Petter Seander of Stockholm Sweden is back with his first new recording in over two years, taken from the 4 track EP, “Dear Impossible Dream”, released digitally yesterday. For those who missed Seander’s...
Kinetics: Empty Lane...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Empty Lanes is the new single from Växjö, Sweden indie pop group KINETICS, the first of four singles that will soon comprise what appears to be a forthcoming EP. The single officially released on the 5th and each...
The Black Watch: I D...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Back in August we featured Meg from the latest (of many) album by The Black Watch, called The End of When. Now that they have released the second single, and a video of Meg, we thought we should share them with you as...
Sidney York: Dick an...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Today’s feature comes by way of Calgary, Canada, a play on the traditional children’s books “Dick and Jane” (in my case it was “Janet and Mark”). This single is currently being offered as...
Mount Pressmore: Dry...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
The music of Austin, Texas band MOUNT PRESSMORE straddles the jazz-rock line with a level of proficiency that brings to mind an indie-rock Steely Dan on the debut album “Enjoy,” scheduled for release on Mount...
FIIG: Bass Drum
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Fiig are a Melbourne based indie pop band with a new single coming out October 29th. The songs are written by singer/songwriters Hannah Petocz and Andrew Jordan and this track has a great high charged feel reminiscent of...
Trails and Ways: Mtn...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Today’s featured single is from last summer’s release by Oakland’s TRAILS AND WAYS. A note about the track from the band: “The song is about a rock climbing trip our singer KBB took last fall with...
Ha Ha Tonka: Colorfu...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Colorful Kids is from the Missouri band’s new Bloodshot Records album ‘Lessons,’ out earlier this week. For those new to the band, they are named after Ha Ha Tonka State Park in Camdenton, Missouri –...
The Head and the Hea...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Seattle’s The Head and the Heart are about to launch a new LP via Subpop this October 15th entitled ‘Let’s Be Still’. As we have our heads in the sand occasionally we have not played them yet on the...
Future Loves Past: G...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Today we dive back into the Arizona music scene with a band out of Tempe – Future Loves Past, an excellent psychedelic soul-pop group with an album on the way. Their debut full-length album, All the Luscious Plants...
Brazos: How the Rank...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Martin McNulty Crane V comes from a long line of exceptional Martins. There’s an orphan who became attorney general of Texas and fought the KKK, a lieutenant who fought in WWI, an airline pilot who raised his family in...
Minks: Everything...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Today’s feature comes from the new MINKS record ‘Tides End’ that released August 6th on Captured Tracks. The LP is named for a beachfront estate frontman/songwriter Sonny Kilfoyle had wandered upon one day...
Top Less: Danger Lov...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Lush multilayered synth arrangements, thick bass lines, and catchy guitars run Top Less through the gamut of electro, dance and glam pop. Hooky vocals elevate their songs to anthemic heights. The lyrics, often ironic and...
Talons of Spring: Fa...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Not too many years following artist Andrei Tutunaru’s move from Los Angeles to Portland, Maine, comes his long awaited twelve song release, “Euphonious Dawn” under his familiar yet still mysterious moniker,...
Kim Lenz and the Jag...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Los Angeles-based musician Kim Lenz has been cultivating her take on rockabilly since 1998, releasing three albums, including a pair for Hightone Records – one of the most influential labels in the genre – and playing...
Diane Coffee: Hymn
posted by Charles Stepczyk
In 2013, after joining the band Foxygen, Shaun Fleming left the green and golden fields of his hometown of Agoura Hills, CA to become the third roommate in a 700 square-foot, pre-war, closet-free Manhattan apartment. He was...
Stefan Weiner: Fearf...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
A new solo EP, Potluck, arrived earlier today via Brooklyn based artist Stefan Weiner and we were lucky enough to get to spend part of this evening with it. Its solid from beginning to end with guest accompaniments done...
Fletcher: Open Arms
posted by Charles Stepczyk
This particular iteration of a music project named FLETCHER began in early 2012 as a basement collaboration between brothers from London, England [Oscar and Harvey Baker] and their Chicagoan friend Tom Fry. Fletcher’s...
Fishdoctor: Summer i...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Brooklyn psych-surf outfit Fishdoctor evolved from a bedroom studio project, with more expansive sounds added after their first EP in February 2011. Today’s introduction to the group comes from their lead-off track on...
Stefan Noons: Signal...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Stefan Noons is a 23 year old solo multi-instrumentalist working out of Edinburgh, Scotland, who fashions his own blend of psychedelic, slightly folky, shoegazey dream-pop. He’s currently got two sublime tracks up...
Winter: The View
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Winter is Samira Winter, Nolan Eley, Kyle Oppenheimer and Ana Karina DaCosta, the members of this Boston, MA dream pop/shoegaze band started in Boston, MA – an initial collaboration between Samira Winter and Nolan Eley...
Conveyor: Right Slee...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Conveyor is a Brooklyn-based music project spawned by the fated juncture of a wandering tarot of musicians in Gainesville, FL. Following a string of self-released, handmade EPs, they released their debut full-length album,...
Therese Aune: Chamel...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Therese Aune (NO) plays dreamy filmatic music, drawing inspiration both from pop music and classical minimalists. She is known for her atmospheric piano playing and powerful expressive voice. When performing, she is...
yOya: King of Nothin...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Childhood friends Alex and Noah honed their musical chops in Corvalis, Oregon before moving to California to study music thus ending up in LA, forming what became yOya in 2009. They self-released their debut album, Nothing...
Action Man League: P...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Action Man League is a Finnish indie rock band with a new single just released entitled Peter, Bruce & Clark. They are one of the first Finnish new generation indie rock bands having been playing together since 2005,...
The Welcome Wagon: S...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
The debut album by The Welcome Wagon came out in 2008 featuring a Brooklyn-based Presbyterian pastor (the Rev. Vito Aiuto) and his wife (Monique), the music being influenced by folk music, religion, popular culture, and...
The Upset Victory: F...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Stephen Campbell (guitar), Frank Hammonds (guitar/vocals), Eric Vice (bass), Jason Dill (vocals), and Aaron Roy (drums) formed The Upset Victory in 2006. Their latest singles, recorded in Orlando’s Starlight Studios with...
The All-About: Whate...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Central New York & Connecticut band THE ALL-ABOUT has recently released a new LP, Suburban Heart, recorded over at Mama Coco’s Funky Kitchen [Brooklyn, NY]. Zac Coe, the project lead describes the album as a ten...
The Vickers: SheR...
posted by Stuart Morrison
The Vickers are a psychedelic, pop/rock band formed in Florence, Italy, influenced by the big tunes and sounds of the 60’s with a touch of 90’s spleen. From March 2009 the band appeared in national magazines and...
Way Yes: Macando
posted by Charles Stepczyk
WAY YES began in 2010 in Columbus, Ohio as the musical collaboration of Glenn D. Davis Sr and Travis M. Hall Sr with the addition of multi-instrumentalist Maxwell N. Lewis Sr, and percussionist Timothy W.H. Horak Sr. After...
Hibou: Glow
posted by Charles Stepczyk
From Seattle, Washington. Having spent a year touring North America and Europe as the drummer of Craft Spells (Captured Tracks), the time came when Michel felt his life with the band had ran its course, and began creating...
Banana Beach: Mobile...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Banana Beach is an experimental pop quintet out of Stockholm, Sweden, just done independently recording their debut EP titled ‘Window Licking’ in an office on an abandoned floor inside a factory complex, situated...