Indie-pop band, Stolen Jars emerged out of the newly emerging Montclair New Jersey music scene in 2011. The band best describes their music as “fitting parts into wholes. Stolen Jars is the way back. It’s that...
Ezra Furman: My Zero
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Today’s feature comes from Evanston, Illinois artist Ezra Furman’s 2013 indie pop album, Day of the Dog released via Bar None Records. This second album was issued after a four/five year effort leading...
The Jaguar Club: Str...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
New York/Massachusetts band THE JAGUAR CLUB have recently issued a new EP, Close, which was inspired by a return to the idea of a band being “a band.” Someone writes a song and then the group completely re-moulds...
Sentinel: Counting S...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
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. ...
The Silhouette Era: ...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
The Silhouette Era’s second full-length, “Beacons” practically defines Northern California’s own brand of surf pop; not that of hot summer nights, but of freezing dawns and the sobering ennui that can...
Pomegranates: 50R...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Pomegranates were a indie rock band based out of Cincinnati, Ohio. Since 2006 up to about 2012 they issued three albums and three EPs, with a load of touring that went on between. 2012 saw the release of the fourth studio...
I Am the Albatross: ...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
‘Port City’ is an ode to the part of I-10 which runs between Texas and Louisiana and passes through the many industrial port cities that lie between Houston and New Orleans,” says vocalist and guitarist...
A House for Lions: P...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Daniel Norman, singer/songwriter of Los Angeles band, A House for Lions, was a music lover who never intended to become a musician. But while hitchhiking through Germany, a melody and a few words popped into his head and...
Spells of Vertigo: D...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Today’s excellent featured track, ‘Dizzy’ was released this past October 20th by Ontario Canadian alt-rock band, Spells of Vertigo. The band sent us word that their first EP “Soaked” is slated...
Ancient Lasers: You ...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
LA musician Daniel Finfer’s inspiration for blending accelerating technologies with music may sound familiar to many of you. Five years ago, he was struck by how few pop songs really had a meaningful...
Learning Music: Elec...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Learning Music Monthly was a subscription based album-a-month series with today’s featured single coming from a compilation of songs from LMM 2.1 – LMM 2.6 (originally released from March – August 2009). ...
La Luz: You Disappea...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
The first single has arrived from Weirdo Shrine, the new Ty Segall-produced sophomore album by Seattle surf-rock group La Luz, out August 7th on Hardly Art records. You Disappear is the perfect track to help launch off the...
Great Hare: Call Me ...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Great Hare is an indie rock quartet from Gothenburg, Sweden. Drummer Lars Olausson, singer and guitarist Kalle Mogren, guitarist Anders Holmström and bass player and producer Berne Randulv formed Great Hare a few years ago,...
Ed Ghost Tucker: Sof...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Ed Ghost Tucker is a four-piece Pop/Rock group from San Diego, CA fronted by three singer-songwriters, Ryan Miller, Rutger Rosenborg, and Cameron and Michaela Wilson, all of whom have played music together since childhood....
The Dead Heavys: Liq...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Waterford Ireland’s The Dead Heavys are a 6 piece psychedelic rock band preparing to release their debut album, and they’ve got a few singles from it already in circulation. The band’s...
Emerald Park: LiberT...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Malmo, Sweden’s Emerald Park are back with a sample from their forthcoming release, GO! GO! GO!. The first single, “Liberteens” comes from the promising new album due June 23rd. The song...
Signal-to-Noise: Som...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Signal-to-Noise is the brand new project by Michael Downing, a talented electro-rock songwriter & producer based in Chicago who draws on influences from a diverse range of favorites (e.g. Grizzly Bear, Andrew Bird, and...
Telephantom: Silence
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Houston Texas dream-pop band TELEPHANTOM recently released their first 3 song EP earlier this year on February 2. They’ve got a great video to go with the stellar track which dropped in January, which we’ve...
Small Talk: Brothers
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Welp…National Siblings Day may be over but we apparently can’t let go of the feeling based on the title of today’s featured track. The aptly named ‘Brothers’ comes by way of the new Boston...
Beth Bombara: Promis...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
The latest inspired single “Promised Land” from St. Louis-based Americana artist Beth Bombara was issued recently on March 5th. It’s the first soulful and spirited effort off her forthcoming self-titled...
Alphabetical: Winter
posted by Charles Stepczyk
French indie pop band Alphabetical hail from Paris, a talented five piece group who’ve reportedly been around since 2012. At the beginning of 2014 in January they released the six song EP, Rusted Gold, which you can...
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...
Inlet Sound: Saturda...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Toronto, Canada indie pop band Inlet Sound is described as the musical convergence of passionate folk-rock spirit and atmospheric pop form. 2012 found the band surrounded by and tirelessly crafting ‘The...
Broken Boy: She Said
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Scottish band, Broken Boy started up in 2013 when brothers Stewart and Cam began to write together after flirting with several separate musical projects. Initially, the ambition was to expand their sound into an Arcade Fire...
The Capture Effect: ...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
London Britain based indie electro group, The Capture Effect, have just recently revealed the free download and video of ‘Lies and False Signals’, taken from the release of their debut EP, Frequencies, out this...
The Mighty Regis: Pa...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
LA irish punk-rock and celtic band, The Mighty Regis honed their high energy live act at local famed watering hole, Molly Malone’s, slowly growing along the way and releasing today’s featured track ‘Paddy...
Star Tropics: Summer...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Chicago’s Star Tropics began as original members Scott (lead guitar) and Loren (bass, vocals) found themselves huddled around a drum machine. Searching for the sound that would eventually define the band, Star Tropics...
Fallen to Flux: From...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Londoners – Fallen to Flux – have just issued their brand new four song EP “From the Outside, Looking In” on January 20th, with the self-titled track as today’s feature. The group is a...
Lorenzo’s Musi...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
IR favorites via Madison Wisconsin – Lorenzo’s Music – are back with a brand new solid track, “I Never Wanted to Say”, recently released to the masses in the past couple of months. We are...
Fabryka: Young Signa...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Buri Italy based indie pop band Fabryka will be arriving here stateside in Austin, TX this coming March for the South By Southwest Musical Festival, their debut performance there. The group is apparently led by vocalist...
NoPop: O, TV
posted by Charles Stepczyk
NoPop is a nowave, pop act out of Brooklyn heavily influenced by such groups as the Pixies, DNA, Minutemen, and David Bowie. In April we saw the first single O, TV from their new effort, an excellent song that drives home,...
The Hourglass Cats: ...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
It’s nice to hear another good new band bust out some tight ska and reggae-infused rock, especially when it comes from the nearby Arizona scene. The Hourglass Cats (THC) are from Phoenix, AZ and formed there not too...