Portland – Portland was introduced to Shady Elders Monday night at the industrial district’s Rotture. It being their second stint in Portland, they were noticeably excited to be playing again. The four-piece border indie rock while managing to maintain an array of dark dream pop and shoegaze. Fox Rodemich sets their gloomier tone with her
New York – Australia based band Little May just released track “Home” off their yet to be named forthcoming debut album (produced by The National’s Aaron Dessner) due out later this year. Known for their dark tangle of raw lyrics, honest and haunting melodies and voices upon voices upon voices, Sydney-based outfit Little May return
New York – North London quartet Wolf Alice, comprised of Ellie Rowsell, Joel Amey, Joff Oddie and Theo Ellis, officially release their debut LP My Love Is Cool June 23rd on Dirty Hit Records. The album is highly anticipated after the release of several EPs, international tours (read a review of their recent Austin gig covered by BestNewBands
Portland – Alpine’s sexy, unwavering pop fusion unravels on their new album, Yuck. The six-piece has no trepidation towards self-indulgence with songs that reveal attitudes about sex, love and all the hazy parts in between. Yuck’s title is apt in that way because Alpine has a tendency toward playfulness, especially when it comes to sexual
New York – Braids are a three-piece experimental pop band from Montreal, Canada. Braids decamped to a series of retreats in the mountains of Arizona, Vermont, and upstate New York to record their third album, Deep In The Iris. Surrounded by nature in all its warm vitality, the long time bandmates strove to shed the fabric of
Los Angeles – For the past few weeks, The Moth & The Flame have graced The Echo’s stage during their co-residency alongside Freedom Fry. The Los Angeles-by-way-of-Provo, UT band is gaining attention for their catchy and well-produced brand of alternative-pop. Plenty of Los Angeles locals made their way to the venue to take advantage of
Los Angeles – As co-founding member Justin Gilman explained, Diamond Youth, his newest project alongside longtime friend Sam Trapkin was borne out of a simple desire to “write some rock music” that paid tribute to the music of their youth. With their first full-length album, Nothing Matters being released this week on Topshelf Records, the
Los Angeles – Brooklyn natives Jesse Cohen and Eric Emm make up the indie-electronic duo Tanlines. In 2012, the band released their debut LP, Mixed Emotions (via True Panther) after a long stretch of singles and EPs. The influences included electro-pop, indie-pop, dance, and world music. It was a collection of vivacious sounding tracks with
New York – Wonderlust, (out June 2 via Heavenly Recordings) the debut album from Kid Wave, the international two girl/two boy quartet, is made up of a crafted set of pop songs. The music bathes in golden, restorative rays more commonly associated with life on the Californian coast rather than that of London, England, where Kid Wave reside. This is music
New York - Skin, the new EP from British songwriter and piano prodigy, Rae Morris, had its title track recently featured on E!’s hit series, The Royals, on May 3, 2015. A second cut from the release, “For You” was featured on last night’s episode as well. The EP just came out in the US on April 28, 2015 via Atlantic