Sound and the Urgency is the name of the album, the song and the project, or you could also call it Brian Senesac, from Portland. Sound and the Urgency is an indie-rock, folk-electronic masterpiece that was inspired by...
Dare Dukes: Meet You...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Southern romantic via Savannah, Dare Dukes has returned with the debut single from his forthcoming fan-funded, early 2012 full length, ‘Thugs and China Dolls’. ‘Lets be reckless, just the two of us’...
The Thomas Confessio...
posted by Stuart Morrison
The Thomas Confession are from Fresno, CA, they formed in 2008, and are releasing a brand new album on December 5, 2011 called Convolutions, and this is the first single from it. A strong influence of new wave, indie dance,...
IR: Portugal 16 R...
posted by Rodrigo
Surrounded by the blue sea on the right, green mountains on the left, a tree with birds singing on my back a dog and some cows in front of me, this show was recorded outside my house, in the balcony. And if you think this...
Ghost of Chance: Pil...
posted by Rodrigo
Ghost of Chance are an experimental rock band based in New Haven, Connecticut. The group’s distinctive style is characterized by subtle time signature changes and sonically open experimentation set to surrealist...
Kirby: I Want to Liv...
posted by Rodrigo
Into The Dark, Kirby’s second official release, wrestles the ideas of hostile despair, anguish of being unable to change, the worthlessness of envy and the desire to be wanted so unconditionally. It’s a glimpse...
Jump Into the Gospel...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Jump Into The Gospel is fronted by Louis Epstein, a native New Yorker, whose emphatic vocals and interspersed wailing falsettos, are reminiscent of Robert Smith, David Byrne, and Shaun Ryder. Featuring an assemblage of...
The Ugly Club: Visio...
posted by Rodrigo
The Ugly Club is a diverse and ever-growing project of musical ideas and stylings. Contrived of Ryan Egan, Taylor Mandel, Joe Stasio, Ryan McNulty, and Rick Sue-Poi, the band brings together unique musicality and songwriting...
The Worsties: Let...
posted by Stuart Morrison
“The Worsties are a high energy, female-fronted rock band from Nashville that mixes influences from 70’s era punk, 80’s pop and glam, with new wave dance beats thrown in for good measure. “The Worsties formed...
Koalacaust: The Wood...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Before San Francisco band Koalacaust broke up in October, they left us a few new releases of excellent well formulated material, namely the full length ‘Smiles Shine Like Broken Glass’ last August and the...
Big Troubles: Misery
posted by Stuart Morrison
Big Troubles are Ian Drennan, Alex Craig, Luka Usmiani, Samuel Franklin from New Jersey, and this is from their second release, the album Romantic Comedy on Slumberland Records....
Secret Music: T.O.Y....
posted by Stuart Morrison
Brooklyn, NY’s Secret Music are Chase Nicholl and Daniel Fry, who recently released their infectious single T.O.Y.S. on Black Bell Records (whose artists include The Joy Formidable). The video (below) was directed by...
The Finger: Die! Die...
posted by Rodrigo
Hellás! If you follow football, the round ball sport, you probably will ask “how come a Portuguese guy is posting a song from a band based in Greece”? Well, 2004 was 7 years ago. I don’t remember...
Halloween, Alaska: D...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
The fourth and newest release from Minnesota based group Halloween, Alaska – ‘All Night the Calls Came In’ also marks the solidification of a new lineup following an extended period of tension and...
Races: Big Broom
posted by Stuart Morrison
RACES (formerly known as Black Jesus) formed in the fall of 2009 after singer/songwriter Wade Ryff escaped the sweaty grips of multiple bands, the San Fernando Valley and a real life witch. Originally formed as an impromptu...
Das Fluff: Drown In ...
posted by Rodrigo
Das Fluff is a London based electro pop band. In this case I would like to use the word power. Superior vibes and musical productions, in wich Dawn Lintern voice stands out. Not only from the band best feature’s, as...
Cowboy and Indian: T...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
The rootsy trio began when Jazz Mills (T-Bird and the Breaks) got together with Jesse Plemons to write their first song. The collaboration took off and before long the pair was drawing major buzz at SXSW. Daniel James...
Apollo Run: City Lig...
posted by Stuart Morrison
New York’s Apollo Run released their sophomore EP, Here Be Dragons, Volume 2 a few months ago. “With a sound that straddles classic Queen, Muse, and Electric Light Orchestra, this harmony-driven power trio is best...
Elsa Rae: Don’...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Kansas City uke musician Elsa Rae recently was featured as the SoundClouder of the day, which is where we first heard of this excellent track ‘Don’t Move to Minnesota’. A forgotten e-mail to myself and...
Corey TuT: Up
posted by Rodrigo
About the New York based singer Corey TuT, Matt Phillp from the DNA Magazine said TuT’s music is brutally honest and his voice is as powerful and hard as it is warm and pure…a bona fide rock star! And James...
Ex Norwegian: Girl W...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
We take Movember in a totally different direction today with Miami quintet Ex Norwegian telling a tale of a Mustang driving moustachioed girl. The band spent the later half of 2009 and early 2010 recording this second album,...
Sunken Seas: High Ri...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Back in August 2010 we featured a track by New Zealand post punk band Tiddabadés. A year and a bit has passed, and formed from the ashes of that band is Sunken Seas. So when Ryan from the band contacted us we were happy to...
Forrest Day: Sleepwa...
posted by Rodrigo
The song you are listening today comes a little late for Halloween, still we want you to meet Forrest Day. The rhythms of hip-hop provide a placemat for nervously melodic splendor and a melting pot of genres. What are we to...
The Heligoats: Moon ...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
This past December Greyday Records released an all new split release from The Heligoats and Sam Humans (formerly Modernstate), available on 10″ vinyl, cd, and digital. The release ‘Live Free & Let...
Firehorse: Our Heart...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Firehorse is the new project from singer/songwriter/instrumentalist Leah Siegel who recently released the eclectic debut, And so they ran faster… via PledgeMusic Recordings on both vinyl and CD. Produced by Geoff...
Galleries: Young Wou...
posted by Rodrigo
From Glasgow,Scotland, the band you are listening today is called Galleries. They play epic and beautiful electronic guitar based pop songs. Their second single Young Wounds has now been released as a free download at the...
Nico Stai: Skies Ove...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Today we are featuring a new stripped down interpretation of a slightly older track from Los Angeles singer-songwriter Nico Stai, a favorite musician of mine here on our network, who has had repeat visits in the past few...
Best Youth: Hang Out
posted by Rodrigo
From Oporto, Portugal, Best Youth’s members artist names are Ed and Kate. After the inclusion in one of the most important new talents compilations in Portugal, they’re e.p. Winterlies was released for free on...
Yukon Blonde: Fire
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Yukon Blonde is a Canadian indie rock band originally from Kelowna, British Columbia although based in Vancouver since 2009. Today’s track comes from the band’s newest 4 song EP release on Nevado Records...
With Lions: To Be
posted by Stuart Morrison
From their EP Touch The Sound released November 1st. Christian Celaya (Benzos) and Woody Ranere (Lake Trout) make up the group known as WITH LIONS and November 1st marked the kick-off of an ambitious four-EPs-a-year cycle...
Greg Preston and The...
posted by Rodrigo
While sending us the link for the free e.p. Hate to Love the City, Greg Preston told us: I wanted the music we produce to have a commonality with older classic garage and 4-piece bands, raw and indebted to the reckless...
IR: Bonus Tracks #2 ...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
After the tail end of October I figured you all could use a palette cleanser to help wash away all the monster laden paranormal music and get us all back into the normal swing of things. Eight more tracks follow today, from...