As a glutton for rock & roll of most any sort – whether garage, pop, punk, lo-fi, amplified, hook-laden or ambient, sweaty or meditative, I thirst for just about anything with guitars, drums, a beating heart and voices filled with harmony or something to say. Music of that sort is the kind I can throw myself into with total fandom and immerse myself in the songs, the lyrics and, given a large enough stature and social media blitz, the faces of the band or performer. There are other, more academic and elusive genres I've crept my toes into throughout the [...]
Every once and awhile a good band/song/album/musical movement will pass me by without so much as a "Hello" or "How Are You?". Of course, I take all the blame for these "missed connections," as I was most likely so blindly infatuated with another that I simply could not redirect my ears for even a second (I have a tendency to be a monogamous listener).

Here's a song by STORi in which she gives her take on Queen Latifah's "Just Another Day". It's a pretty smooth arrangement and I love the traces of electronic in this. Also listen to her "Crew Love" remix which made me realize how badly I need to stop singing to the Drake and The Weeknd collaboration in my car... Download Stori Just Another Day Download Stori Just Another Day
It's been almost three months and it's about time I post the before and after pics of the RV. It might show that I've got a history being Art Director for an Interior Magazine... haha. As you know we bought this old beauty in FL in November to become our home for the next two years. Naturally we weren't keen on keeping the turqouise carpet. And when pulling off the old pinkish wallpaper a whole bunch of waterleaks apperad as well. But most of it has been taken care of now. We spent two weeks rippng everything out [...]

Stori - Just Another Day Next Day Entertainment, reached out with "Just Another Day", by Stori a Vocalist with fresh lyrics and smooth voice. Got's to love how she flipped that Queen Latifah sample. Stori does it again, flipping Queen Latifah's classic "Just Another Day" and making a totally new record out of it. Shouting out her stomping grounds of New Jersey, this is that feel good hip hop sound with amazing singing and rapping vocals on top. A defiant must listen!!! Stori: [...]
On our radar: Sharon Van Etten and First Aid Kit

Mox Cristadoro ha raccolto in un volume gli ultimi anni della storia di Rock FM, testimoniati attraverso aneddoti, interviste, , episodi foto e quant'altro e ha ben pensato di raccoglierli in un volume intitolato: "Radio Days: storie di Rock FM". Si racconta quindi l'esperienza di una radio e si raccolgono interventi più o meno illustri come quelli di Freak Antoni (Skiantos), Eugenio Finardi, Franz Di Cioccio (PFM), Patrizio Fariselli (AREA), Marky Ramone, Matteo Guarnaccia, Beppe Riva. Max presenterà il libro mercoledi 8 febbraio alle ore 21:30 presso il Baciccia Caffè Letterario di Piacenza, in Via Carli 7. [...]
"I like to keep my hair short and play my music loud / Does that really mean I'm a menace to your crowd? Maybe you've been brainwashed by that bullshit on TV / Throw away your prejudice/Use your mind to see," – Ill Repute, "Book and Its Cover" from the album What Happens Next…, 1984. For all of its simplicity, Ill Repute's music was my high school soundtrack. Growing up in suburban [...]
Paleface is a presence woven so deeply into the fabric of the indie-folk/anti-folk/pop-folk/ whatever-you-want-to-call-it-f olk scene that it's difficult to find a related artist whom he's not associated with in some way. Taught to write songs by Daniel Johnston, managed by the godfather of American punk Danny Fields, and one-time roommates with Beck, he has been diligently building up an arsenal of songs since 1989. If he's not contributing to the next Avett Brothers' album or making friends with Regina Spektor, then he's probably hard at work on his next project. Since 1989, he's released over fifteen albums and has been an [...]
Rarely can an artist boast such an impressive list of accomplishments at the gestation of their career. Cheyenne Marie Mize reminds me of the girl from school who everyone liked and always seemed interesting but never flaunted herself enough to make all the boys' hearts flutter. Only after you leave behind the superficial stimuli that used to draw your eyes' double-take do you learn to appreciate the subtle brilliance and beauty that's been right next to you for so long. That comparison is not to dismiss Cheyenne's alluring visual aesthetics – check out her recent spread in Louisville Magazine – [...]

by teepoo Get your party on this Sunday! THE RAPTURE SAIL AWAY CUT COPY REMIX by DFA Records Stori - Crew Love (remix) by Stori Florence and the Machine- No Light, No Light (TV On The Radio Remix) Purity Ring- Loft Cries (Shapes of Light "Glittering Shadow" Remix) Major Lazer- Original Don (FLOSSTRADAMUS REMIX)
"I like to keep my hair short and play my music loud / Does that really mean I'm a menace to your crowd? Maybe you've been brainwashed by that bullshit on TV / Throw away your prejudice/Use your mind to see," – Ill Repute, "Book and Its Cover" from the album What Happens Next…, 1984. For all of its simplicity, Ill Repute's music was my high school soundtrack. Growing up in suburban [...]
Despite having thirty years of music behind them, along with two Grammy awards, They Might Be Giants seem to have about as much pretension as a man running naked through a mall. They still sing unabashedly about odd things like astronauts playing golf on the moon, the urge to flip off do-gooders, and the ancient art of cloisonné making. That's their niche, though; walking that fine line between strange and relatable. They walk it so well, in fact, that they can go back and forth between making music for children and making music for the children stuck in adult bodies [...]
If you've read a few of my past Laundromatinee posts, you should realize by now I'm not entirely interested in the of-the-moment trends, total reinvention of the popular music scene or coolness for coolness' sake. That's not to say I'm a Luddite or complacent for only what has come before. What I mean to say is everything I've read in the past year about Yuck (plenty of acclaim and "Best of" recognition courtesy of tastemaker giants in the likes of Pitchfork, NPR, Spin, Rolling Stone, The AV Club, Paste, Stereogum, NME, MAGNET, Spinner, Consequence of Sound, etc) seems to distinctly [...]
"Have you heard the latest reinvention in the street?" sings Cut Copy front man Dan Whitford in "Blink and You'll Miss a Revolution." It seems unlikely that the lyric is an act self-promotion, yet it's certainly applicable to the sound Cut Copy have developed. With their emphasis on synthetic timbres and Whitford's strong, clear baritone voice, one can easily liken them to the dance-pop groups of the 80's. The Melbourne, Australia-based quartet, however, seem to be right with the times, and many music critics agree. Their catchy melodies and moving beats, cleverly complimented with real guitar, bass, and drums, have [...]
Blind Pilot is a band of well-worn shoes, figuratively and literally. Their songs are the stories of seekers and lovers setting off down long, dirt roads, passing under hanging stars, tramping wooded hills and curling up beside welcome campfires or beneath piled blankets. They are songs with an earned grace and lessons as dear to the heart as capillaries funneling hot blood to the brain and limbs. Most Blind Pilot songs start softly – acoustic picking, Israel Nebeker's easy, endearing vocals, a toe-tapping rhythm – and casually build to a gentle chug, like a dependable train pushing across the immense, [...]
In honor of Matthew Sweet's October stop in Indianapolis and recording of this charming Laundromatinee session, I've been spinning his 1991 pop masterpiece, Girlfriend, in heavy rotation. In retaliation to the battle lines that have been drawn over recent decades between pop radio and the more critically adored, relevant music, I've opted to spin Sweet's loveable songs to get back in the arms of a good friend and again remember such a divide needn't necessarily exist. I was merely 8 years old upon Girlfriend's initial release, but I discovered its majesty in the mid 90's and fell in love with [...]
Joy Williams and John Paul White, otherwise known as The Civil Wars, have become quite popular in 2011, plunging the otherwise horrific term into a sea of ambiguity. To put it lightly, The Civil Wars are beautiful. The bulk of their repertoire, performed almost entirely with a single acoustic guitar and their voices, is slow and mellow, but there is a warm energy to it much like the energy one finds in a shot of bourbon. The harmonies are vibrant, their voices all but designed to be sung together, and the guitar playing is soothing, though White can certainly rattle [...]
Whether or not you believe in fate, you have to admit that some people are born to play music or at least born with the obvious choice to play music. Caitlin Rose is one of those people. Raised in Nashville by two parents heavily involved in the country music scene, it makes sense that Caitlin would want to follow in her parents footsteps. Or somewhat follow. Caitlin doesn't appear to be some pampered brat playing country music for her parents' approval. She admittedly dropped out of college to focus on music and has a love of punk rock that clearly [...]
St. Louis MC Rockwell Knuckles dropped into Indianapolis to record this take of "Play Catch" live in the Spa at the French Pharmacie for Laundromatinee. "Play Catch" is an infectious as all hell track of brains and reckoning, making a call for the crowd to follow Rocky's master plan and get in on the ground floor. He rhymes with a dazzling mix of supreme confidence and heart, taking down MCs claiming to catch bullets in their teeth just as he remembers that "the closest people to me keep my level at a medium/been knowing them so long I do not [...]