Los Angeles – One thing is for sure – London’s Palma Violets have the swagger and stage theatrics that is the inevitable byproduct of being critically lauded from the moment their first song was released. The infamously trigger-happy British music magazine NME cast Palma Violets into the pantheon of “next big things” in 2012 when
Los Angeles – With their most recent release, Cigarette Machine, Memphis-based Ex-Cult has refined their songwriting without abandoning the intense attitude and swagger of their earlier material. Despite recording their debut with Ty Segall and jumping from legendary Memphis label Goner Records to release this EP on John Dwyer’s Castleface Records, the band shows that
Portland – Often in rock music, the adage “less is more” holds true. Range Anxiety, the new album from Melbourne-based Twerps (out this week on Merge Records in the U.S.), is a prime example of how accurate that statement is. With two guitars, bass, drums, and vocals shared by every member, the four-piece act has
Nashville – The term “garage rock” usually draws pictures in my mind of skinny lead singers in torn jeans, Gibson Flying Vs blasting through Marshall stacks and low-slung Rickenbacker basses pounding through Ampeg cabinets. Unlike more refined acts who spend hour upon hour laying tracks in the studio until each song has reached perfection; garage