Today marks our inaugural mp3 premiere, and we are excited to announce it is from Los Encantados. The Brooklyn-based six-piece recently released its third and final installment of an EP series entitled, The Same Damned Soul, and has been busy working on new songs to comprise a debut full-length, which is slated for a Spring
There are some albums that grab you immediately. You press play and within minutes the veil is lifted, synapses fire and cranial pleasure centers reel. I often attach this expectation to albums like Oshin to those lauded by blogs and music news sites. It’s not that I’m unable to navigate the hype. I think I
Since they formed in 2008, Brooklyn’s Sleigh Bells have been one of the most popular and acclaimed new bands to hit the scene. With the release of their second album, Reign of Terror, in February on Mom + Pop Records, the duo of Derek Miller and Alexis Krauss have seen their profile grow in ways
When you see Elizabeth Harper twisting and twirling on stage, seductively cooing lyrics about sex, love, and fame, and occasionally pounding on a synthesizer, it’s hard to imagine that the chanteuse started as a singer-songwriter. With the amount of energy she exudes during her live performances, it seems unnatural to picture her planted on
Brooklyn’s Fort Lean yearns to be the biggest band in the world and have the work ethic to back it up, at least that’s their claim. They want to be Springsteen, U2 or Oasis. Again these are things they’ve chosen to aspire to, which is commendable. After listening to their EP, I see the potential,
I recently discovered a Brooklyn band that has a passion to ignite dance parties anywhere and everywhere. This group is Body Language, which is quite possibly the best name ever for an electronic dance outfit. Their sound has evolved from the soundtrack of weekly dance parties in Brooklyn basements to currently sharing the stage with
Although the band has its roots in California, there is something far more east coast about We Barbarians’ post-punk revivalist sound. The grandiose hard-pop of their new EP, Headspace, sounds more at home darting between skyscrapers and roaming the 8 million person blob of New York, than basking in the laid-back fun in the sun
In an indie music scene replete with guitar-strumming, apathetic lead singers, The Drums’ Jonny Pierce is bringing back the frontman. He led the Brooklyn boys through a near-90-minute set Tuesday night that left the audience panting and drenched in sweat, and not just because of the Echoplex’s poor ventilation. The show, put on by tastemakers