You don’t know now, but I hope you will! Today’s Valentines Day live feature is from the New York based group THE FLYING CHANGE, whom the network featured on the Dose earlier last year in addition to the New...
Isaac Graham: Gold a...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
From Sydney Australia, ISAAC GRAHAM is a singer/songwriter type who grew up on punk rock but now likes country, folk and punk rock and records his music with a Tascam 8-Track with a cheap microphone and attempts to...
Stars Don’t Sl...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
From Los Angeles, indie rock band STARS DON’T SLEEP have just released their new EP featuring the title track “In the Daylight”, which tells the story of a disoriented East Coast kid squinting cautiously at...
Sambassadeur: Days
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Swedish group Sambassadeur are just putting the finishing touch to their upcoming album “European”, which looks to have a February release date on the Labrador label. Upon sending over the single, Labrador...
The Good Graces: Bad...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
The Good Graces was formed in early 2007 when Kim Ware, founder of Eskimo Kiss Records, picked up a $90 guitar from Atlanta’s late great Lakewood Antiques Market and started fiddling around with some simple chords and...
Derek Clegg: Cannot ...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Derek Clegg, a one-man writing, recording, and producing machine out of Chicago, had sent me a message over at Last.FM the other night – something about a free album. Naturally I’m always curious when someone...
Rue Royale: Snow on ...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
We had originally discovered the originality of the musical duo RUE ROYALE a few short years back via our Chicago show here at the network. Named after a road running through the Chicago suburbs, the duo of Ruth and Brookln...
Paper Moon: What Are...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Paper Moon are from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. For their third full-length record, Only During Thunderstorms, the band was looking for an edgier, more energetic sound that better suited their personalities. This goal was...
Visqueen: Hand Me Do...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Message To Garcia is a collection of Visqueen songs that represents a rock and roll epitaph to front woman Rachel Flotard’s father. After garnering countless fans, reviews, and playing shows with everyone from Guided...
Hotlites: Sign Me Up
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Having recently stumbled across the following artist over at Garageband several weeks ago, I thought it would be nice to finally feature this local band to kickstart your Friday. Enjoy! HotLites is an...
Heavy Feather: Would...
posted by Stuart Morrison
From the self-titled album released in July by Heavy Feather, from Athens, Georgia Heavy Feather formerly Jackpot City combines crunchy chainsaw guitar rock with lush vocal harmonies and diverse instrumentation creating...
Rep By Pop: Cell pho...
posted by Stuart Morrison
The Title Track from their new Album. See the video over there ——————————–> Rep By Pop are a power pop trio playing infectious, danceable, synth/guitar...
Slaraffenland: Long ...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Slaraffenland is Danish for “the land of milk and honey”. Based in Copenhagen, Slaraffenland found its final formation in 2002: Christian Taagehøj, Mike Taagehøj, Bjørn Heebøll, Niklas Antonson and Jeppe Skjold. They...
Pablo: Hey Luci
posted by Charles Stepczyk
New York indie group Pablo recently broke out with their long awaited follow up to the beloved debut “Half The Time” “Long nights will come along, I’ve gotten to give in a bit” are lyrics that help to sum...
Brown Recluse: Night...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Brilliant pop with tinges of soft rock, folk and lysergic jangle. From their recent EP The Soft Skin. The brown recluse spider or violin spider, Loxosceles reclusa, is a well-known member of the family Sicariidae (formerly...
Bent By Elephants: V...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Bent By Elephants are a 7 piece folk rock band stationed in Montreal, linking patch-work improv pieces into rhythmic pop-folk songs. Luke Fowlie and vocalist Chesley Walsh began BBE in the Spring of 2008. After a year of...
Van Risseghem: Love,...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
We recently discovered Tulsa, Oklahoma native and musician, Jonathan Van Risseghem over at the Garageband site, and wanted to briefly plug in there and help promote his opening track “Love, Again” from the debut...
Shadows on a River: ...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Fresh back from a trip to Hangzhou China and beyond, Chicago musician David B Henson has sent us a handful of tracks from his upcoming debut 12-song LP slated to be untethered in May. The spaceman adorned album is dubbed,...
Bishop Allen: The An...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Grrr… is the third full length album by Brooklyn, New York indie rock group Bishop Allen. It was just released last month on March 10th and is a follow-up to their 2007 album, The Broken String. Bishop Allen formed...
Hey Marseilles: Rio
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Seattle, Washington’s Hey Marseilles plays simple folk songs, interweaving orchestral instrumentation with melodic musings on time and place. Having garnered favorable reviews since their formation in late 2006,...
The Bank: Lazy Girl
posted by Stuart Morrison
From the album England for Sale Who we are Pierre Alexander and Sebastian Stelzer We’re European alcoholic decent folks who learned a bit of guitar and piano and decided to practice their skills by recording new...
Dananananaykroyd: Pi...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Formed in Scotland in 2006, the fight pop six piece, Dananananaykroyd just released their Black Wax single on March 22 and previous to that – the Pink Sabbath single which we’ve featured here today. NPR has been...
I Was Totally Destro...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
I WAS TOTALLY DESTROYING IT was born in the early months of 2007 in Durham/Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Booker and drummer James Hepler both come from over a decade of experience in the local scene( Hepler from the Saddle...
The Cloud Room: 24 H...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
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...
Here We Go Magic: Fa...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
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...
Harlem Shakes: Stric...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
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...
IR SoCal Welcomes: H...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
“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...
Faunts: Feel.Love.Th...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
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...
New Madrid Faults: L...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
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...
The Lovely Sparrows:...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
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: Time to...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
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...
Late of the Pier: Sp...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
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...