Okkervil River
Wake and Be Fine It’s been a long while since Will Sheff and the boys of Okkervil River have released a new album. Fortunately, we’ve got one right on our doorstep as its due out 5/10 via Secretly Canadian. Check out the first single, wake and be
Wolf Gang
I’ve been catching songs from Wolf Gang, the project of 23 year-old London multi-instrumentalist Max McElligott, “Dancing with the Devil” the second single from his forthcoming, Suego Faults (3/21 in UK). But when I see him play acoustic (see back to back) it’s even better.
Pepper Rabbit
Stamp The Rural Alberta Advantage brings their unique talents to the Middle East downstairs tonight. Fresh off their fantastic release of their album, Departing (last week) they’ll be in our fine city tonight, opened by a really fantastic band in Pepper Rabbit. If you haven’t heard of the
Hey Rosetta
Yer Spring Bandages By now, you should have heard of Canadian orchestral indie rock band Hey Rosetta. Their stock-in-trade are huge compositions featuring numerous instruments, big vocal harmonies, string orchestral sounds energetic bombastic music that is a joy to listen to. Hey Rosetta has a knack for writing
AgesandAges
So So Freely Portland OR is home to many many bands, but few like Agesandages. The seven-piece (heptet?) band creates songs that borderline revival. They sound powerful, optimistic, and bouncing with life. Check out their track So So Freely, off their debut album Alright You Restless. Buy Alright You
mystery jets
Today, Mystery Jets premiered the video for their track Serotonin off the album of the same name. You’d think for a song about serotonin, the people would smile a bit more, but they eventually come around. Buy Serotonin.
sondre lerche
Sondre Lerche – “Domino” by Yep Roc Music Group I got my first taste of on his album, Phantom Punch. His song ‘John, Let Me Go,’ is one of my favorites. Sondre Lerche has released a new track from his self-titled album out on June 7th called ‘Domino.’ Lerche has
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Jonny Corndawg
The Life of a Bear Thursday night while I was at the Paradise for Middle Brother, Deertick and Dawes I got a chance to hear Jonny Corndawg. A friend of the bands’ he played a few of his songs during Dawes’ set… I couldn’t help but really love his
The Longwalls
The Longwalls have released a stop motion video for their track, Ghosts off their ‘Dark Academy EP‘. It’s a folky, americana styled track, but has great a pop flavor / sensibility. The Longwalls have also recently released a new LP on Staticmotor Recordings titled, Careers in Science. More of the
The Head and the Heart
Had I started to listen to the Head and the Heart’s self title album sooner than the end of december, it would have gone on to be one of my top 5 albums of 2010 (not sure where…but its awesome). Here’s the video for one of the
The Rural Alberta Advantage
North Star This week debuted a lot of new albums, one of my specific favorites is ‘Departing’ from Rural Alberta Advantage. They have recently released a second single ‘North Star,’ the fifth track on the album. Buy Departing