Los Angeles – Francisco The Man explodes onto the indie rock circuit with Loose Ends. It’s a towering, triumphant record that excites the listener’s mind. Throughout this transition, one’s thoughts are ruminating with questions of their own self-examined life. While the LA-based quartet has been creating music for several years with numerous singles and EPs,
Shaken, the sophomore album from singer, composer, and pedal steel virtuoso Maggie Bjorklund, is a well-timed release for the month of October. The fall changing foliage outside and the crisp air pairs well with Bjorklund’s hauntingly beautiful voice and the ominous tonality of her songwriting. Bjorklund, a mainstay in rock golden boy Jack White’s band
Seattle – Dads was one of the new bands we recently covered at Riot Fest and now their second full-length album, I’ll Be The Tornado, is coming out October 14. While the album starts off with a calm, possibly acoustic style, I’ll Be The Tornado evolves over each track, showing that the New Jersey emo/punk
Chicago – Southern lass Sallie Ford is proof dreams do come true. After splitting with The Sound Outside, the singer-songwriter did what she’s always dreamed of: making one badass all girl rock ‘n’ roll band. Ford and her trusty guitar, along with bassist Anita Lee Elliot, drummer Amanda Spring, and keyboardist Cristina Cano make up
Seattle – The most important fact you need to know about Foxygen’s new album …And Star Power is that it is not simply just a record. It is a complete musical experience. Sam France and Jonathan Rado have come back strong after the success of their first full-length last year and produced a double album
New York – Last year Canterbury’s Moose Blood’s released their EPs Boston//Orlando and Moving Home. The releases came only a year after the band formed and showcased such potential for young act. In only a few tracks Moose Blood breathed new life into the emo genre. Next they released their debut full length I’ll Keep
Nashville – A sophomore record two years in the making, Field Report’s Marigolden brings the listener along for the long and winding journey that make up the songs for this album. Field Report, an anagram of singer Chris Porterfield’s surname, holed up in a snowy cabin in Ontario last December to record. Heated by a
San Francisco – UK producer Aaron Jerome aka SBTRKT is no stranger to guarded epiphany. His eponymous 2011 debut had audiences swimming in a sea of mystery, boasting Burial-esque mystique as he played live sets on his first tour, hidden behind the tribal mask that embodied the cover art of his first record. Most of
New York – Hesitant Alien opens with the jarring beeping of “Bureau.” The track sounds vaguely like My Chemical Romance, perhaps only because it features lead vocalist and co-founder Gerard Way’s unmistakable yowl, but there is also something unmistakably different. Like really different. This observation may seem a little “no duh” to some; however, it
Los Angeles – Electric Youth features L.A. and Toronto-based couple Austin Garrick (he) and Bronwyn Griffin (she). The electronic pop duo have been producing beautiful music together for several years, including the collaboration with David Grellier (aka College) on “A Real Hero,” which was featured in few momentous scenes in the film, Drive. Their long-awaited