Bowerbirds: In the Yard

The Clearing is the third album by the Bowerbirds, and as is often the case for bands that have found steady success, they had more time and better resources to make it. This is a bigger record, then, with bolder…

California Wives: Marianne

Our friends at Vagrant Records just let us know that they have signed Chicago based California Wives. The band are currently in the midst of wrapping up their debut full-length album (release date and title still to-be-announced), but want you…

Lila Rose: Obsession

Lila Rose has released an album called Heart Machine (RTFM Records, 2012). This release proves that you still can push play on the first track and let the album stop playing by itself. Do not get a track, or two.…

Snowmine: The Hill

The Brooklyn quintet formed from a long bubbling friendship between bassist Jay Goodman, drummer Alex Beckmann, and lead singer/composer Grayson Sanders. Many parties, road trips, and treacherous leaky basements fraught with jam sessions later, they met guitarists Austin Mendenhall and…

Dystopian Society: Last Crusade

“Dystopian Society, the band from Florence (Italy) lines in with those Utopias not only with their band name, but they put their own vision of a dystopian society in shape on their debut album Cages. Max Skam (Bass/Vocals), Sara Hexe…