Weekend Showcase 2.16 edition is another laid-back, chill out playlist, which has 51 songs by artists you ought to know (and some you likely do). This past week featured the usual suspects – premieres, albums, singles, and photo essays. We did, however, also invited some of our favorite artists to pay tribute to a legend, a man who we all […]

Phosphene has been a band we’ve dug since we first heard “Metric” from their self-titled debut two years ago.  Since then, Phosphene has been cooking up something special with their latest EP, Breaker, which is out this Friday, April 29. The California band plays a really great blend of indie rock, post-rock, and shoegaze. Lead singer and guitarist Rachel Frankel’s […]

The Revue was established in 2013, so we’ll check in from time-to-time on artists that we have profiled over the past two years in a series we all Replay. First up is Bay-area, indie rock band Phosphene. A year ago, Rich shared their self-titled debut album, one that he likened to the moving and emotive power of Sharon Van Etten and […]

There have already been quite a few festival line up announcements for this year already, including Bonnaroo, Boston Calling, Coachella, Governor’s Ball, Hangout Festival, New Orleans Jazzfest, and Shaky Knees, and Sasquatch will be coming out in February. The almost complete list for SXSW is out as well, too. If we could curate our own festival, there would no likely not be any massive hype […]

We’re always looking for those small and emerging artists and bands to feature. Throughout the year, we’ve profiled musicians we’ve followed in the past and new ones that came to our attention by chance or good fortune. This list is dedicated to our Favourite Hidden Gems of 2014, so artists that we discovered this year – or who discovered us. […]

Bay Area Indie rockers Phosphene released a stunning album earlier this year. This week, they’re sharing a new track called “Silver”. They recorded “Silver” as part of Converse’s Rubber Tracks program.  “Silver” is another great release from Phosphene. It has the shoegaze dreaminess of bands like Lush, and the indie edge of Interpol. Check it out below! Twitter Facebook SoundCloud YouTube Bandcamp

Last week, we listed ten of our favourite “discoveries”. Since there are so many to list, we decided to list ten more! We hope you enjoy some of the musicians and bands that we have come to love. EPHRATA Have you had a moment where you listen to a band for the very first time and was immediately won over […]

We really dug Phosphene’s self-titled debut. This week they shared their video for “Lovers”, which features a karaoke contest, guitar hero and fun silliness, directed and edited by drummer Matt Hemmerich. Watch it below! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mR0-setWJhs

For fans of: Torres, Sharon Van Etten, Laura Veirs, Speck Mountain, The National We wrote about “Metric”, the first track of off Phosphene’s Self-Titled debut which came out Tuesday a couple of weeks ago.  We were pretty excited about the album from hearing “Metric” and “Thief”. We really dug the voice of Rachel Frankel, and the rest of the band, […]

Oakland, California band, Phosphene, are releasing a new self-titled album on July 26, and you can help them out via their indiegogo campaign.  “Metric” is a really cool indie rock track with female vocals and just a really cool vibe to it.  Their LP was recorded at Tiny Telephone in San Francisco with producer Kelley Coyne who worked with one […]