Network favorites SENTINEL are back with their newest single JET BLACK, a beautiful dream-pop driven work of art written and inspired at the edges of the San Francisco Bay, in the Summer of 2010. What you get from Sentinel...
Perendiz: Oh Johnny
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Manchester solo artist Michael Bear goes by the dream enduced name of Perendiz, an epiphany of sorts etched into his eyelids by morning’s wake, which he quickly typed into his iPhone and adopted as his moniker. ...
Side by Side: Smile
posted by Stuart Morrison
Charlotte, NC based band Side by Side released their self-titled EP in February. Michael and Joseph Pepe, twin brothers, met Joelle Kittrell through a mutual connection with the love of music and bringing their vision to the...
IR: The SoCal Sessio...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
April’s assembly of thirteen local artists have all been in heavy rotation in my player in the last few months via work commutes, expeditions through the ice & snow, powder carving on top of the world, and while...
Tiny Victories: Lost...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Tiny Victories debut recording, Mr Bones, has arrived. A Brooklyn via Athens/DC duo, Greg Walters and Cason Kelly combine experimental electronics with earthy vocals, lush orchestration, elements of noise rock and live...
Saints of Valory: Sw...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Saints Of Valory come with quite the international flair. Front man Gavin Jasper is Brazilian, guitarist Godfrey Thomson is American, on drums Gerard Bouvier is from France, & on keyboards Stephen Buckle hails from...
The Henry Clay Peopl...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Los Angeles based band – The Henry Clay People formed in 2005 in Glendale, CA and have played hundreds of shows, as well as touring the US multiple times, performing at large music festivals such as Lollapalooza, SXSW,...
Ketch Harbour Wolves...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
We last featured Ontario Canada’s Ketch Harbour Wolves in February of ’09 with ‘So Long to the Ground’, a track off of their 2008 EP, ‘Dead Calm Horizon’. Their newer album Anachronisms...
The Smiles: Cala Col...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Los Angeles beach rock group The Smiles released their newest offering called the Hermosa EP in May of 2010. The title of this 6-song EP, crowd-funded for $2,000 off KickStarter, originates from the Southern California city...
Royal Forest: Civilw...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Formerly known as Loxsly, Austin’s Royal Forest are slated to perform at this years musical edition of the South by Southwest Festival on Sat March 19th at the Marq – 11pm. You can pick up Royal Forest’s...
Smoosh: We Are Our O...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Withershins is the follow-up LP to Brooklyn/Seattle based band Smoosh’s 2006 release of Free To Stay, released on June 29, 2010. Last years new album was not released on any official record label, but independently...
Corbu: We Are Sound ...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Yesterday I stumbled on this great band out of Brooklyn via SoundCloud, as they were announced as a featured artist over on the SC Facebook profile. Their bio lists them as making electronic music with shamanic soul vocals...
Tunng: Don’t L...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Tunng are an experimental folk band, formed in 2003 in London, England. Today’s selection is taken from their March 2010 release …And Then We Saw Land. The band consists of Mike Lindsay (vocals, guitar), Sam...
Ballerina Black: Lea...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Cattle Arithmetic, the debut album from Los Angeles based Ballerina Black released globally on January 1st, 2010 and features the excellent lead-off track ‘Leaves’ that we are bringing you today. Aside from two...
Solvents: We Were Gu...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Solvents are a “folk art rock pop” group from the Olympic Peninsula in the great state of Washington. Jarrod Bramson, main songwriter for the group,has managed to write, record and produce seven albums in about...
Rapids! – Maps
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Bournemouth, UK 5 piece band Rapids! formed in August 2009 and released their first 3 track, self titled EP a few months later in November. It was limited to just 200 copies and containing their earliest songs; Maps, Void...
Generationals –...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Generationals is the New Orleans duo of Grant Widmer and Ted Joyner, a project formed after their previous group, the Eames Era, disbanded. After their debut for Park the Van in 2009 called Con Law, they came back together...
IR: The SoCal Sessio...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Febuary’s thirteen track show starts off in a comedic rock vein with some strong local tracks inspired by Tenacious D and even containing their rock-god DNA stamped all over them. From here we take you into a stretch...
Darlingside: Good Ma...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
We recently heard Northampton, Mass band DARLINGSIDE’s song Catbird Seat on another blog and realized that we had to immediately look into their catalog, which at the moment consists of a debut EP. Luckily the band...
The Answering Machin...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Formed at the University of Manchester about five years back, The Answering Machine have their newest effort, LIFELINE coming out Feb. 21, released a few short years after their ’09 debut album Another City, Another...
Cold Fairyland: The ...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Today brings us a group with a distinctive sonic palette, specifically chosen for the occasion of the Chinese New Year. We’re happy to cue up a live track from the hypnotizing orchestral group from Shanghai, Cold...
Boys Climbing Ropes:...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
The Shanghai features continue this week, climbing toward the Chinese New Year with another indie amalgamation made up of three Canadian foreign nationals from Ottawa as well as Chinese vocalist, Little Punk. A vagabond and...
The Wilderness: Real...
posted by Stuart Morrison
The Wilderness is a Toronto based experimental rock outfit. Comprising of men-about-town, Lee Piazza (lead vocals), Nate Lyons-Fisher (guitar/synth), Jay Organek (bass), Chris Mason (drums/synth) and Jamie Lefebvre...
Rainbow Danger Club:...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Shanghai China’s Rainbow Danger Club recently released an entirely free eight-song effort in late 2010 called The New Atlantis EP – available at the Bandcamp link provided. The four-piece had the distinction...
Prisma: Feeling of G...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Prisma are a progressive rock band from Zurich, Switzerland in the vein of Tool or network favorites Emptyself. Today’s feature is from Prisma’s debut full length Collusion which was released in 2006, preceeded...
Midnight Spin: In Th...
posted by Stuart Morrison
“Midnight Spin is a five-piece rock outfit from Williamsburg, Brooklyn who bring high-energy guitar rock for the 21st century to the NYC music scene. Formed in late 2008, the band immediately established a sizable...
Jeniferever: Waifs &...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Jeniferever are from Uppsala, Sweden and produce ambient indie rock/post-rock, sometimes compared to groups like The Appleseed Cast and Sigur Rós. Their name is derived from a 1989 Smashing Pumpkins song of the same...
Anna Bradley: Anna B...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
New York indie pop band Anna Bradley was formed by frontman Kamir Kubar, who apparently lives in Berkeley, CA half of every year. The group indicates that their newest full length release Pavo is a result of six months of...
Derby: Don’t B...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Portland, Oregon’s Melodic Pop Sweethearts DERBY unveil a long awaited new batch of songs. Coming February 2011! Anyone who’s caught a live Derby show knows the raw and infectious emotion the boys are known to dish...
The Veils: Bloom
posted by Charles Stepczyk
London based band The Veils have returned with their distinct brand of Kiwi rock on a new EP, due out this late this month on their own label PitchBeast. The forthcoming Troubles of the Brain EP showcases Andrews’ maturing...
The Little Heroes: S...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Santa Barbara based band The Little Heroes were named after the sculpture figures drummer Adam Caldwell created for his art school thesis. The four-piece comprised of east coast natives got their start traveling round-trip...
Wake Up Lucid: Sugar
posted by Stuart Morrison
The title track from L.A. band Wake Up Lucid’s new EP to be released Feb 15th. L.A.’s Wake Up Lucid started as a vision of singer/guitarist Ryan Baca’s father, who had passed years earlier. In the dream,...