This past week was especially full of best new music, and heavy on the garage surf rock tip. Trixie Whitley was the most impressive show I caught live, while Tomten provided a “blissful Baroque-indie-dream-pop” experience for Brigit. Singer/songwriter Jenny O. was our latest Artist of the Week, and we reviewed brand new albums from Bleeding
Here we go with Mixtape #10! This past week was heavy on the psych shoegaze and blues side, with coverage of Writer and Palma Violets, our Artist of the Week The Growlers, plus an album review from our new Seattle contributor Brigit Anderson, who had some nice words for BellaMaine’s new EP. Other recent jams
This week’s mixtape starts right off with the A-side from Gringo Star’s new 7 inch, and who we reviewed recently. Haim just happens to follow, since Katrina had a Q&A with oldest Haim sister Este, where she talked about being in a band with siblings, their recent success, plus a top 5 album list for
We’ve got a little dose of hip hop on this one, featuring an older favorite from k.flay, who I saw thrown down at Santos Party House, and one of Zach Klasson’s top tracks from the new A$AP Rocky, which he reviewed. Also included is a track from L.A. garage rock/skater punk band Criminal Hygiene, who
We’re back with the first Mixtape of the new year, chocked with the first fresh tracks of 2013! Already we’re seeing a good deal of electro-pop and EDM tunes coming out so far from producers and musicians like Phaseone and FLOTE, along with some fresh punk and heavier rock. It’s an interesting wave we’re riding
This is an especially good one. It’ll help you get a groove on, rock out, and also chill out, man. This past week I saw Slam Donahue live at Glasslands, so I had to give them another shout. Zach caught Poor Moon, and after being patient through their set up that really does take forever,
Happy Monday! Allow us to help you start your week with our Mixtape #3, featuring tracks from all our Best Song nominees in the Newbie Awards, plus tracks from last week’s live review of Saskatchewan and Vensaire at Glasslands in Brooklyn, and Katrina’s favorite track from The Babies’ new album, which she reviewed. Bonus track:
Here we have the next installment of our weekly mixtape, with hits from artists we’ve covered and other fresh tracks from this past week. We covered great shows like Rubblebucket and The Helio Sequence, reviewed the new Crystal Castles album, interviewed Brooklyn band on the rise Los Encantados, profiled Singer/songwriter Lianne La Havas for our
This is the first installment of our new weekly mixtape feature. We’ll be putting together mixtapes, highlighting bands we covered during the previous week and other fresh tracks we discovered during the week. We’ll also be including some photos of the bands we’re talking about and links to their sites and to our original articles.