Loma – “Loma” (album review)
After Emily Cross and Dan Duszynski of Cross Record opened for Shearwater on their 2016 tour, front man Jonathan […]
Ezra Furman – ‘Transangelic Exodus’ (album review)
“The thing I realized is, I tend to like pretentious stuff. ‘Cause pretentious, that’s a compliment to me. It means […]
John Paul White dazzles at the American Songbook Series (concert review)
“I’m starting to feel super country right now,” he said, drawing out the word super, standing with his guitar in […]
Timber Timbre – ‘Sincerely, Future Pollution’ (album review)
Sincerely, Future Pollution by Timber Timbre Last week, Canadian quartet Timber Timbre released their new album, Sincerely, Future Pollution, on […]
Spoon – ‘Hot Thoughts’ (album review)
There has been a trend among indie-rockers of using rainbow colors to signal youthful optimism and blissful psychedelic confusion. So maybe […]
Jay Som – ‘Everybody Works’
Everybody Works by Jay SomMany musicians who self-record achieve a gauzy pastel haze akin to the sounds Melina Duterte, playing as Jay […]
First Impressions: Milky Chance – ‘Blossom’ (album review)
In 2013, Germany’s Milky Chance went from two guys in a bedroom with a laptop and an acoustic guitar to […]
Half Waif – ‘form/a’
It’s been an odd winter in New York, and a perfect time for a new Half Waif release. The weather boomerangs between warm […]
Oh Pep! – “Stadium Cake”
Oh Pep! It’s a funny, odd, name. It gets a lot of attention of its own. “Oh” for Olivia Hally […]
Half Waif – “Probable Depths”
Great musicians reward you for keeping up with them as they grow from album to album. You get to discover what […]
Creature Comfort – “Echoes & Relics”
Nashville’s Creature Comfort calls themselves “Indie Space Rock.” This very accurately describes their sound (spanky, clean guitars soaked in echo […]
That’s Right! – “Legs” EP
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Chris Bathgate – “Old Factory” EP
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Shearwater – “Jet Plane and Oxbow”
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Meet Bulletproof Stockings — Feminist, Chasidic, Rock & Roll
Brooklyn, NY’s Bulletproof Stockings are an all-woman rock band who churns out complex piano-rock in the vein of Fiona Apple’s later […]
Q&A with Del Water Gap: Where to Find the Best Steak & Eggs in America
Del Water Gap is an alt-folk band based in Brooklyn, NY, formed during Hurricane Sandy by S. Holden Jaffe (lead […]
From Any Distance, Small Feet Sounds Beautiful in Their Debut
Stockholm, Sweden’s Small Feet has begun their career with From Far Enough Away Everything Sounds Like the Ocean (Barsuk), the latest in a […]
Hidden Gem – Frog
Dan Bateman, lead singer and guitarist of Frog, writes that their new album, Kind of Blah, is “an attempt to engage […]
Hidden Gem — Laney Jones
Last weekend, I was fortunate to catch a few songs from this week’s Hidden Gem at Pianos on the Lower […]
Toro Y Moi – “What For?”
Many people will remark that this Toro Y Moi album is different than the rest. They’re right, to a certain […]