New York – It was past 10:40 on Monday night when Here We Go Magic took the stage at the Brooklyn venue Baby’s All Right, beers in every hand like a troop of champs. Broken-off bottoms of colored bottles makeup the backlit mural of the stage. Against this backdrop, the band stood boldly silhouetted by
New York – Californian quartet Trails and Ways are an indie dream-pop outfit whose music resounds in the realm of wanderlust. A pioneering group in new wave world music, their sound and combined outlook on life is infectious. Be warned, their new EP, Trilingual, is capable of throwing a wrench into your best-laid plans for
New York – Based in Portland Oregon, Ages and Ages is a Pacific Northwest outfit through and through. With seven part harmonies that ascend like the redwoods, rocky beats that roll like the Pacific coastline and ruminant themes that wander like trails, Ages and Ages is inspiring like wide-open space. Their latest album, Divisionary, comes
New York – It is Tuesday afternoon in NYC but in Brussels, an ocean away, it’s show time. I caught Deap Vally’s drummer Julie Edwards just as she was gearing up to take the stage at Botinique, on the last leg of the bands’ Euro tour. Breathless from sound check, Edwards took a moment to
New York – Cashmere Cat is the moniker for Magnus August Høiberg, 26-year-old Norwegian DJ and wunderkind producer. This Oslo native’s sound is soft enough to hold close but wild enough to reign as king of the concrete jungle. Høiberg has just hit us with his new single, “With Me.” This track is the first
New York – One part El Perro del Mar, two parts Beach House and seven parts incomparably emotive dream pop, Pure Bathing Culture will win the war for your heart with their penchant for nostalgia and the sense of glory that surrounds their work. Following their debut, self-titled, EP last year on Father-Daughter Records, the
New York – Backed by a powerhouse producer and armed with a rare type of talent that shatters genre-specific expectations, Glass Animals are a standout new group. Offering up the sort of music that will put you on edge as easily as it puts you at ease, experimentation comes naturally to this gang. Their work may test your comfort zone, but