The new ten-song labor of love, “Points of Light” from San Francisco dream-pop three-piece SENTINEL arrived on June 2nd after a year-long effort of writing, recording, and mastering, which has really paid off. ...
Winter: Crazy
posted by Charles Stepczyk
LA dreampop band Winter just last week had the opportunity to perform at the South by Southwest Music Festival in Austin and are also making quite a splash when they very recently released their first full length record...
Sentinel: Have Yours...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
A few insomnia-stricken elves are still working on their labtops in the dark here at IR, tiny USB powered Christmas trees twinkling whilst trying to get the last bits of quality music out for the masses in 2013. Today...
Qurious: Rima
posted by Charles Stepczyk
The single Rima comes from the last album via Atlanta, Georgia duo QURIOUS. Group members Mike Netland and Catherine Quesenberry have been making music together since the Fall of 2009 and released what looks like their 2nd...
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...
Gazpacho: Winter is ...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Described by one critic as being “classical post ambient nocturnal atmospheric neo-progressive folk world rock,” Norway’s Gazpacho is virtually impossible to contain in any set genre of music, though bands like...
Signal Hill: Stunnin...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Los Angeles instrumental outfit Signal Hill is back with a new album as of June 11th, twelve songs and 61 minutes of universally understood tracks without the vocal interjection that occasionally takes away from the artistry...
O+S: We Do What We W...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
O+S is a new project by Orenda Fink (Azure Ray, Art In Manila) and Scalpelist (aka Cedric LeMoyne of Remy Zero). Orenda and Scalpelist, long-time friends from their shared hometown of Birmingham, Alabama, have created a...
Balmorhea: San Solom...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Balmorhea, pronounced Bal-moor-ay, has always been Rob Lowe and Michael Muller from Austin, Texas, but have recently added four more players to the lineup, on violin, upright bass, cello, and drums respectively. Drifting...
Bell Hollow: Copper ...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
New York four-piece Bell Hollow has crafted a dark, lush, and somewhat wistful ten song masterpiece in their newest release ‘Foxgloves’. The song we are featuring today, ‘Copper Crayon’, immediately...