
Don't make the mistake of thinking that just because these EPs are free, they're not worth having. First, it's Someone Has Foiled Our Plans—the latest release from The Cloud I'm Under is free. The Cloud I'm Under is actually one dude, a New Yorker who makes synthpop that tastes a little like The Cure and Gary Numan. In fact, it's a lot like Gary Numan. And I've always dug him. Check it out: Bonnie and Clyde Number 1 Girl [...]

"This band is ridiculously good. People need to check them out now"- Absolute Punk ABOUT The fresh-faced players in Brothers at Sea better start thinking about quitting their day jobs, that is, if any of them have even started them yet. All five of the Orange County, CA musicians are under 20, but have more-than perfected their blend of uplifting, buoyant, guitar-driven melodies at a time most of us would be stressing neck deep in how to understand college life, all-nighters and the wealth of newly-afforded freedom that comes with [...]

Brothers at Sea could hardly have titled their debut EP more appropriately — "This Is a Redemption Melody" offers five songs of buoyant melodies, surging guitars and amped-up earnestness that recalls Jimmy Eat World's "Gravity." The Orange County quintet, all in their late teens, are making music around their collegiate studies at USC, Biola and Irvine Valley College, and something is clicking — fans have hit them up for some 20,000 downloads already. Singer-guitarist Carson Leith, with bandmates Jason Leith, Landon Maslyn, Logan Post and Hayden Coplen, made the EP with producer Kyle Black and are readying material for [...]