due out September 23rd via Sub Pop Records. This new record is the follow-up to the critically acclaimed debut, World Music, which put the fashionably disguised group smack-dab in
Aaron Behrens
[A]aron Behrens is a very busy man these days. The voice of Austin duo Ghostland Observatory is blazing a new path now that the Texas electro-rock band is currently on hiatus. Behrens is launching a much talked about solo career and will release his debut album as Aaron Behrens
Siôn Russell Jones
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ol9J3IC6URg[/youtube] [A]nother stellar track from Welsh troubadour Siôn Russell Jones inspires another stellar video! Jones’ sophomore album, Lost No More, is a favorite of mine, and regulars to our music loving blog know that when I get a new music video
BLXPLTN
[T]he Austin, TX trio BLXPLTN are the newest addition to the live music capital of the world and they’ve been taking the city’s many venues by storm with their eclectic mix of electronic-post-punk-industrial rock. The band formed in 2013 and since then Lil K Big Q (guitars/
Royal Blood
[A] punch of adrenaline straight to the heart Pulp Fiction style! That is how I would describe the head rattling sound that is Mike Kerr (vocals, bass) and Ben Thathcher (drums), otherwise known as Royal Blood. The UK duo released their debut EP, Out Of The Black, earlier in the
Ex Hex
[W]ashington, DC power-trio Ex Hex will release their eagerly awaited debut album, Rips, on October 7th via Merge Records and we have been sent the fantastic first single, “Don’t Wanna Lose,” to help spread the word. It’s an out-and-out rocker which kicks you in the pants with
The Sea The Sea
[N]ew York duo The Sea The Sea released their palindrome-titled debut, Love We Are We Love, to critical acclaim here in the states earlier this year and are hoping for the same across the pond when the album gets its UK release on September 1st. Chuck e. Costa and
Lillian Todd-Jones
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pp3v2I7gv9w[/youtube] [R]eally loving the latest video from Welsh singer-songwriter Siôn Russell Jones for the beautiful song “Guillotine,” which is on his latest album, Lost No More. The track features the exceptional voice of Oxford musician Lillian Todd-Jones, who also showcases her
We Were Promised Jetpacks
[T]hey may not yet have attained their professed mode of aerial transportation but ever since We Were Promised Jetpacks released their debut album, These Four Walls, back in 2009, their trajectory has been continuously skyward. The now five-piece Scottish rockers – with the addition of multi-instrumentalist Stuart McGachan – are readying
Mount Sharp
[B]rooklyn trio Mount Sharp are gearing up to release a brand-spanking new EP, Weird Fears, due out August 26th via yk Records. I am really digging their choice for the first single, the decidedly summer-tastic track “Icarus,” which conjures up that beautiful, fuzzy early-nineties sound that managed to skirt