It might not have come up in conversation with every person I’ve ever met, but I feel fairly confident when I assume that at least 96% of people I’ve met in my life have at least heard of Bob Dylan, at least. For a new band to be touring with Bob Dylan, then, must be
In the heart of the grunge homeland, the great Pacific Northwest, grunge ain’t dead – it’s just evolved. Olympia, Washington’s Milk Music released its debut full-length album, Cruise Your Illusion, on April 2 and with it has channeled the Ghost of Northwest Grunge Past (along with a few others genre ghosts, actually). Up until this
Bands these days seem to think more is better, recruiting a menagerie of musicians to create extravagant, sweeping soundscapes in a desperate attempt to “get known.” They alter genres and stock up on effect pedals, hoping someone will notice how experimental and different they are. Does this work? Sometimes, yes. But there is something to
Wavves has a new album out and its reputability is perhaps debatable. You might think that Wavves has simply produced another set of beach (not surf) rock songs happily suitable for any real life poppy event. Or you might think that Wavves has, in fact, progressed and created an album that’s on message with the
Los Angeles’ The Lonely Wild released their first full-length album The Sun As It Comes earlier this week. The Lonely Wild, made up of singer Andrew Carroll, Guitarist Andrew Schneider, multi-instrumentalist Ryan Ross, percussionist Dave Farina and the vocal harmonies of Jessi Williams, released their first full-length album this week after nearly three years
Apparently before Palma Violets’ debut album 180 was released, the London band received a lot of hype in its homeland. They won NME’s Best New Band award and were nominated for the BBC’s Sound of 2013 award. Now that the album is out, there’s this big (okay, big might be a slight exaggeration) debate over
An EP release can either be an appetizer of what’s to come in the near future or a collection of songs that do not fit with the rest of what they’re doing. In the case of The Airborne Toxic Event, the former holds true. We saw them about a month ago when they filmed their
For all of the anticipation, it’s hard to believe that Can’t Talk Medicine is Pickwick’s first full-length album. Before it was released on March 12, the band had already received some serious praise for its new set of songs from KEXP, SXSW and other acronymic fans. Praise is a new thing for Pickwick. In
Wondrous Bughouse is the rare sophomore album that almost completely rewrites the sonic signature of the artist who created it. Even serious fans of Trevor Powers will find some of these new songs close to unrecognizable thanks to the clear imprint of producer Ben H. Allen (Animal Collective, Washed Out, Cee Lo). The live
I was very young in the ‘90s and wholly unattuned to the musical happenings of the decade in live time. This definitely bums me out from time to time (because, as it happens, I adore the that decade), but I’ve come to terms with enjoying the recordings of ‘90s classics and for the most