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...
The Sorted: Summer M...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Martyn Zub is the talented force behind THE SORTED, an electro-pop musician via Los Angeles who released his debut three-track “Summer High EP” this past October [2016]. “Summer Makes Us High” is the...
Chase City: Go Back
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Chase City are an independent pop band from Hobart in Tasmania (AUS) who released today’s featured track “Go Back” a few months ago. It’s a great danceable track that starts off with a bit of a...
The Snails: Snails C...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
The dance-rock saxophone fueled Christmas tune Snails Christmas (I Want a New Shell) comes from a side-project from two Future Island members. The band came about over five years ago when Spank Rock asked Future Islands to...
The Hongs: Charades
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Miami Florida electro-rock band THE HONGS sent us a six song offering a while back and we finally were able to properly invest some time with it this Friday well past midnight. The sound on the third track...
Bear Mountain: Two S...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Bear Mountain is an electro/dance band from Vancouver, B.C that began as the bedroom project of Ian Bevis. After the break-up of an old band, Ian began releasing early demos and remixes on the Internet, and started exploring...
ManCub: Science
posted by Rodrigo
ManCub are described as Denver’s new bread of dance music. But because Alex Anderson, producer and multi-instrumentalist behind the name, has so much to give to music, ManCub should not be seen as only a...
Jump Into the Gospel...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Jump Into The Gospel is fronted by Louis Epstein, a native New Yorker, whose emphatic vocals and interspersed wailing falsettos, are reminiscent of Robert Smith, David Byrne, and Shaun Ryder. Featuring an assemblage of...
IR: The SoCal Sessio...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
April’s assembly of thirteen local artists have all been in heavy rotation in my player in the last few months via work commutes, expeditions through the ice & snow, powder carving on top of the world, and while...
Batwings Catwings: E...
posted by Stuart Morrison
The members of the band Batwings Catwings hail from all over the US and converge upon the wasteland of Southern California to give underground dwellers a reason to shake and sweat. Comprised of members from some of LA’s...
Depth and Current: C...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Norman, Oklahoma’s grunge-psych-goth-dance band Depth & Current to release new single (7″ vinyl & download). Band’s own Nice People label is helping to put the Oklahoma City suburb on the musical...
The Whip: Trash
posted by Stuart Morrison
From Manchester in the UK, The Whip, from X Marks Destination. Who the hell is making important music in Manchester these days? Well, The Whip, for starters. Just ask the Parisians who run Kitsun Records, a taste-making...
IR: The SoCal Sessio...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
After last week’s session we do a quick 180 and bring in New Years with an all-electronica celebration. In honor of all the DJ driven events that occur every year-end all the way from Los Angeles to Las Vegas, we...