If you're planning to buy some new music today, I hope Noah and the Whale's new album is on your list! I loved and highly recommend their sophomore full-length, The First Days of Spring. A heartfelt album, Noah and the Whale honestly illustrates breaking up a relationship and pulling through, a universal...
Summer may have unofficially ended but listen to Bebel Gilberto's new album All In One and you'll preserve your sweet thoughts of summer all year long. All In One is mostly sung in Portuguese and like her previous work, Bebel offers the heart and soul of traditional Brazilian music with a twist...
Tim Williams is an NYC-based artist whose sophomore album, Careful Love, will be released in October. The album is centered around William's life and death experience. Having gone through an intensive heart surgery, Williams had to endure a long recovery, physically, mentally and emotionally. At the same time, he was also dealing...
We are back! If anyone ever wondered the prolonged silence of the site (I doubt it), we've just been shifting our attention a bit this summer to our and (not really) enjoying the heat that was slow coming but is now finally here in full blast. So,...
Is it weird that I'm feeling old and nostalgic when listening to Wavves self-titled album even though it's a somewhat recent release? The music reminds me of my younger self. A mix of Smashing Pumpkins' noisiest songs and a way-distorted Ash. Wavves is mostly Nathan Williams. He's young, from San Diego, California...
12 hours after the death of the King of Pop, Michael Jackson, was announced, the story is still topping many news feeds, blogs, Facebook status, Tweets and text messages. MTV is playing a marathon of his videos all night long (apparently, a death of a pop star is the only way to...
A TV station in Indonesia used to play clips from the Jackson 5 Saturday Morning Cartoon but never the entire show. Like , I didn't get to see these clips until years later. In fact, even though the show was around before Ben was released, I didn't see the clips til way...
Fanfarlo is an awesome group of musicians who originated from different places and headed by singer, Simon Balthazar. Their music, right off the bat, reminds me of Arcade Fire, layers of instrumentation paired with stacks of emotion. I'm a sucker for any band who can put their xylophone to use and Fanfarlo...
Check out Tim Easton, an artist based out of Joshua Tree, California. We were lucky to have caught his performance at The Mint in Los Angeles. Despite a group of drunk-and-chatty audience, oblivious to the fervent performance right in front of them, Tim Easton played a good and solid hour-long performance. He...
'just wanted you to check out the Brooklyn based group whose music is as sensational as their name, The Phenomenal Handclap Band, if you haven't already. The diverse collective is made of 8 musicians, artists, a self-proclaimed witch doctor and a medicine man. Apparently when you throw them all in one pot...
Not sure if I'm completely sold on La Roux yet, nor do I approve the amount of aerosol required to hold the singer's, (Elly Jackson) hair up. Eh.. maybe she used egg white. I heard they've brought tons of UK fans out to the dance floors ever since their first gigs at...
It has been a few hectic weeks here in getting-hotter-by-the-minute Burbank, California. I have photos to download and edit from the time we went to see Doves and Wild Light weeks ago, songs and albums I've been wanting to talk about but first I want to write about Findlay Brown. A former...
We just came back from seeing Doves and Wild Light at the Wiltern a few hours ago. Right now, tho, I'm wide awake and just had a donut. Hello, trans fat! Anyway, I saw the link to Coldplay's NEW & FREE live album yesterday but thought I'd wait til Monday to post...
Recently we got a chance to check out Barcelona opened for Mae at the Troubadour in Los Angeles. The three-piece band from Seattle,WA had just re-released their 2007 album, Absolutes on Universal Motown. It is a good melodic, indie rock album, which highlights the band's anthems and ballads. Truthfully, the hard work...
The much hyped Wilco upcoming album entitled simply Wilco (the album) won't be out til June 30 but it's currently streaming on their site. Who knows if the streaming was a response to a leaked version of the album that came out early yesterday or if they had always planned to like...
Too many new music streaming, so very few ears! White Rabbits is streaming their entire sophomore album, It's Frightening. I'm excited about these guys, it feels like the first time listening to The Walkmen's Bows + Arrows all over again. They're energetic, unpretentious and so distinct. It's Frightening was recorded in four...
You like free stuff don't you? And you haven't heard a new thing from Miss Tori Amos in a while? Sure. So, she is being generous and giving you a track from her upcoming album Abnormally Attracted To Sin (Out on May 19). The song is called "Maybe California" and it's...
Here's a virus you'd want to catch, it's called Pretty Lights and it's spreading faster than you can say "swine". Derek Vincent Smith along with live drummer Cory Eberhard are the two responsible for the outbreak. I'm definitely affected but I don't think I want to be cured. In a style that...
A few times a week lately I've been watching Carnivàle before going to bed. Carnivàle is a show that ran on HBO and was cut short to only two seasons due to oh I don't know, because it was simply awesome? The show is set in the Dirty Thirties and revolves around...
I've been out of the music review loop but I'm glad to be back (in the mood) to promote Deastro, an artist whom I first heard on the Ghostly Swim compilation . Working under the name Deastro is Randolph Chabot, the 22-year-old, Detroit-based artist. He's been making music since...
Sharing Lemons
The Shins: “September” (b-side of “Simple Song” 7”)
St. Vincent - 'Cheerleader'
Jay-Z & Kanye West - Ni**as In Paris (Explicit)
OK Go - Needing/Getting - Official Video
M.I.A. - Bad Girls (Official Video)
My Funny Valentines
Download: James Blake Live Album (Unofficial)
Lana Del Rey - Without You (Kill Paris Remix) [Dubstep]
Miike Snow - “Paddling Out” Jacques Lu Cont Remix (MP3 Stream)
Iron & Wine and Patty Griffin
