The Fretless is the Canadian fiddle foursome playing an essential part in the emerging movement mainstreaming traditional Irish folk music. Holton Alan Moore’s is from their album ‘Live From The Artfarm’...

The most striking thing about the upcoming new album by Brooklyn-based artist Jeremy Bass is his adept and powerful lyrics. ‘The Greatest Fire’ (out Jan 19 2018 via Jungle Strut Music) contains numerous turns of...

“By The Light of The Moon,” the latest from Seattle-based band, Moon Darling arrives on Jan. 26th, 2018. Foursome Moon Darling is racking up early attention for its muscular psychedelic 70’s sound ahead of...

The most striking thing about the upcoming new album by Brooklyn-based artist Jeremy Bass is his adept and powerful lyrics. ‘The Greatest Fire’ (out Jan 19 2018 via Jungle Strut Music) contains numerous turns...

Dallas TX MOTORCADE release their debut album January 19th 2018 on Idol Records. Hitting on every pressure point of late 80s-early 90s button-the-top-button songcraft ala Depeche Mode, New Order, Echo & The Bunnymen,...

When Rahway, New Jersey’s J Hacha de Zola released Picaro Obscuro, the second of his two “urban junkyard” albums of 2016, he insinuated that he might not continue on to make a third, and if he did, his plan was to...

Seattle-based band Moon Darling release their EP “By The Light of The Moon” on 26 Jan 2018. The band members are Michael Julian Escobar guitar, Michelle Nuño drums, Jack Jay bass and Matthew Buckner...

“Debut album from Lexington-based trio Italian Beaches creates “a brand of electronic music that essentially flips the genre’s design.” “Balances ’90s-era trip-hop a la Portishead with the glitchy...

Hitting on every pressure point of late 80s-early 90s button-the-top-button songcraft ala Depeche Mode, New Order, Echo & The Bunnymen, The Jesus and Mary Chain, and so on, the 11 songs in 40 minutes on the debut...

“Against The Light” (released on Desperate Spirits, Oct. 27th) is the new four-song EP from ATTEMPT, the Lexington, Kentucky-based recording project of Trevor Tremaine, best-known and most-adored as the drummer of the...

Little Shrine, the songwriting project of San Francisco’s Jade Shipman, release their mini-LP Wilderness on Oct 20th. What band’s name describes its sound? Metallica? Little Shrine does, too. Universal feelings...

Married Bakersfield, California-based dreampop duo Fawns of Love returns hot on the heels of early 2017’s debut album Who Cares About Tomorrow with a new double-A side 7-inch Falling / Standing, to be released in that...

Married Bakersfield, California-based dreampop duo Fawns of Love returns hot on the heels of early 2017’s debut album Who Cares About Tomorrow with a new double-A side 7-inch Falling / Standing, to be released in that...

Twenty years of 20 Minute Loop was celebrated a few days ago, on February 24th 2017, with the release of Songs Praising The Mutant Race, the San Francisco-based band’s first album in over eight years, an achievement...

The five-piece Minneapolis-based band Tabah are releasing their debut album Symmetry Somewhere on March 17th, 2017. The first single from Symmetry Somewhere is Curtain Call, an ironic choice for a beginning, but one that...

“One of our favorite records is Hounds of Love by Kate Bush,” explains Joseph Andreotti, who along with his wife Jenny, comprises the Bakersfield, California-based duo, Fawns of Love. “We wanted a name that would...

Twenty years of 20 Minute Loop will be celebrated on February 24th, 2017 with the release of Songs Praising The Mutant Race, the San Francisco-based band’s first album in over eight years, an achievement marked not only...

Cotton Mather‘s “Cotton Mather with Nicole Atkins” EP (The Star Apple Kingdom) is out Dec. 30th, 2016. This is part of Austin Texas based Cotton Mather’s project of 64 mini-pop masterpieces, one for each...

Corner Suns teams up with Sarah Jaffe for new single “The Rattle In The Room,” taken from Dallas-based band’s upcoming debut LP, out Jan. 13th. First aspiring to sound like Sabbath, duo of John Dufilho (The Apples...

The story of Shane O’Malley Firek, the single constant member of The Ferdy Mayne, is one of journeys – physical, spiritual, and a combination of the two. “I was going through massive change when I was writing this...

Corner Suns – the Dallas-based duo of John Dufilho (The Apples In Stereo, The Deathray Davies) and Brandon Carr (The Earlies) – will release its self-titled debut via Idol Records on Jan. 13th, 2017. The 14-track...

Handgrenades announces first batch of tour dates supporting “Tunnels”; Produced by Zach Shipps of Electric Six, new album arrives Nov. 4th. Handgrenades was formed by high school friends Andrew Pawelski and Nick...

Loop 2.4.3 creates original music steeped in percussion and electronics, with sounds both experimental and familiar at its core. Rooted in the classical chamber music tradition, the music still has an undeniable...

Jared Putnam, the main man that is the San Antonio-based band, The March Divide, has launched a fall tour (see itinerary below) in support of Saturdays, his most recent album. The run of dates will take Putnam throughout...

The latest single Ebb from Oakland duo Steel Cranes is accompanied by a video, embedded below. Its from their album Tango and we’ve featured the previous singles on earlier Doses. “It’s an expression of being...

“Recording this cover, I realized how truly amazing of a singer Ariana Grande is,” says Rahway, New Jersey-based musician J Hacha De Zola. “She can sing her butt off.” Of course, Hacha De Zola brings a decidedly...

Oakland-based band Steel Cranes’ new album Tango was released August 5th on the heels of the bands launch of a 40-date tour, now in progress (see below). Steel Cranes are Tracy Shapiro (vocals, guitar) and Amanda...

Oakland-based band, Steel Cranes – Tracy Shapiro (vocals, guitar) and Amanda Schukle (drums, bass, guitar, keys) – is offering up an evolution of that sound on their upcoming new album Tango (Aug. 5th, Mister White...

Austin based pop powerhouse, Cotton Mather to release first all-new album in 15 years as part of massive 64-track I Ching inspired project. Comprised of 11 songs, “Death of The Cool” is part of ongoing 64-song...

J Hacha De Zola has managed to actually “Escape from Fat Kat City,” (the title of his early 2016 debut album), leaving Rahway, New Jersey and the shadow of the maximum security prison that literally loomed over him...

“Our name was also the title of a Fonda song,” explains David Klotz, one half of People and Stars, the Los Angeles-based duo comprised of the former Fonda front man and vocalist Amanda Tate. Long a favorite in the...

Matt Bennett turns pain of his parent’s divorce into debut album where each song is based on the Robin Williams films he loved growing up. Just-released “Terminal Cases” includes “Fisher King,” “Jumanji,”...