Chicago – A few years ago, the whirlwind known as Little Hurricane showered the music scene with their explosive dirty blues. Homewrecker, the duo’s debut album, was filled with fabulous slide guitar, throaty vocals, and energetic drumming. Guitarist Anthony “Tone” Catalano and drummer Celeste “CC” Spina were often compared to The White Stripes, but with
London – Put simply, 2013 has been a brilliant year for The Strypes. After being hotly tipped by almost everybody in the British media, the boys from Cavan, Ireland signed a five-album deal with Virgin EMI records after originally being picked up by Elton John’s management company, securing an impressive vote of confidence for an
Nashville – Hailing from Leeds, England, The Eagulls are made up of five members: Mark Goldsworthy (guitar), Henry Ruddel (drums), Liam Matthews (bass), Tom Kelly (guitar) and George Mitchell (vocals). Even if you weren’t positive where this band originated, the album cover should give it away: at first glance it appears to be just a
Los Angeles – One of the best darkwave albums released in 2012 didn’t come out of the goth scene, but rather from a Canadian indie duo under the moniker of Trust. Robert Alfons, lead singer of Trust, proved he could create dark and moving electronic pieces with the band’s debut album, and now with Joyland, he’s
New York – Everybody’s talking about Nothing, about how they’re Philly’s best shoegaze band, and how they’re dark and beautiful and heavy and sad but very cool. Well, yeah. Nothing is all of that. Today the four-piece releases their debut LP, Guilty of Everything, on Relapse, a record that takes themes of serious pain and just
New York – “Reconciling my conception of adulthood with actual adulthood,” reads the Bandcamp epigraph for Gilded Oldies, the new album from Seattle’s Cataldo. Gilded Oldies is the fourth album from the band, fronted always by earnest lyricist and core member Eric Anderson. With Anderson reaching the end of his twenties, it makes sense for
Nashville – ZZ Top, Spoon, Eli Young Band – you would have to be living under a rock, sanctioned off from all music of any kind to not have heard of at least one of these bands. The thing they all have in common? Texas. These bands (and many more) are from the second largest
Chicago – After the critical success of Civilized Man, the Nashville band Daniel Ellsworth and The Great Lakes are back with an exceptional and dynamic sophomore album. Kid Tiger is filled with playful piano scores, stellar drumming, fantastic guitar riffs, and of course, Ellsworth’s exquisite and powerful voice. The indie-pop album was tracked live and
Los Angeles – Schoolboy Q has a lot to prove with his major label debut, Oxymoron. He’s the second member of Black Hippy to release an album on a popular record label, the first artist being critically-acclaimed Kendrick Lamar. He’s also the first member to release an album in 2014, setting a precedent for his
New York – On Manhattan, the debut full length from Skaters, the band has honed a city into an album. Singer Michael Ian Cummings, drummer Noah Rubin, guitarist Joshua Hubbard, and bassist Dan Burke embody the kind of motion and energy that only in NYC can it make sense the way it does. These punks are