June 2010

Admiral Fallow: Squealing Pigs

Admiral Fallow is a stunning new group, formerly known as Brother Louis Collective, born in 2007 and gathered round the precocious talent of the young foot-stamping, faintly maniacal singer/song-writer Louis Abbott. Citing influences including Tom Waits, Elbow, Low, Midlake, King…

The Transisters: Confuse-a-cat

From their album How To Irritate People on afmusic After the first album, “Under Control” (2008), which was released on afmusic, artistically produced, recorded and mixed by Geoff Turner – a prominent musician and sound engineer in Washington, DC –…

Imagine Dragons: Hear Me

By way of Vegas, the quintet IMAGINE DRAGONS brings the restless energy of “the city that never sleeps” to the masses with its 2010 sophomore EP “Hell and Silence.” A short, yet impressive history includes sharing the stage with indie…

Finest Dearest: 99

From their album Good Enough In early summer of 2004, San Francisco’s Finest Dearest began practicing in a basement bedroom, hashing out concepts and ideas. After a series of musical chairs in the lineup, the band emerged with a bolder,…

Pallers: The Kiss

Labrador released the single “The Kiss” by Sweden’s most blissed-out duo, Pallers, on May 26. A track said to be influenced by a DJ-set by Tobi Neumann in Ibiza which offers an unrivaled blend of hypnotic electronica, sweeping synthesizers and…