Recorded in the winter of 2012, Ketch Harbour Wolves’ third album, Queen City: Volume One, is now available on Dead Calm Records in Canada. The eight songs on Queen City: Volume One attempt to create a map of songs for...
The West: Wild Heart...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
THE WEST, a female fronted group from Los Angeles, CA have released a new single, ‘Wild Hearts’ after about five months of working on tracks with producer DJ Schwartz. Their goal is a possible new album and...
The Ghost in You: Th...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
A notable favorite from the last handful of years, today’s track is from Philadelphia songwriter and musician Billy Polard. He goes by the moniker, THE GHOST IN YOU, under which he’s released a second full...
Charity Children: El...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Elizabeth, the debut single from Berlin-based Indie-Folk band ‘Charity Children’, is a tribute to the unloved; a marching exaltation devoted to the downtrodden, bullied and supposedly weak. In 2011 the two lovers...
Sau Poler: Isolated
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Sau Poler is from Badalona, a little town on the outskirts of Barcelona. He started making music one year ago as a way to explore his needs and to have some fun. Influenced by artists like Aphex Twin, Boards Of Canada, Four...
UNMAP: When to Lead ...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
UNMAP emerged on German label Sinnbus with the release of their debut single, When To Lead And When To Follow, out on May 13th 2013. When To Lead And When To Follow pulses with naive yet sublime pride elegantly combining...
cLn: Beats and Break...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Callan Alexander is based in Brisbane, Australia and produces chilled, glitchy electronic beats under the moniker cLn. He self describes his music as falling somewhere along the lines of that of producers like Flying Lotus,...
The Almighty Rhombus...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Sudbury Ontario (Canada) band THE ALMIGHTY RHOMBUS released their self-titled EP in 2012 and are getting geared up to put out a full-length LP entitled “Lucid Living” very shortly. Today’s single is the...
German Error Message...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
This is the second feature here on the network for German Error Message who began in 2004 as the solo bedroom-recording project of Louisiana native Paul Kintzing. His debut full length, After the Warmth, came out in 2010...
The Cadres: Horizons
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Horizons, today’s featured dose, comes from the upcoming third E.P from Sydney, Australia five-piece THE CADRES. It’s a very solid piece of indie rock coming over from across the Pacific via our new friends at...
Baobab: Loh Dalum Ba...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Baobab is the solo project of Phil Torres, a writer and former philosophy / neuroscience graduate student based out of Durham, North Carolina. The debut album Baobab was written, recorded, mixed and mastered by Torres in his...
Brøthers: We Are Pus...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
US based band Brøthers released their excellent debut single, ‘We Are Pushing On’ at the tail end of 2012 via Soundcloud as a free download, and are currently amid recording their first full-length album. We...
The Money Go Round: ...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
The Money Go Round are an excellent psychedelic rock group out of Sydney, Australia that recently released a new single, “Endless Sun”. Today’s feature is very 60s-centric and will hopefully propel you...
Sugar Stems: 6 Feet ...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Betsy and Jon Heibler started the Sugar Stems in the fall of 2007 in Wisconsin with bassist Steph Swinney Conard and soon added Drew Fredrichsen on guitar. The band apparently issued a single and LP before releasing...
Beat the Heart: Gleb...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Sweden’s four-piece BEAT THE HEART recorded their new EP Glebe Market in a studio built at a loft of a barn in the Swedish countryside in early 2013, and have released their new endeavor over the course of the past...
Crossing Red Lines: ...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
From Sydney, Australia comes the new quality single from reggae/rock and hip-hop group CROSSING RED LINES via our friends at the A&R Dept. Apparently the single dropped at the very tail end of March, and we just...
Biggles Flys Again: ...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Ireland based artist Conor Deasy released his debut album under the name BIGGLES FLYS AGAIN, this past March 30th. ‘Remember Saturday’ marks the culmination of recording sessions that took place across various...
The Fiery Piano: Mor...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
The Fiery Piano is Gustav Montelius from Stockholm, Sweden who started up the band in 2011 when he released his 4 track Sirens EP. His newest album Second Space was recorded in 2012 and released in early 2013, partially...
The Desert Sea: Sett...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
After the best part of two years playing music together in various forms, defining their artistic direction, these three Sydney boys combined their love for blues and rock into a fusion of earthy riffs, pounding rhythms and...
Swimming in Speakers...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Recently the upstate New York folktronica duo SWIMMING IN SPEAKERS inserted themselves into the landscape of new releases with the debut full length, “Guessing the Others”, a conceptual LP requiring close to four...
Sea Legs: Al Pacino
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Sea Legs are an indie rock quartet that came out of Bateau Bay, Australia which we discovered via our friends over at the A&R Dept, purveyors of all good sounds ringing out from across the Pacific. The band apparently...
First Love, Last Rit...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Today’s featured single is taken from FLLR’s second album “WASTED HEARTS”, releasing in the UK and IRE on Monday 15th April. The label lists one influence of the Swedish group as Swervedriver,...
Enerate: Unstoppable
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Enerate are a Australian synth-pop group out of Sydney. They aren’t signed to a commercial label, and have been releasing material under the independent group “Big Big Records”. The group have enjoyed early...
Cleft: Gulch
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Cleft are a 2-piece turbo-prog band (Dan Beesley & John Simm) that came together in Manchester, UK in late 2011. They make massive, dirty, instrumental music using a guitar and some drums. They say that is best...
Alpha Male Tea Party...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
On a day of corned beef sandwiches we are shining a spotlight on Liverpool band, Alpha Male Tea Party, whose track will serve as an ode to one of my least favorite meals. They play an aggressive yet melodic breed of guitar...
Bears! Bears! Bears!...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
On their debut LP, All Dressed Up With Nowhere to Go, Bay Area post-punk revivalists Bears! Bears! Bears! intimately chronicle soured relationships, identity crises, and personal inadequacies in 10 gloom-and-doom dance...
The Racer: Settle
posted by Charles Stepczyk
The Racer, an indie rock quintet out of Monroe, NY is influenced by the frequent commutes to NYC, tour van rides and road trips a group of bandmates inevitably experiences. “We usually picture driving to the music we...
Walter Sickert &...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Walter Sickert & The ARmy of BRoken TOys are the spinners of a charming, demented fairy tale that gathers new characters all the time. At the heart of the colorful fantasy is Walter Sickert, the writer, ringleader and...
The Torn ACLs: Somet...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Due to a bout of ADD we recently misplaced our new favorite track by Seattle Washington’s THE TORN ACLs, but last night its been rediscovered and placed in the pill cup for today’s Dose. This is one of the first...
Dandan: Men of Drugs...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Dandan started out in the spring of 2012, on initiative of singer, songwriter and guitarist Daniel Nilsson, who began to record an EP together with drummer Max Anderhell and bass player Patrik Engström. At the time when the...
Porcupine: Witness t...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
La Crosse, WI trio Porcupine organically forges its singular brand of rock ‘n’ rock reminiscent of late-90s alternative without compromise. “We are kind of in the middle of nowhere – Midwest, small...
Plants and Animals: ...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Today we reach back a full year to the Feb 2012 album by Montreal’s Plants and Animals – The End of That. The album sees the Canadian trio bridging the gap between their 2008 debut, Parc Avenue, and 2010’s...