Blog: Buzz Bands

L.A.'s Great Northern has announced a release date for its sophomore album, "Remind Me Where the Light Is." The follow-up to 2007's "Trading Twilight for Daylight" will be out April 28 on Eenie Meenie . And although I've had the album in my hands only 24 hours (play, repeat, play, repeat, and so on), I'm comfortable making this snap judgment: Songwriters Solon Bixler and Rachel Stolte must've been guzzling protein shakes the past year. More guitar-fueled and even epic in places, "Remind Me" doesn't forsake Great Northern's characteristic dreamy qualities yet exhibits an almost steely sense of [...]