In-Flight Safety soars to great heights with their latest, we are an empire, my dear. Last winter, the Halifax based four-piece took to the proverbial woods and recorded in Fox River, Nova Scotia with producer Laurence...

The BLK JKS are a South African afro avant noise rock band. Childhood friends Linda and Mpumi grew up on the same block in Johannesburg’s East Rand, where they taught themselves guitar after Linda’s sister received one...

The Cloud Room, named after the Prohibition-era speakeasy at the top of the Chrysler Building, is a three piece band based out of Brooklyn, New York. They recently released an EP late last year named “Please...

Developed over a two-month period of stream-of-consciousness recording in Greenpoint, Brooklyn Luke Temple’s self-titled debut under his new moniker Here We Go Magic is a remarkable departure from his signature...

Named after a dance that originated in Harlem in the early 80s, the band Harlem Shakes was born in Brooklyn in 2006.  Burning Birthdays, the band’s self-released debut EP, came out in 2007 to wide acclaim, earning...

“Got a long long way to go to California” From their 2008 release, “It’s Easier to Be Someone Else”, Hey Ocean was apparently conceived on a beach in Costa Rica, their band name being an...

Formed in Edmonton, Alberta in the fall of 2000, Faunts original lineup consisted of brothers Tim and Steven Batke and Paul Amusch. After turning an old office space into a studio, the three spent a full year creating...

Today we present to you a four-piece band from the city of Tarzana (in the San Fernando Valley) called THE dAY. We’ve been holding onto their music for a while, waiting for an opportunity to properly present some of...

You may remember Los Angeles indie pop outfit Gertie Fox, and if so, you may also recognize some similarities shared with the new Bethlehem, Pennsylvania indie five-piece ‘New Madrid Faults’.  Apparently Matt...

Austin’s ‘The Lovely Sparrows’ blend lush, complex arrangements with sing-along choruses that bring to mind glorious folk-inflected pop and well-written novellas. They self-released a 7inch single in 2005...

State Shirt sculpts fiery, intense indie rock anthems for the wondering, wandering and hopeful. Venturing wildly into the farthest corners of heavy-hearted American landscapes, State Shirt’s music displays vivid, gripping...

Our newest episode opens with a farcical movie trailer we found, something about airplane flaps malfunctioning leading into a ridiculous crash in the mountains and subsequent survivalist breakdancing. It has nothing to do...

Amongst four blazing nights between Xmas 2006 and the year of 2007, A Classic Education recorded 3 songs in the middle of the mountains of centre-north Italy. Jonathan Clancy, Paul Pieretto & Luca Mazzieri played a...

Late of the Pier, an English four-piece band from Castle Donington, are currently signed to Parlophone Records and recently released an album “Fantasy Black Channel” on 11 August 2008. The new album includes a...

Canopy Glow is the sophomore release and late 2008 Anticon debut from Chicago-based 7-piece art rock ensemble originally from Mt. Pleasant Michigan and now based in Chicago, Illinois. While 2006’s Floating World was a...

If there is one band that truly knows their sound and how to capitalize it, Berlin’s Super 700 might just be it. With eerie and epic rock noises flowing in every direction throughout the bands new album,...

Israel Nebeker (vocals, guitar) and Ryan Dobrowski (drums) are Blind Pilot. Friends since college, Israel and Ryan have traveled many a mile to get to where they are today ­ literally. Last year, Israel and Ryan embarked on...

Every year the fine folk at over at IODA Promonet host a nice party over at the South by SouthWest Music Festival in Austin. Repeating the fine lineup from last year, IODA has once again put together a great cross section...

An Horse started out as a solo project began by Kate Cooper in Brisbane, Australia. In 2008 Tegan & Sara met the group and invited them on their US tour, prior to the release of their first album. In August 2008 they...

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...

From Toronto, Canada the three-piece rock band Magneta Lane consists of Lexi Valentine, Nadia King, and French. They formed in 2003 in New York, and have since released two well received full length albums entitled...

Due in late March, the new album from Venice is Sinking, AZAR, finds the band widening its palette and deepening its focus, tackling the idea of location’s ability to influence our lives. Growing musically since the...

Twin sisters from California meet boy from New Jersey; based out of Brooklyn, NY. Here’s a few words on what they have to say about themselves: “As Children of the 80s, we’ve seen a thing or two. We went...

AMPED: Show #166 This week’s host: Daniel Johnson Jr. from the Journey Inside My Mind Podcast Show: Eclectic Mix Song: Play Dead (Ian McGlynn) Show: Cowboy Cantor Song: I Blame You (Spleen Poetry) Show: Indie Music...

The most infectious blast of pop perfection you will hear all year, a tidy distillation of all the great noise-pop precedents – early MBV, House of Love, Pale Saints, Rocketship – but with that incredible...

Amongst the broadening horizons of the European music scene you will find the Beangrowers. Hailing from the Mediterranean island of Malta, this female-fronted three-piece has become known for their unique style and...

PRS are from Salzburg in Austria, and this is from their recently released Promotional Album produced by Scott Matthews. Pirate Radio Station Are: Sebastian Aigmuller: Lead Vocals / Guitar Paul Konarski : Guitar /...

No, we didn’t win the mustard yellow belt this past year, but we accumulated so many tracks last year and through the first few weeks of 2009, we’ve felt over-gorged on music and wanted to start sharing some with...

Ketch Harbour Wolves hail from across Ontario while fostering a deep connection to Nova Scotia where in 2003 the band’s predecessor, The Flying Buttresses, was forged in the small coastal town of Ketch Harbour. After...

Signal Hill is an instrumental band from Los Angeles, CA. With influences such as The Mercury Program, Tristeza, My Bloody Valentine, Cinematic Orchestra and others, they play melodic, mid tempo, vocal-less ditties. Signal...

As a member of the indie-rock sensation Hello Stranger, Juliette Commagere has toured the world and shared the stage with the likes of Foo Fighters and Kings of Leon. Now she has stepped out on her own with her debut solo...

A.C. Newman is best known as the lead for The New Pornographers, but got his start in Canadian indie bands Superconductor and Zumpano.   Four years into TNP, A.C. branched off with his solo offshoot in 2004, and released...