The debut album from The Rest, Atlantis, Oh Our Saviour, is a collection of songs written by the band over the course of their first years playing music together. Recorded by Dan Achen at Catherine North Studio in Hamilton,...
Throw Television: F ...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Throw Television is a young indie-pop-rock group from Brussels, Belgium. Influenced by various artists by the likes of Foals, Death Cab For Cutie and Two Door Cinema Club, Throw Television create a sound that can be both...
Abner Trio: You̵...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
With The Giant Crushes You, Abner Trio have created an album that triangulates exactness, rawness and beauty. Nearly three years in the making, Abner Trio’s second full length is hands-down the most accomplished...
The Motel Life: How ...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Since their Formation in the winter of 2007, the members of Ontario, California’s The Motel Life have continued to make a name for themselves in their short existence. With an ear pleasing blend of rock, 90s...
Snake! Snake! Snakes...
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From the start of “City On Fire”, the first track on the debut self-titled EP by Phoenix based Snake! Snake! Snakes! you hear that the new act has started with a deeply mature sound. The songs are epic, moving,...
The Radio Dept.: Hea...
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The Radio Dept. is an indie pop band from Lund, Sweden signed to Labrador Records. The band was conceived in 1995 by schoolmates Elin Almered and Johan Duncanson, who named the group after a...
Two Door Cinema Club...
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Two Door Cinema Club are an Electropop/Indie Rock band from Bangor and Donaghadee, Northern Ireland formed in 2007. They are signed to French record label Kitsuné Music, through which they released their debut album Tourist...
First Aid Kit: I Met...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
First Aid Kit are a Swedish (indie/folk) duo composed of sisters Johanna and Klara Söderberg, whose close vocal harmonies and woodsy, folk-influenced songwriting take influence from the likes of Fleet Foxes and Joanna...
Air France: Collapsi...
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Today’s featured track by AIR FRANCE is from PEACE, the first music atlas in the net, coproduced by Buffetlibre and Amnesty International Catalunya. By making a donation you can download the full mp3 compilation, with...
The Books: Beautiful...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Over the course of three albums in nearly a decade’s time, the Books have grown to become one of modern music’s most genuine innovators. Creatively complex and truly unclassifiable, The Way Out continues the...
Lauren O’Brien...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Today’s track from Long Island native Lauren O’Brien really resonated with me tonight – the perfectly spaced words and sound palette all fusing together in a fascinating mix of rock, poetry, with some...
Baths: Maximalist
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Cerulean is the auspicious debut of L.A.’s Baths. Evolving out of Will Wiesenfeld’s varied [Post-Foetus] project, and inspired by the energy of the city’s burgeoning beat scene (Daedelus introduced Anticon to...
Second Dan: Today
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Second Dan is ready to re-emerge after the past year holed up in the studio working on their new album, “Angeline”. These new recordings should cement the band in the echelons of New York City’s scene,...
Lights On: Red Light...
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On July 6th, post-punk garage rockers Lights On released their self-produced full-length debut ‘HERE COMES THE OCEAN’ (Self-Release), a well-crafted modern pop record comprised of multi-layered, new wave inspired...
Freedom or Death: Th...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Freedom Or Death are a duo from Toronto, who released their first self-titled EP in June 2010. They have both been in the Canadian music industry for over 10 years and decided to leave the corporate environment of the major...
The Joy Formidable: ...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
The beginnings of TJF began several years ago, when school friends Ritzy and Rhydian chatted on a night out in their hometown of Mold, North Wales. Both opinionated and madly into music, an instant respect was formed and...
Social Studies: Time...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Antenna Farm Records has gone and released Wind Up Wooden Heart, the long-awaited debut album from San Francisco’s Social Studies. WUWH is a study in contradictions, a balance of twee-leaning danceable pop and bold,...
Inu: Stephen Colbert
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Inu (e-nu) is the new band featuring San Francisco based producer Count (Radiohead, DJ Shadow, New Order, Halou, Galactic, Frank Sinatra), Zoe Keating (Rasuptina, Imogen Heap, Dresden Dolls) and Tim Hingston (Nyles Lannon)....
Magic Bullets: Lying...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Recorded by Jack Shirley, Magic Bullets is the 2nd full length from the San Francisco band with the same name. Losing several members of their band to Girls (girls are always breaking hearts), they are back with a new lineup...
Dark Mean: Happy Ban...
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At first glance, everything seems so simple for Hamilton, Ontario’s Dark Mean. Song titles appear from the stream of consciousness, melodies conjure up feelings of timelessness, and the band members work without...
Laura Veirs: July Fl...
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Laura Veirs grew up in Colorado Springs, Colorado, where she often spent summers camping with her family, which gave her much of her songwriting inspiration. Veirs has said that she didn’t seriously listen to music...
The Belles: Time Fli...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Quintessentially midwestern (well, they are from Lawrence, KS, and list Paul Westerberg as an inspiration), the songs THE BELLES have put together are honest and charming. And captivating. With renewed interest in the group...
Brother Dege: The Gi...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Get ready for some raw dirt, railroad pounding, swamp-fried, Louisiana-meets-the-Mekong Delta blues music. This ain’t no cowboy chording blues cheese. This is the REAL shit. Dege Legg, the Cajun born and Louisiana...
Admiral Fallow: Sque...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
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...
Imagine Dragons: Hea...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
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...
Pallers: The Kiss
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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...
Vital: Airport
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Duranta D. Cook (born December 31 1980 in Vallejo, California, USA), is an indie singer-songwriter that goes by his artist name Vital. Prior to starting his solo career Vital wanted to be behind the music scene, writing and...
Madeline: I Waited A...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Athens, GA native Madeline Adams has been writing and performing her own songs since the age of 15, self-releasing her first album, “Kissing & Dancing,” in 2002 — just two years into her career. A few...
Andy Clockwise: Stea...
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On July 13, 2010 the innovative, quirky, multi-talented and very passionate Andy Kelly, an artist doing business as Andy Clockwise, is set to release his 3rd EP, “Are You Well?” In 2003, Andy Kelly was homeless and...
Yours Til Death: Hel...
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Yours Til Death began as the brainchild of songwriter/singer/guitarist Adam Ross. Having just finished touring the world as guitarist for multi-platinum artist Rihanna, Ross assembled Yours Til Death to record their debut...
Satellite Crush: Par...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
A backwards British Invasion…. After graduating from art school in Ohio, Elliot moved across the Atlantic to London, England with hopes of starting a band. Heavily influenced by British music, and determined to follow...
Red Drapes: Reflecti...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Red Drapes are a four-piece band currently situated in London, England. Their melancholic sound and strong lyrical emphasis takes influence from post punk and new wave bands of the 80’s, The Smiths, Joy Division, Echo...