Album Review: Hey Marseilles, Lines We Trace
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Wednesday, 06 March 2013 17:04
Seattle’s Hey Marseille released sophomore album Lines We Trace (released by Onto Entertainment - Thirty Tigers) on March 5 and all I can say is Hey Marseilles -- pull at my heartstrings a little more, won’t you? Okay, that’s not all I can say but it’s probably the most succinct thing I can say that describes the record. This is a cohesive album...
Album Review: Taken By Trees, Other Worlds
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Tuesday, 18 September 2012 09:45
Sometimes all someone needs is a vacation to refocus and get the creative energy flowing. That’s certainly the case for Taken By Trees, which is the project of Swedish-born, L.A.-based singer Victoria Bergsman. The former lead singer of Swedish indie pop outfit the Concretes, Bergsman left the band in 2006 to focus on Taken By Trees and in the pr...
Album Review: Beachwood Sparks, The Tarnished Gold
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Monday, 25 June 2012 12:03
In music, 11 years is an eternity. Fads come and go and what was yesterday’s hit is today’s washed up band. Beachwood Sparks bucks that trend, proving that as long as there’s good music to be made, people will listen regardless of how long of a gap there is between records. After releasing two albums at the top of the Aughts, the band we...
The Lumineers Tour Begins Tonight - Debut Album Out April 3rd
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Wednesday, 21 March 2012 11:30
The Lumineers Tour Begins Tonight in San Diego
Multiple Dates Already Sold Out
Stream Self-Titled Debut Album Now
To Be Released April 3 on Dualtone
Following a stellar showing at SXSW, Denver-based trio The Lumineers begin their tour tonight in San Diego, CA. The band's upcoming self-titled debut album will see release on April 3 through...
The Los Angeles-based sextet, RACES, had a great 2011, which found the band signing with French Kiss Records, playing numerous shows in its hometown, and geared up for a record release. But last year was just a push for what the indie-folk outfit has in store in 2012. Not only is the six-piece’s debut full-length, Year of the Witch, slated for...
When you hear her voice for the first time, you can tell that Madi Diaz has the personality to be great. In my case, it was hearing her voice and the upbeat, fun nature of our conversation that proved to me that her body of work to date is no accident. She can mix fun with serious, while being lighthearted at the same time. In an industry full of...
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TV Appearance: LA rockers @BewareoDarkness just made their network TV debut on @ConanOBrien. New album and tour. http://t.co/F2bkpYkoKR
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Interview: Samuel and Sinosa of LA avant pop band @folchen discuss their latest album and musical etch-a-sketch. http://t.co/yzE3rFnINV
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Review: Limits of Desire from Small Black. The "drum and drifting voice carries us through." @SmallBlk @jagjaguwar http://t.co/Q4PcACz0sa
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Featured Artist: The Neighbourhood, now touring the US, supporting their new album @ColumbiaRecords. @thenbhd http://t.co/wQH8As8arH
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Beware Of Darkness Perform Single, "Howl," On Conan
17 May 2013
Los Angeles-based rock band Beware of Darkness made their network television debut this week on Conan. The three-piece tore through their loud, bold, blues-rock single "Howl," a s...
Fol Chen on Their New Album, Musical Inventions, and Making a Whole New Kind of Sense
16 May 2013
I’ve always kind of imagined the members of Fol Chen writing songs the way scientists would conduct experiments in a laboratory, with beakers and Petri dishes and controlled explosions and all that....