independent thoughts on indie rock, alternative, and indie pop music
On March 24th, 2016, Nashville-based rockers Future Thieves live-streamed their show at Blue Rock Studios in Wimberley, Texas; the adrenaline from performing at SXSW only a week earlier added extra fuel to the band’s fiery blend of melodic rock and turbocharged southern rockicana. Viewers were glued to their screens as Elliot Collett (lead vocals) and... Continue Reading →
Just when we think Tennessee pop rock outfit Colony House couldn’t possibly get more prolific, they prove us wrong—but honestly, we expect no less from our beloved Colony House boys. With their latest album, Only The Lonely, they’ve set the bar even higher for themselves, and for every band in their orbit. With an uber-rock n’... Continue Reading →
“Be soft, be shy, read a book, and learn to cook/Be nice, be dumb, clean the floors, and wash your pores/Be light, be small, wear a dress below your knees, not less/Be insecure, be a wife, cater to a man for the rest of your life,” sings Lydia Night, outspoken frontwoman of Los Angeles punk-centric... Continue Reading →
British pop rock outfit Sundara Karma has been gaining serious traction since they unleashed last year’s EP Loveblood; the group is primed and ready to explode into the realm of alt-rock royalty with the release of their forthcoming album, Youth Is Only Ever Fun In Retrospect, via Bee & EI/Sony RAL, on January 6th. The four... Continue Reading →
Their name is Highly Suspect, but their work is anything but. The band has followed up their first major release, the critically-acclaimed and Grammy-nominated Mister Asylum, with an exceptional, genre-bending, right hook to the ears—The Boy Who Died Wolf. Recorded outside the confines of their New York comfort zone in Bogotá, Colombia, the audacious and... Continue Reading →
“It’s natural”, declares Nashville’s Guthrie Brown, in “Natural”, the aptly-titled title track of his new EP; Brown, whose previous work was more on the “folk” side of folk rock, has taken his sound in a new electric direction, and it just seems, well, natural. At five songs strong, Natural explores everything sonically from dance-y indie pop to... Continue Reading →
In order to craft the songs on his solo debut, Brooklyn-based musician Allen Tate spent several weeks alone in Copenhagen, inspired by its minimalism and its effortless beauty. This quiet period of solitude echoes strongly throughout the entire album, allowing Tate to create his own brand of effortless beauty. This fact is readily displayed In opening... Continue Reading →
I firmly believe that there’s something in the water in Australia; every time I turn around, there’s another brilliant artist emerging from the Land Down Under, and Hamish Anderson is one such phenom. The Los Angeles-based Aussie will release his debut full-length album, Trouble, on October 21st via Kobalt/AWA. The guitar-wielding Anderson saunters right out... Continue Reading →
It’s a typical story—band forms, band gets a little notoriety around their hometown, and does fine for a while. Then one day, after yet another long trip in the van, band decides to take it to the next level; after all, they’re getting better at this thing called rock n’ roll, and decide to move... Continue Reading →
With husband-wife duo JOHNNYSWIM’s new album, Georgica Pond, Abner Ramirez and Amanda Sudano invite us to join them on an intensely intimate and contemplative sonic journey. Present are the lush anthems to which fans have grown accustomed, yet there is an even deeper element of lyrical tenderness that is heart-wrenching and utterly refreshing at once. Named... Continue Reading →
