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 - Fraser A. Gorman’s beautifully offbeat, gloriously sun-baked debut LP, slow gum is hurtling our way this summer. (Out on June 29, 2015 via House Anxiety / Marathon Artists / Milk! Records). The new single from the rapidly ascending, Australian troubadour is titled “Shiny Gun.” It premiered today with a music video featuring Courtney Barnett and the video shows
Brooklyn - Guantanamo Baywatch, a group Best New Bands caught wind of at last year’s SXSW Festival, and a band that has built their reputation on wrangling up a bawdy mishmash of classic surf instrumentation and brash garage rock, has just released a new single titled, “Corey Baum’s Theme.” Today also marks the start of a lengthy North
Portland – Swansea stepped onto the Doug Fir stage for the first time on Tuesday night. The Portland-based three-piece, comprised of vocalist and keyboardist Rebecca Sanborn, multi-instrumentalist Kyleen King, and drummer Jj Tanzer, formed in 2011 after adding King to their duo project, and have been playing venues in the Northwest ever since. The band
New York – Indie rock band, On An On, are excited to announce the upcoming release of And The Wave Has Two Sides, which comes out July 24, 2015 via Roll Call Records. The Minneapolis based trio recorded the follow up to their debut album, Give In, at the famous Sunset Sound studios in Los Angeles with legendary producer
Chicago - Django Django, the British quartet made up of Dave Maclean (producer/drummer), Vinnie Neff (singer/guitarist), Jimmy Dixon (bass) and Tommy Grace (synths), are about release their sophomore record, Born Under Saturn, which comes out next week via Ribbon Music (and Because overseas). Today, the band present the music video for their second single, “Reflections,” which shows
Los Angeles – Electronic soul / indie pop artist, MØ and self-described Future Dancehall artist, Major Lazer, have released a new music video for the collaborative single, “Lean On.” The track also comes with a welcome contribution, courtesy of Parisian producer DJ Snake. The ‘triple-threat-constructed’ music video presents viewers with quite the uncommon spectacle –both in terms of backdrop and the
New York – Grammy-nominated breakthrough artist Charli XCX officially unveils her new single “Doing It” (feat. Rita Ora) with a dazzling video, directed by Adam Powell (The 1975), produced by Nina Dluhy-Miller, and written by Charlotte Aitchison (aka Charli XCX). The video was filmed in the desert outside of Los Angeles and was inspired by iconic movies such as Thelma & Louise and Natural Born Killers. Watch as the two partners-in-crime cruise through the
New York – Brooklyn’s raucous electro-pop duo Junior Prom is back with a catchy new single, “Cheap Thrills,” out today through Elektra Records (iTunes). The band has also premiered a lyric video for the song. Junior Prom is a music duo comprised of Mark Solomich and Erik Ratensperger. “Cheap Thrills” is their first new single
Los Angeles – Neo-soul band Fitz and The Tantrums begin their fall U.S. headline tour next week with special guest Big Data. They’ll end an extraordinary year with a special performance at the downtown Long Beach, CA New Year’s Eve celebration. (In between, they’ll perform on Good Morning America on November 21.) See below for