Philly artist CUBBAGE has returned with the spirited five track effort “Live at Forge Recording“, giving a more visceral vibe to their one-take live versions of new songs and covers. The excellent new EP was...
Kings: Wake Up Scare...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
The absolutely beautiful harmonies on “Wake Up Scared” can officially be found as the second track off the late 2013 debut EP “Bones” by Brooklyn musicians KINGS. The band has other releases...
Cronos Debe Morir: D...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Santiago, Chile band CRONOS DEBE MORIR recently released their EP, “Despertar” on February 5th, with six blistering tracks of really quality punk rock contained within. The four-piece band formed as long-time...
Sleepspent: Somethin...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
21-year-old songwriter and guitarist, Austin North began performing as a UC San Diego student before eventually returning to his hometown of El Paso to form SLEEPSPENT. The band, now a trio including Cecilia Otero on bass...
Alinda: Laputa Light...
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“Laputa Lights” is one of seven beautiful tracks off Kiev Ukraine post-rock three-piece ALINDA’s 2016 release, “Why Do You Twinkle“. The band best describes their solid new album on their BC...
butter: Bigolder
posted by Charles Stepczyk
The featured track “Bigolder” by Montana based trio, BUTTER comes from their 2013 seven track release, “Field Field Lake Lake“. This latest effort was recorded in Eureka, Montana with a few of my new...
Charun: Laran
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Four piece instrumental post-rock/post-metal Italian band CHARUN is back with their newest and fluidly beautiful six song release “Mundus Cereris” released on February 25, 2018. While only six tracks, most are...
Who Are the Toms: Le...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Released in Jan of 2018, Long Island, NY label Dead Broke Rekerds released the compilation “Year of the Monkey Rooster (2016-2017)“, featuring tracks from thirty great artists, including many surprising and solid...
RVIVR: The Tide
posted by Charles Stepczyk
RVIVR, a four-piece punk rock band from Olympia Washington, released their excellent two-part “From the Tide” 7″ on Dec. 31, 2016 via Dead Broke Rekerds here in the US. Fast forward to the beginning of...
Upseen: Life
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Orleans, France five-piece indie pop band UPSEEN released their five track EP “El Monstruo” this past December [’17], with the beautiful opening track “Life” leading off the effort. Upseen...
tasru: Come Closer
posted by Charles Stepczyk
tasru is Tom Grathwol, an independent musician based in Niigata Japan, as well as Minnesota. His newest effort is the brilliant nine track LP “Bottom of a Lake” which came out in late November of this past year...
Los De Esta Noche: S...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Los de Esta Noche (The Ones From Tonight) are another band we are featuring this week out of San Antonio, Texas. The group is a Latin roots rock band with a soundscape ranging through Ska, Cumbia and Conjunto music. ...
Diego Bernal: Standa...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
San Antonio, TX musician and beat crafter DIEGO BERNAL released his most recent inspiring love letter to music this past August on local label, Exponential Records. While I’d love to spell out the new album name here,...
Steakhouse: Intersta...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
San Francisco based post-punk group Steakhouse released today’s featured track “Interstate” on their self titled LP in Sep 2014, the 10 track release taking a year in the making. The band plays post-punk...
Sunhaze: In the Shad...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Formed in 2012, Sunhaze originated from the vision of Danae Labraña, a San Francisco transplant hailing from the shores of Santa Barbara. Through the next few years the membership count was fleshed out to the current count...
Pine + Palm: Explain
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Pine + Palm is an indie pop rock band from Stockton, CA formed initially as a duo between the Heard siblings, although grew from there with the addition of two band members. While we wanted to introduce the band via this...
El Duo: Diamonds
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Born in 2015, Oakland, CA artists EL DUO blend lo-fi electronics and afro dance grooves while drawing from their deep love of improvisation. Their brilliant track “Diamonds” is the opening song on the debut EP...
Pauline Drand: Les V...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Passionate French independent label LA SOUTERRAINE has been steadily releasing quality compilations a little more than monthly, and one of the newest that arrived this February was called “VOYAGE EN SOUTE“, a...
Phil Reynolds and th...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
The song “When It Hits” is the first of three solid tracks from the new late February release of the same name by Isle of Man based Indie pop artist, Phil Reynolds and the Big Day Out. This new project by Phil...
Pet Slimmers of the ...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Peterborough/London three piece ambient post-metal band PET SLIMMERS OF THE YEAR (PSOTY) released their stunning six track EP “…And The Sky Fell” in 2010 on the Lost Children Net Label, two years after the...
Super Cassette: Happ...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Berkeley based indie rock band SUPER CASSETTE issued their most recent release in Sept of ’17, the six track EP “Cathode Ray Tube“, a solid collection of pop tracks anchored by our absolute favorites,...
Fingerspit: Across t...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Sevilla Spain artist FINGERSPLIT released the perfectly sublime trip-hop track “Across the Sky” as the second piece on their 2010 LP “Space Demos“. This album is available at BC under a...
Tender Cage: A Lack ...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Tender Cage is a five-piece indie rock band that formed in Asuncion, Paraguay and whom recently released the beautifully composed single (their third) “A Lack of Feel” in August of 2017. You can pick these up...
Puna: Nula Rivera
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Lima Peru based three piece band Puna fuses styles such as Ambient, Ethereal, Noise Pop, Shoegaze, Space Rock and more into their last solid LP release “au dial“. This was issued in 2014 where you can find...
Koala: Absolution
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Today’s feature “Absolution” is the beautiful opening track from the newest six track EP “Heroes” via Portugal indie three-piece rock band KOALA. The new EP was released October of 2017 and...
Ligula: Ocean
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Lígula is an alternative rock band in Madrid Spain made up of band members Ignacio Fernández, Alejandro Elizalde, Borja Menéndez, Diego Ruíz -Jevy-, Saúl Omar, Joan Carranza, Carlos Valladolid and Guzmán Sánchez. In...
Magana: Get It Right
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“Golden Tongue” is the debut EP from Brooklyn singer-songwriter Jeni Magana, whom we previously featured a single from earlier this past year. The new EP features four exquisitely beautiful and somewhat haunting...
Getsix: Replications
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Indiana based electronic artist GETSIX recently posted his newest brilliant single “Replications” at the beginning of December, 2017. At the time he noted it was a difficult song to finish, but still one of his...
Surf Harp: D.I. CIG
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Baltimore Maryland five-piece art rock band SURF HARP are on the verge of releasing their newest LP ‘Mr. Big Picture‘, officially coming out February 23, 2018 on Friends Records. The first single ‘D.I....
Peonies: Thin Holida...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Inspired by surf music, post-punk, shoegaze and J-Pop music, Jodi, Citta, and Citta of Jakarta Indonesia reunited after a long hiatus from the music industry in an underground gig, and finally decided to make a band together...
The Breaks: Honey
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The single “Honey” by Manchester UK based indie band THE BREAKS comes From the late 2017 compilation release “You’re Still in a Dream” by Stupid Decisions, an independent netlabel based in...
Bearfoot Beware: Poi...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
“Point Scorer” is the phenomenal lead-off track and single from Leeds UK based alternative rock band BEARFOOT BEWARE, via their forthcoming LP “Sea Magnolia“. The new nine track LP releases March 16...