Washington DC’s Access Royale are an indie rock band that discovered each other via Craigslist in early 2011 and soon found themselves flying west to LA to shoot their first music video for today’s featured...
Core Effect: Somethi...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Formed in the spring of 2004, Core Effect is a Detroit based regional band whose music has been described as heavy, modern, “hook” driven rock with an experimental edge. Somethings Are Better is from their album...
Tango in the Attic: ...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Scotland’s Tango in the Attic have released the free download track Paw Prints, taken from their second album Sellotape that released on the 23rd of April. Sellotape is the follow-up to their critically acclaimed 2010...
Evans the Death: Tel...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Evans the Death released their self-titled debut album in April 2012 via Fortuna POP! in the UK / Europe and Slumberland Records in the US. The songs were recorded late Summer 2011 with producer Ex-Test Icicle and current...
The Danks: Automocar
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Charlottetown Canada natives, Brohan Moore and Alec O’Hanley, have put out a new album this last month – Are You Afraid of The Danks. This is their second feature on the Daily Dose. They are described as being driven by...
The Moth & The M...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
The Moth & The Mirror have been proclaimed as a Scottish supergroup, comprising of members taken from an array of Scottish talent including: Stacey Sievwright from The Reindeer Section and Arab Strap (vocals/guitar),...
And So I Watch You F...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Last October we posted a track from the then soon-to-be-released album Gangs, by Belfast, Northern Ireland’s And So I Watch You From Afar (ASIWYFA). Well, the album is released, and to coincide with their North...
Big Wave Riders: Wai...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Waiting In the Wings sees Helsinki Finland’s Big Wave Riders return with the first taste off their debut album which is being released through Soliti in late Summer of 2012. From the chorus that sticks in your head,...
Eux Autres: Right Ag...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Eux Autres (pronounced ooz-oh-tra) are an Omaha-born, San Francisco-based trio, channeling sixties French pop and with a unique sensibility. The brother/sister duo, Heather and Nicholas Larimer, share lead vocals with Yoshi...
JEFF the Brotherhood...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Jake and Jamin Orrall, aka JEFF The Brotherhood, are seen by many as pioneers of the Nashville rock scene, but they see themselves as brothers who can’t remember not playing music together for fun. Their family-owned,...
Father John Misty: H...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Josh Tillman, who has been recording/releasing solo albums since 2003 and who recently left Seattle’s Fleet Foxes after playing drums from 2008-2011 had an album gestating during what Tillman describes as an...
Veronica Falls: My H...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Veronica Falls comes to us from London, with a song from their 2011 self titled release, that came out two years after their 2009 formation. Enjoy! Members: Roxanne Clifford and James Hoare, both on vocals and guitar,...
Les Jupes: If This i...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Les Jupes are a somewhat new band from the centre of Canada and in the middle of a prairie renaissance growing around Head In The Sand Records. The group capped off a great year in 2011 with the release of a new single...
Brave Irene: No Fun
posted by Charles Stepczyk
From Tiger Trap, to the Softies, and now Brave Irene – out of Canada… One of our favorite vocalists, Rose Melberg returns to us again from Vancouver to put her stamp on another round of eight tracks from the...
Beast Make Bomb: It ...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Combining fuzzed out pop melodies with the distorted punk attitude of late 1970s New York, Brooklyn’s Beast Make Bomb craft songs informed by twenty-something college life in urban grit. Powerful yet tastefully...
Kalle Mattson: Water...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Kalle Mattson returns May 1st with a new five song EP – “Lives In Between”. Recorded at the end of 2011, and mastered by Gavin Gardiner (The Wooden Sky), “Lives In Between” is the first release with a new...
Sleepy Vikings: Hors...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Back from another year at SXSW, The five sleazy Tampanians (a real word according to UrbanDictionary.com) of Sleepy Vikings have braved an infernal Florida sun to write the weird songs about stalkers, dead kings, summer,...
The Pauses: Go North
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Today is the day that everyone starts going apeshit over archery, it seems now everybody needs a bear recurve bow, as the movie Hunger Games releases here in the US. Orlando band The Pauses have a leg up on the release with...
Grand & Noble: H...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Jon Elling, the man at the heart of Grand & Noble, grew up in Los Angeles and Jacksonville, Fla. His bi-coastal upbringing is partly responsible for his wide-open songwriting style. “I got the full L.A. experience,...
Alexander & The ...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
SXSW along with its few musical offshoots and massive swarm of unofficial acts are gearing up for the weekend, with the city streets clogging up tonight as a whole new dynamic sweeps over Austin; for better of for worse. If...
Royal Canoe: Hold On...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Today and all of this week we are showcasing a few of the acts playing at or in the vicinity of the South By Southwest Music Festival in Austin, TX. Amongst the 50,000 performances scattered throughout all the street...
Mount Carmel: Swagg&...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Our musical crosshairs set themselves on Columbus, Ohio this psychedelic weekend, with an explosive set of blues flavored rock from trio Mount Carmel. The group has released a new album on Siltbreeze called Real Women, a...
Flashguns: Locarno (...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Although London based band Flashguns recently called it quits in early February with a final show in Berlin, we wanted to bring you this great track from the free sampler via Humming Records, a fine label out of Germany. The...
Work Drugs: License ...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
[80’s quote]Les, that license in your wallet, that’s not an ordinary piece of paper, that is a driver’s license, and its not only a driver’s license, it’s an automobile license, and it’s...
wecamefromwolves: Fo...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
I must admit that Scotland has been topping my personal list of favorite music scenes over the course of the last few years, not to mention Sweden and San Francisco, with nods to dozens of others. Perth Scotland really...
Mud of Man: Candlebr...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Today we push an excellent El Paso, TX based heavy rock band into the daily spotlight, namely Mud of Man. They’ve apparently got a new four-man lineup in store for 2012, although the track ‘Candlebrain’...
Fleming: Slip
posted by Stuart Morrison
Slip is the Single from their EP Play For Manuel “It’s not often that you find a band comfortable and confident enough in what they do well—in this case, NYC-based three-piece Fleming and their catchy alt-rock and...
Downtown/Union: Hone...
posted by Rodrigo
LA’s indie-driven rock band, Downtown/Union, has been a regular fixture in local music scene since 2006. Although the band has been through many incarnations, from a stripped down two-piece to a bombastic seven member rock...
Battleships: In Retr...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
There are many things I loathe on this special day, but Battleships ain’t one of them. This Sydney four-piece delivers with a fantastic new track, mastered in the good hands of Don Bartley (see Silverchair). The group...
Makar: Funeral Geniu...
posted by Stuart Morrison
“One of New York’s most innovative Indie Duos returns with their own brand of Genius. Renowned NYC Band Makar Announces the Release of their new CD, Funeral Genius” Recorded at the Seaside Lounge Recording...
Dirty Old Spice: 84
posted by Stuart Morrison
Dirty Old Spice are from Gröbenzell in Germany, and this is from their Album Follow The Traveler. Five tracks from the album are available for free (or donation) from Jamendo, and the full album is available from...
Sleeping in the Avia...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Originating as a trio based in Madison, Wis., Sleeping in the Aviary has evolved into a Minneapolis, Minn., quintet. All the members have roots in southeastern Wisconsin, and have been playing music for a decade and more in...