Emerging bands these days need to be careful with the amount of music they release. With so many groups trying to get their names out into the blogosphere and beyond, it is easy for full albums to get lost in the ether. Luckily for Barbarian, band leader vocalist/guitarist Andrew Mills realizes this and took 2012
New York-based rapper Outasight has been talked about for some time now. After building a strong following, he released his first major label album, Nights Like These, on Warner Bros. back at the end of November. Last year proved to be a breakout year for him as he performed his single, “Tonight Is The Night,”
It’s been a hell of a year for Incan Abraham. The experimental psych-poppers have been winning hearts around the globe, including Spin’s, which premiered the quartet’s video for “Springhouse,” late last month. To continue garnering buzz, the Los Angeles-based outfit recently released its fourth EP to date (first on vinyl) and plans on dropping its
Picture a place with beautiful and haunting landscapes, marvelous mountains and foaming seas. It’s full of artists who all make music that reflects the natural beauty, expressed in honest and creative ways. Every song has an interesting story that it tells, and it all comes alive in beautiful and haunting ways, and makes you feel
For a band that has only been playing music together for a year, Los Encantados has accomplished a tremendous amount. The New York-based sextet has released not one, but three EPs since March, all acting as installments of a larger concept called The Same Damned Soul. Aside from copious amounts of writing and recording, the
Hugo Manuel creates electronic music under the moniker “Chad Valley,” but he’s not just a DJ behind a laptop, he’s a producer and proved so with his recently released debut full-length, Young Hunger. With this album, the Oxford-native channeled his influences from the ‘80s and teamed up with vocalists including Twin Shadow, Glasser and Active
As everyone knows by now, Superstorm Sandy (or whatever you want to call it) pretty much destroyed New York and New Jersey. Dayton-based Heartless Bastards were a band who got diverted from their tour schedule due to the storm, but managed to survive and talk about it. Their latest video for “Marathon” channels the Wizard
Remember “In the Waiting Line,” that down-tempo hit by Zero 7 from way back in 2001. Of course you do. Featured in movies like Garden State and TV shows like House, the song was everywhere. Much of its success was owed to the vocalist Sophie Barker, whose silky smooth delivery and desperate timbre made the
Timothy John Masters, Evan Michael Harfield, G Alan Busch Jr., and Ryan Pedron have all been making music for years, just not together. After moving from Gainesville, Florida to Brooklyn, New York for their own personal reasons, the four musicians reconnected in the Big Apple to experiment with new material, and thus, Conveyor was born.
The Dig has come a long way since its first album, Electric Toys, back in 2010. In the last two years, the New York-based rock quartet has spent the majority of its time on the road, supporting bands like The Editors, The Walkmen, and Portugal. The Man. Aside from touring, the four-piece also wrote, recorded