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Formed in November of 2010, Michigan’s The Appleseed Collective got a jump on the scene through endless networking and connections with the underground current of house-shows, DIY Fests, and localist enthusiasts....

We have always good reasons to return to Vagrant releases, but this time not only we have the new e.p. by James Vicent McMorrow, as we also have a great video tittled A Year In New York, created by Andrew Clancy. Audio...

The Clearing is the third album by the Bowerbirds, and as is often the case for bands that have found steady success, they had more time and better resources to make it. This is a bigger record, then, with bolder sounds...

Our friends at Vagrant Records just let us know that they have signed Chicago based California Wives. The band are currently in the midst of wrapping up their debut full-length album (release date and title still...

Lila Rose has released an album called Heart Machine (RTFM Records, 2012). This release proves that you still can push play on the first track and let the album stop playing by itself. Do not get a track, or two....

The Brooklyn quintet formed from a long bubbling friendship between bassist Jay Goodman, drummer Alex Beckmann, and lead singer/composer Grayson Sanders. Many parties, road trips, and treacherous leaky basements fraught...

“Dystopian Society, the band from Florence (Italy) lines in with those Utopias not only with their band name, but they put their own vision of a dystopian society in shape on their debut album Cages. Max Skam...

We’re in Russia today. Not exactly, but the singer you are listening was born in Russia. Infinity is her third album. Studying jazz and while listening to Queen and Pink Floyd is the ingridients for a wonderful...

Bernardo Sassetti (Lisbon, 24-June-1970 – Cascais, 10-May-2012), Portuguese jazz pianist and film composer. Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the...

Eux Autres (pronounced ooz-oh-tra) are an Omaha-born, San Francisco-based trio, channeling sixties French pop and with a unique sensibility. The brother/sister duo, Heather and Nicholas Larimer, share lead vocals with...

Houston, TX based The Watermarks release their first single-EP Run Away on afmusic. After two self-released EPs, which were recorded and produced in the on-site studio and self-released, The Watermarks joined the afmusic...

Autumn will mark the release on Duchamp Records of the debut album by the I.D. Based in London, but with members from Switzerland, Ireland and U.K, they are inspired by the late 70′s, New Order or Heaven 17, yet...

Wilmington Delaware’s homegrown pop outfit has returned. After spending the last couple of years constructing, installing, and setting up a coffee pot in a new studio in their hometown, the Spinto Band has now offered...

After forming four years ago at Connecticut College in New London, CT, Shake The Baron relocated to New York. They’ve found a welcome home in Brooklyn, where they’ve begun a new and promising chapter. Ghost Hits is...

Reptar‘s second album Body Faucet was released May 1st on Vagrant Records, so we thought we would bring you another track, the opener Sebastian, from it. It’s available from all good download stores, including...

Pardon my excitement, but as a music teacher I am very honoured to post Edelweiss for you today. The band members are under 18 years old. Yes: under 18. If the next generation of musicians are going this way, then music...

Luke Wyland and Dana Valatka, the Portland, Oregon-based duo known as AU, embody remarkable, frantic energy. They’ve just released their third album, in early April on Hometapes (and on The Leaf Label in Europe); AU...

Sam Chown, drummer/singer/multi-instrumentalist in Austin’s hyper-kinetic duo Zorch premieres the first song from his forthcoming solo debut under the moniker Shmu. Shmu’s album Discipline/Communication is a...

Today’s feature was written the band’s wedding vows. Homesick Elephant is an indie-folk duo whose heart-wrenching harmonies, old-time instrumentation and homespun sincerity make you feel like you’re a...

Brooklyn trio Bear in Heaven take me directly back a few decades to the 80s on this track and basically provide the soundtrack to watching the world wondrously unfold in grade school. It could easily top any playlist of...

White Blush is a solo project by singer/recording artist Carol Rhyu featuring lush vocals over fuzzy synths and drums. White Blush‘s debut single, Without You, is here. With lyrics and album art, share and...

That crazy funkadelic track Hey Mamajo propelled me through the high desert, past the ever-glowing Indian casino and up into the Sierras this past weekend, keeping me awake as I arrived in the small mountain community...

The Heart Pills will tell you stories about the end of the world, pregnant women lost in the woods, dressed like animals to save the world. All true stories, they say, but you may find some bears feeding the children...

Jake and Jamin Orrall, aka JEFF The Brotherhood, are seen by many as pioneers of the Nashville rock scene, but they see themselves as brothers who can’t remember not playing music together for fun. Their...

San Francisco area Mountain Tamer variously describe their music as “Psychedelic Fusion” and “Interstellar/Grunge/Funk”. Whatever the genre, it’s noisy and we like it. Check it out for...

The New York four piece band Field Mouse play dream pop. And why is it dream pop? Beacause Rachel Browne gives voice to the band’s songs, leading the listener into an unique experience. Audio clip: Adobe Flash...

Josh Tillman, who has been recording/releasing solo albums since 2003 and who recently left Seattle’s Fleet Foxes after playing drums from 2008-2011 had an album gestating during what Tillman describes as an...

Tereza is the first single from their upcoming LP, Trilingual, by Oakland based band Trails and Ways. Formed in May 2011 they have released two EPs and two singles (including Tereza), Trilingual will be their first full...

Shotgun Opera, won’t get you wrong, and with no mercy will let you hear powerfull rock, played with mastery by the New York based band Serial Obsession. Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is...

After two albums, uniform rave reviews, support slots for Supergrass, Chas n’ Dave, and a five-year break, southeast London’s Stone Pony released their first full-length album Rabble Rock Radio with No Coward Music on...

Violens’ forthcoming album, True, finds the Brooklyn three-piece blasting us with a wash of 90s sonic pop drawn from artists like Pale Saints, Cocteau Twins and McCarthy. The album’s first single,...