As a follow up to our Post in April, here is Nunca, the second single by Oakland based “Bossa Nova Dream Pop” band Trails And Ways. There is a great video of this one too, check it out below, and they promise...
White Blush: Without...
posted by Stuart Morrison
White Blush is a solo project by singer/recording artist Carol Rhyu featuring lush vocals over fuzzy synths and drums. White Blush‘s debut single, Without You, is here. With lyrics and album art, share and download...
Trails and Ways: Ter...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Tereza is the first single from their upcoming LP, Trilingual, by Oakland based band Trails and Ways. Formed in May 2011 they have released two EPs and two singles (including Tereza), Trilingual will be their first full...
Widowspeak: Harsh Re...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Widowspeak is a trio from Brooklyn by way of Tacoma and Chicago, comprised of Molly Hamilton (vocals, guitar), Michael Stasiak (drums), and Rob Thomas (guitar). Stasiak and Hamilton both grew up in the dreary Pacific...
Sweet Jane: Blackboo...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Before signing to Reekus Records in 2009, Dublin Ireland quartet, Sweet Jane, independently released their debut EP ‘Blackboots & Blackhearts’, limiting physical copies to 300, which included 50 limited...
Sentinel: Dark End
posted by Stuart Morrison
We sometimes describe often featured bands as “Network Favourites”, but to use that term for Oakland’s Sentinel is an understatement. Sentinel could justifiably be described as an Insomnia Radio House...
Sentinel: Jet Black
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Network favorites SENTINEL are back with their newest single JET BLACK, a beautiful dream-pop driven work of art written and inspired at the edges of the San Francisco Bay, in the Summer of 2010. What you get from Sentinel...
Wild Nothing: Golden...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
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...
Ham1: Ghost Loop
posted by Stuart Morrison
Athens, Ga.’s Ham1’s newest album “Let’s Go On and On and On with Ham1” releases on October 31 on Orange Twin Records Through the last half-decade or so, Jim Willingham’s ever-expanding...
The Mary Onettes: Th...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Sweden’s THE MARY ONETTES just recently released their brand new single – “The Night Before The Funeral”. The songs pick up where the album ended; epic soundscapes and big orchestral arrangements, but...
Sentinel: Whaley
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Tonight I’ve been feeling like a fat kid in a candy store, drooling against the display case perusing so many stand-out tracks on the new release by Oakland, CA based SENTINEL. Their new EP “For Days Deep”...
Sentinel: Silver Bel...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Tarabud, lead singer of Oakland dream-pop band SENTINEL sent us another great recreation of a 50’s Christmas classic recently – properly helping get us in the mood for tomorrow’s holiday. This is their...
Sentinel: Let it Sno...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Oakland dream-pop favorites Sentinel recently sent us a cover of Let it Snow, just in time for the holidays. Originally released in 1945 as “Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!”, it hit number one on the...
the Endless: Merge
posted by Stuart Morrison
New album Somniloquy by the Endless will be released January 13, 2009. the Republic of Heaven was the first full-length release from husband-and-wife dreampop band the Endless. After two widely successful EPs, 2002s...
Built for the Sea: H...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Hypnotist, the second track off Built for the Sea’s debut self-titled album was released in November of 2006. It invitingly appeals for one to jump into the lush ethereal dream-pop world seemingly created...
Minipop: Like I Do
posted by Charles Stepczyk
If I’m not mistaken I believe San Francisco indie quartet, Minipop, closed out my South by Southwest 45+ band experience earlier this year in Austin. This picture was taken at Bourbon Rocks during the SFxSXSW party on...
Sentinel: Avalanche
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Sentinel, a dream-pop four piece from Oakland has returned with another very solid effort on their May 2008 release, “Kites Without Strings”. Avalanche is the second track off their new CD, a beautiful and...