With Y LA BAMBA, Luzelena Mendoza draws from both her strict Catholic upbringing as an only daughter of a Mexican immigrant and a debilitating illness that led her to fall away from her faith, to create what LA Weekly calls...

Colorado’s The Still City put out their full length We Will Explain Everything in January 2010 which has been receiving rave local reviews. This independent release provides an emotional auditory mountain range with...

From the Haddons, the Hills and the Heights of suburban New Jersey, comes It’s a King Thing. Their songs can beat up your band’s songs. For the better part of last year, It’s a King Thing has been recording Buffalo...

Beloved Rogue is a newly formed Brooklyn trio making music full of hazy imagery with hints of nostalgia and melancholy. Heavily reverbed vocals are buried under layers of delicate, melodic guitars that occasionally...

This is the new name for the Glasgow, UK based band Union of Knives, changed up in early 2010. We discovered this Glasgow, UK based group through Admiral Fallow’s Facebook page.  They were posting about a compilation...

From their forthcoming EP “Strange Boy”, released in October. Graystar is a constantly evolving music project, a five piece band now based in Seattle, USA. At its core is Dominic James, singer songwriter from...

Sleeperstar is a predominantly pop-rock group started in Dallas, Texas in 2007. Chris Pearson sings lead vocals and is joined by Nick Box on guitar, Jake Lester on keyboard, Shaun Menary on drums, and Brandon Rosas on bass....

On September 28th, Vagrant Records will release the latest studio album from Pete Yorn. Produced by Frank Black (The Pixies), this visceral 11-song collection follows Yorn’s two 2009 releases. Yorn’s forthcoming album, a...

From the album Hello All Seasons available on August 24th Neo-psychedelic mastermind / producer Craig Morris (Thee American Revolution / Ideal Free Distribution / Apples in Stereo) presents an innovative fusion of garage...

Tiddabadés is a Wellington based dancecore four piece in New Zealand, apparently self-proclaimed as “The Most Mispronounced Band In The Southern Hemisphere ™ “. Formerly Batman Tiddabadés, they weld the...

From the Astral Turf five track EP LA’s indie-driven rock band Downtown/ Union formed in 2006 as a two-piece pop outfit by its principle songwriters Bo Bory and Jeff Electric. Known for their stripped down songs with...

All the songs in this collection “It’s Been A Long Day” were recorded from 1991-1998. All have previously been released on various compilations and 7 inches with the exception of “Long Day”,...

California 5-piece, Young The Giant have been very busy. Garnering a fervent and loyal fan base from their electric live shows, the release of their 2008 debut EP Shake My Hand, their recent tour with Minus The Bear, and...

Middle Distance Runner is an indie pop group hailing from the District of Columbia. The group was started in 1998 by Allan Chappelear, Erik Dean and Steve Kilroy. Over the next few years, members Jay Smith and Ian Glinka...

Throw Television is a young indie-pop-rock group from Brussels, Belgium. Influenced by various artists by the likes of Foals, Death Cab For Cutie and Two Door Cinema Club, Throw Television create a sound that can be both...

With The Giant Crushes You, Abner Trio have created an album that triangulates exactness, rawness and beauty. Nearly three years in the making, Abner Trio’s second full length is hands-down the most accomplished...

Since their Formation in the winter of 2007, the members of Ontario, California’s The Motel Life have continued to make a name for themselves in their short existence. With an ear pleasing blend of rock, 90s...

From the start of “City On Fire”, the first track on the debut self-titled EP by Phoenix based Snake! Snake! Snakes! you hear that the new act has started with a deeply mature sound. The songs are epic, moving,...

From the album The Fear Is Excruciating, But Therein Lies The Answer Thunderheads storming across the prairie, outraged students taking to the streets, migratory herds stampeding along the tundra–any number of images...

The first single from These Magnificent Miles Red Wanting Blue has been called the hardest working rock band in America. This isn’t surprising considering leader Scott Terry’s decade-long dedication to the road. His...

Second Dan is ready to re-emerge after the past year holed up in the studio working on their new album, “Angeline”. These new recordings should cement the band in the echelons of New York City’s scene,...

On July 6th, post-punk garage rockers Lights On released their self-produced full-length debut ‘HERE COMES THE OCEAN’ (Self-Release), a well-crafted modern pop record comprised of multi-layered, new wave inspired...

The beginnings of TJF began several years ago, when school friends Ritzy and Rhydian chatted on a night out in their hometown of Mold, North Wales. Both opinionated and madly into music, an instant respect was formed and...

Antenna Farm Records has gone and released Wind Up Wooden Heart, the long-awaited debut album from San Francisco’s Social Studies. WUWH is a study in contradictions, a balance of twee-leaning danceable pop and bold,...

Inu (e-nu) is the new band featuring San Francisco based producer Count (Radiohead, DJ Shadow, New Order, Halou, Galactic, Frank Sinatra), Zoe Keating (Rasuptina, Imogen Heap, Dresden Dolls) and Tim Hingston (Nyles Lannon)....

From their free EP sampler of their Album “Debut” Boston rock-refugee Karl von Kries teams up with savant drummer Wyatt Lund and CNC Wizard Adrian Ott in an on-going attempt to be way too busy on stage: three...

Recorded by Jack Shirley, Magic Bullets is the 2nd full length from the San Francisco band with the same name. Losing several members of their band to Girls (girls are always breaking hearts), they are back with a new lineup...

From their Debut Self-Titled, Self-Released Album Vanguard Villains formed in January 2009, born out of the remains of various New York bands. Their huge sound is built on the interplay of acrobatic guitars and drums. The...

Admiral Fallow is a stunning new group, formerly known as Brother Louis Collective, born in 2007 and gathered round the precocious talent of the young foot-stamping, faintly maniacal singer/song-writer Louis Abbott. Citing...

By way of Vegas, the quintet IMAGINE DRAGONS brings the restless energy of “the city that never sleeps” to the masses with its 2010 sophomore EP “Hell and Silence.” A short, yet impressive history includes sharing...

Yours Til Death began as the brainchild of songwriter/singer/guitarist Adam Ross. Having just finished touring the world as guitarist for multi-platinum artist Rihanna, Ross assembled Yours Til Death to record their debut...

A backwards British Invasion…. After graduating from art school in Ohio, Elliot moved across the Atlantic to London, England with hopes of starting a band. Heavily influenced by British music, and determined to follow...