Unknown Mortal Orchestra stole the hearts of the blogosphere with its 2011 self-titled freshman album. Critics ogled over the trio’s ability to create sparse, lo-fi psych-pop gems, and for the past two years the band has been riding on the coattails of its successful debut; touring the world and playing the festival circuit.
Jonathan Rado and Sam France are not your typical 22-year-olds. Though the two make up the new band, Foxygen, they are old souls that would much rather listen to an old Rolling Stones record than the latest Animal Collective album. This fascination and love for the music of yesteryear translates onto the duo’s latest LP,
Solo albums by famous front men can either be a blessing or a curse, more so than the average risk that a musician takes. You’re saddled by the expectations of writing songs in the similar vein of your original outfit and if you don’t, then fans will criticize you for being weird and not sounding,
Change requires adaptation. It requires time. When you start a new job no one expects you to know exactly what you’re doing immediately – that’d be a bit unfair. Maybe it’s a bit unfair, then, for us to assume that when a band makes some changes that it should be an automatic success. Let’s not
For a musician who has yet to release a full-length, Jenny O. (not to be confused with the turkey) has made quite a name for herself. We talked about Los Angeles-based, New York-native earlier this year, naming her as one of our artists to watchin 2013 and with this album, she justifies our strong talk
It’s been three years since Local Natives released their acclaimed debut album, Gorilla Manor, and in that time, the indie rock quartet honed in on their sound. As a result, the Los Angeles-based outfit’s sophomore effort, Hummingbird, comprises a collection of matured, complex tracks. Upon first listen, Hummingbird may be a little underwhelming for fans
Anacortes, Wash. band BellaMaine released its new EP An Anxious Mind on January 15th and I imagine the band must be pretty jazzed about the attention it’s been getting. University of Washington radio station KEXP has since dubbed the band one of the top local acts to watch in 2013 and the Puget Sound’s City
As we highlighted last week in our Artist of the Week section, Long Beach, Calif.-natives Rival Sons are on the cusp of something big. Granted, they already are big internationally in Europe and even Canada, which is what makes their latest album, Head Down, so important to their career Stateside. Needless to say, after giving
A$AP Rocky may be one of the most publicized upstarts of last year’s new crop of hip-hop blogstars, but listening to his first legitimate LP after signing to RCA Records imprint Polo Grounds Music, you might not know it. Wielding a roster of taste-making producers and artists, Long. Live. A$AP. could easily be mistaken for
Generally when people think of supergroups, they think of mega rock bands along the lines of, but not limited to, Derek and the Dominos, Velvet Revolver, Monsters of Folk and as of last month, Sirvana (Paul McCartney and the surviving members of Nirvana for those of you who don’t know). For whatever reason you don’t