Maya Laner is the multi-instrumentalist for the excellent teenage band Local Hero from Berkeley, California. As it turns out, Laner likes to get ambitious when she's playing solo, to the tune of covers of bands like The Ronettes and Velvet Underground. Apparently, for her latest cover, that of electro-popper Grimes' wonderful track "Oblivion," Laner's percussion [...]
I thought I'd moved past Kimbra. I lost myself to her debut album, Vows, and I really enjoyed, I did! But I didn't think the song she did with Goyte (not pronounced Goit by the way. shocker) was very good, and the six months or so it took for her music to reach the states [...]
Sometimes insanity can be the expression of one emotion in a way that contradicts itself. Take Little Comets new song, "Jennifer" for example. It has all the fine trappings of a fantastic Indie Pop song, with its stellar tropical guitar work, heavy and precise percussion, and vocal precipitation by Robert Coles that seems to bubble and rain. But [...]
A big ol' reliable helping of fun Pop music is what you'll get every time you dig into Ottawa's quintet, Fevers. A full rock band underneath a big layer of synthesized electronica, and half a lung full of air breathed into every word make the music on their latest EP, Passion Is Dead, a very [...]
Some performance radiate such joy, you can't help but come down with a case of the giggles. When I watched this video with Walk The Moon and the remarkable kids of the PS22 chorus - all three of the videos, actually - I found myself laughing out loud. At the way the kids just dive [...]
When last we checked in with Nashville, Tennessee's Calicocat, they were making excellent guitar-heavy rock 'n roll, and showed impressive chops for a band without any real pedigree. Well, that was nearly a year ago, and since then the trio have been honing a sound, and they released an album via Bandcamp earlier this month. [...]
Just a few short days ago, Matt brought you the first single from Summer Camp's forthcoming EP Always. As a treat for the long weekend, the dynamic duo have given us the title track to listen to, and it's a slightly happier take on the kind of zombie-like devotion they stomped out on "Life." "Always" [...]
If you're looking for a song to soundtrack your lazy, hazy nights on the beach this summer, look no further than this gem from Two Wounded Birds. Those guitars and vocals are awash in reverb and harmony, and there's even some chimes thrown in for good measure. The band is signed to Holiday Friends Recording [...]
This new song from Sweden's own Karin Park grinds its electro-gothic gears beneath Park's passionate vocal for the same haunting affect that made "Tiger Dreams" such a treat to listen to. Park has a real ability to communicate her songs' lyrical content through the strain or power of her voice, and because of her impressive [...]
Elizabeth Sankey and Jeremy Warmsley of Summer Camp have a new song for you off of their upcoming July 10th release of the Always EP. "Life" describes just to what limits they would be willing to seek out their significant others. But in this situation, they're a pair of Frankenstein, destined and forced to follow their [...]
The deceptive foursome California Wives (Joe O'Connor, Jayson Kramer, Dan Zima, and Graham Masell), are actually Chi town residents with plenty of 802s blowing through their hair and mustachios. On bright sunny days, the lads like to sit on a bench, cock their heads and daydream of Lisa Frank and Fraggle Rock. "Marianne" bespeaks of the times [...]
Just so you know, for me, nothing gets any better than the video for "Run Boy Run" by Woodkid. Written and directed by the Woodkid himself, Yoann Lemoine, it smells of Maurice Sendak and Imperialism. Holy f*ck balls is it amazing. Enlarge and high def it please. Also, for the required patience it took to make [...]
Big, fat piano hooks all over the new tune from Melbourne's Tom Iansek (lead vocals, electric guitar, keys) and Joanna Syme (drums, backing vocals). Together as Big Scary, the duo are ready to release their debut album, Vacation in the U.S. If the lead single, "Falling Away" is any indication (and we bloggers love our indications), the debut [...]
Trying to explain the contents of the new video for "Born To" by Manchester's via Los Angeles' Jesca Hoop would be a little futile. It's simply an expressionistic piece by director Anna Gabriel that uses plenty of make-up, costumery, and close-ups of the creative singer. It's a great "get to know you" for a "freak folk" [...]
Jhameel really embraces his anthemic side on his brand new single "Are You Free," which is the title track and first of a series of five songs to be released - one each week - over the next five weeks, just like he did with his excellent series "Waves" this past winter. An anthem should [...]
This new song by Coves is about good old infatuation. Rebekah Wood's dreamy vocals would fit nicely into any female-fronted garage-rock band of the late-902s, and the dark, chugging bassline meshes perfectly with some stomping, plodding percussion. Multi-instrumentalist John Ridgard - the other half of this dynamite British duo - does a fantastic job of [...]
Josephine Foster & The Victor Herrero Band bring a taste of folk music from Spain behind the enchanting voice of Josephine Foster. I especially like record player sound that you might have heard back in the day. I've been to Spain, but I was an idiot college student and didn't fully appreciate the music. I'm [...]
Bon Iver's Justin Vernon was recently tripping over himself to name POLICA (pronounced Poe-lisa) one of 20122s secret treasures. "They're the best band I've ever heard," he said. Channy Leaneagh (pictured above) leads the Minneapolis experiment, which started as her exit and escape from a reality where she had just suffered a divorce AND left her old [...]
Hey Sholay made an appearance on my 2011 songs list, and they've been touring like fiends and building buzz for months. The band's new single "Burning" is brimming with energy - I'd expect nothing less after falling in love with the single "Dreamboat" last year - and boasts a gorgeous keyboard melody and some seriously [...]
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The Rains of Castamere by The National
Nas - Daughters
DIIV "How Long Have You Known?" (OFFICIAL VIDEO)
CHROMATICS "THESE STREETS WILL NEVER LOOK THE SAME"
A Place To Bury Strangers - "You Are The One" (Official Video)
Azealia Banks - '1991' [Listen]
THE MASTERSONS — BIRDS FLY SOUTH
