
Cousin Dud - "South Dakota pt. II: Chicago & Minnesota" Nothing about this song wants a neologism like insongniac, but it is, for better or worse, its type. It's surly and hefty and drunk late tired watching Slice until 7am. It has two personalities, the happy social drinker, and the sad lonely drunk. As you can hear, the song has two distinct halves, each representing one of these personalities. The first is easy, swaying, accessible. It's a night with old friends, it's cards, it's beer. The second half is violent, it's a mind [...]
Sharon Van Etten "Love More" ::: photo by Josh Lovseth If my 2010 was a mix tape (or a couple mix tapes as it were), these would be the tracks. These were the songs that were my most frequent and adored companions of 2010. They're the songs I'll know the words to for the rest of [...]
Jared Mees and the Grown Children ::: photo by Josh Lovseth This is for those of you that requested a return of "An Invitation to Abbey's Listening" and those of you who want to know what I'm listening to that might not make it on to the blog. You can count on this list being up [...]

Generally I don't advocate harassing members of the press to write about your stuff. Professional or amateur, it's generally just annoying and, far from getting you that review you're looking for, tends to just make it more likely they'll not read another email you send them. Sometimes, of course, just sometimes, it turns out to be entirely worthwhile. Cousin Dud emailed me twice about this EP. Or they did and then someone helping them with PR did. Or something like that. Whatever happened, I remember receiving one email, listening to it, deciding I wasn't too into it and [...]
In Dee Mail playlists have been one of the most popular features of Indie Rock Cafe for a couple of years now. The series has uncovered an amazing array of talented artists and bands from across the United States, and throughout the world. They are singer and songwriters, shoegaze rock bands, indie orchestra pop collectives, [...] No related posts. Read more, get songs or stream the entire mix on Indie Rock Cafe