Glasgow, Scotland has birthed a slew of buzz bands—the most recent being Frightened Rabbit, The Twilight Sad and The Vaselines—and Olympic Swimmers hope to be next on the list. The quintet has been creating beautifully melancholic indie rock since 2009 and released its debut full-length, No Flags Will Fly, in June. Today, we are
Four years ago, Woods’ Kevin Morby and Vivian Girls’ Cassie Ramone decided to create a loose side-project outlet as a way to play house parties in their hometown of Brooklyn, New York. In the time that followed, the project took on a life of its own, and The Babiesbecame more of a well-known name. After
Today marks our inaugural mp3 premiere, and we are excited to announce it is from Los Encantados. The Brooklyn-based six-piece recently released its third and final installment of an EP series entitled, The Same Damned Soul, and has been busy working on new songs to comprise a debut full-length, which is slated for a Spring
For a band that has only been playing music together for a year, Los Encantados has accomplished a tremendous amount. The New York-based sextet has released not one, but three EPs since March, all acting as installments of a larger concept called The Same Damned Soul. Aside from copious amounts of writing and recording, the
Tame Impala may be one of the most buzzworthy new bands of 2012. After releasing its lauded sophomore release, Lonerism, in October, the Australian quintet embarked on a sold-out North American tour and on Friday night, the iconic El Rey Theatre hosted the first of two Los Angeles stops. To a beyond full house, Kevin
Whether it is through Death Cab For Cutie, The Postal Service, All Time Quarterback or his solo project, Benjamin Gibbard has a way of wooing his fans. It may be his soothing, reassuring timbre or his relatable lyrics, but there’s something about him that exudes charm, and he showed off this trait on Wednesday night
It’s been two and a half years since Crystal Castles released their sophomore album, and in that time it sounds like Ethan Kath and Alice Glass have matured a bit. Known for their arcade-like electronics and bratty punk rock mentality, the Toronto-based duo decided to simplify things a bit the third time around. Kath did
Hugo Manuel creates electronic music under the moniker “Chad Valley,” but he’s not just a DJ behind a laptop, he’s a producer and proved so with his recently released debut full-length, Young Hunger. With this album, the Oxford-native channeled his influences from the ‘80s and teamed up with vocalists including Twin Shadow, Glasser and Active
Though Chad Valley’s electronic pop may fit more under the category of “indie” or “chillwave,” the outfit’s mastermind, Hugo Manuel, thinks of himself as a producer—in the hip-hop sense—and though he didn’t have any help on his first two EPs, he decided to try something different for his debut full-length, Young Hunger. Like his influences,
Vocalist Mads Damsgaard Kristiansen and bassist Esben Valløe started making music under the moniker “Reptile Youth” in 2009, and though it took the duo three years to releases its debut record, it wasn’t because of a lack of focus. In the interim, the Denmark-based two-piece has been making a name for itself by