Sun Airway is a project from ex-A-Sides Patrick Marsceill and Jon Bathmus. After releasing a 4-song EP called ‘Oh, Naoko,’ they released their first full-length, ‘Nocturne of Exploded Crystal Chandelier,’ on October...

New York indie pop band Anna Bradley was formed by frontman Kamir Kubar, who apparently lives in Berkeley, CA half of every year. The group indicates that their newest full length release Pavo is a result of six months of...

London based band The Veils have returned with their distinct brand of Kiwi rock on a new EP, due out this late this month on their own label PitchBeast. The forthcoming Troubles of the Brain EP showcases Andrews’ maturing...

Santa Barbara based band The Little Heroes were named after the sculpture figures drummer Adam Caldwell created for his art school thesis. The four-piece comprised of east coast natives got their start traveling round-trip...

Helsinki Finland’s Big Wave Riders started their band about 7 months ago, in April of 2010 to be exact. The idea was to make fresh music with some edge and some live garage/punk energy. Also, they didn’t want to...

London (Dalston) noise-pop trio Male Bonding plays fast. Nothing Hurts, the band’s first full-length, gets it done in half an hour, and most songs clock in at around two minutes. “I don’t like long songs,” says...

From the depths of North West London comes a stirring. For the past 6 months the bandits have been in hibernation; writing, recording, mostly sleeping, and are now ready to come back to the warm outdoors and hit the live...

Dedicated to Dedications is an alternative indie band from Sussex in the UK – driven by cello, violin and piano instead of guitars. The group was selected recently to be part of US independent label Deep Elm records...

In honor of Christmas and the pilgrimage to the  yearly flickering lights of the little North Carolina town of McAdenville (aka Christmas Town USA), The Winter Sounds are back on the dose today.  Today we take a listen to...

The late Harvey Danger recorded this great Christmas track back in 1998 and then re-released it on an EP under their own label Phonographic Records in December 2004. Eventually the EP went out of print, but you can now...

Austin’s own Monahans releases the final installment in their monthly recording series titled “2010 Recordings”. The song is called “Seabirds” and includes Sinéad O’Connor, whom...

Wild Nothing is the solo-project of Jack Tatum whose music is inspired by a longtime love affair with nostalgia. His debut full-length album, Gemini, released on Captured Tracks spring of 2010, is full of dreamy, carefree...

LA’s Superhumanoids are offering up their debut EP “Urgency” for free on multiple sites, and we highly urge that you go and check-out the official website link below for all the goods.  The official...

On Asobi Seksu’s fourth proper full-length, Fluorescence, the band’s color-saturated soundscapes get even brighter — as the record’s many shades shift with each passing song. Today we are privileged...

LA’s White Lights appeared in 2009 with their debut EP ‘Oroborus’, now available for free download at BandCamp. They are now working on their second ‘Meridian’ EP due out in 2011. I ran into...

Washington DC favorites EXIT CLOV are back with a newer single that was first put out in 2008, and more recently released on the 2010 full length, ‘Memento Mori’. The Lovely Hearts Club blog run by the good...

Minneapolis’ Tapes ‘n Tapes are back with a new album after their 2008’s XL released Walk It Off.  Following the touring and support  of Walk It Off for a year after release, it was time for a little R...

Happy Turkey Day from all of us here at the network from the States. What better way to celebrate this song bereft holiday than some old school funk out of Ohio? The Jive Turkeys are made up of four musicians who have been...

Tangents is an evolution of what many bands have and will become in the 21st century; a long distance collaboration between two musicians that takes full advantage of modern technologies. Tangents is not what you may...

Today, Louisiana based duo Home Video are self-releasing their second album, The Automatic Process, which now becomes available all over North America. Home Video is Collin Ruffino and David Gross, high-school friends from...

Today’s primarily Los Angeles based show slowly crept upward from 6 tracks,  doubling in size as we gradually realized that we had an oversharing problem. While this can swifly turn to embarrassment in social...

One of the few bands to get a record deal based on a demo tape, Aloha is back with a track from their 2010 release, Home Acres. Today’s track is also featured for free on the Polyvinyl Sampler, Winston’s...

Pearl and the Beard is three voices, one cello, one guitar, one glockenspiel, one melodica, several drums, one accordion, ninety-six teeth, and one soul. Former strangers Jocelyn Mackenzie, Emily Hope Price, and Jeremy...

The Kopecky Family Band is a living and breathing collage of sorts, combining sound, people, and a DIY sensibility, exemplified in all aspects of their music and aesthetic. Their infectious multi-layered harmonies, coupled...

Missouri’s Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin (SSLYBY) recently released their third album for Polyvinyl Records, this time produced by Chris Walla of Death Cab for Cutie, as well as Beau Sorenson.  Release Date:...

Philly & NYC based band None More Black returned earlier this week after a four year wait with their newest album ‘Icons’ on Fat Wreck Chords. You can sample two of the new tracks at the Fat Wreck site,...

The metal has been slowly building in my system for the last few years, to where something drastic had to be done, fortunately right in time for Halloween this year. In this episode I detoxify using questionable methods,...

Pigeon John returns with his first new album in 4 years. “Dragon Slayer” represents a shift for PJ as he takes on full production duties and hand crafts his most personal album to date. Pigeon John’s second...

We continue the international run this weekend with a very hard-edged track from Dubai based band Sho?, prounounced Shoe. Unfortunately the paramaters of this blog don’t allow us to publish any Arabic characters so...

Motel Motel is an indie folk/rock band based in Brooklyn, New York, with roots and influences all over the board: Denver, Colorado; Captain Cook, Hawaii;  Richmond, Virginia as well as elsewhere across the United...

Today, October 18th, is Jamaican National Heroes Day and we’ve got lots of musical gifts by the late Michael Campbell (aka MIKEY DREAD) coming at you from across the network. (Read our tribute here, and download the...

Starting in March of this year, Austin based band, Monahans have been releasing  a new song each month with plans to go to the end of the year.  The band had this to say about their free single for the month of September,...