independent thoughts on indie rock, alternative, and indie pop music
Nashville singer-songwriter Brian Fuente, who performs as Fuente, celebrated the release of his debut EP, The Water, at local hub The High Watt recently. Fuente, who had a stint on Team Blake on NBC's The Voice that changed in life in a multitude of ways, was able to stretch his creative muscle with The Water, making shimmering alt-pop... Continue Reading →
“We’re just four young lads who don’t want to disappoint anybody. We’re still very impressionable and our hands are still really clean. We don’t want to act like we know what’s up or that we know more than you, or that we have everything under control. We’re just winging it, and we’re really thankful that... Continue Reading →
“It’s the kind of music that gets stuck in your head, the music that’s makes you want to dance. There’s a reason why it’s called ‘pop’—it’s popular, it’s infectious and memorable,” says Matt Wertz, Nashville’s premiere purveyor of pop music, whose latest album, Gun Shy, is set for release on May 20th. Gun Shy finds... Continue Reading →
After documenting the feeling of loss he experienced in the wake of Hurricane Katrina and the subsequent tragedies surrounding him in Nashville-based rock band Afterlife Parade’s conceptual opus, Death & Rebirth, and exploring sonic landscapes, textures, and cycles in the band’s instrumental follow-up Awe, singer/songwriter and producer Quinn Erwin has a strong desire to vent about... Continue Reading →
British alt-rock/pop outfit The Crookes call their music “pop with a backbone”. “We have loads of influences, and we’ve always considered ourselves a pop band,” explains bassist and lead vocalist George Waite. “‘Pop’ is a dirty word to some, but not for us. I’m a big fan of ABBA; no one is in the same... Continue Reading →
We Are Scientists, the Brooklyn, New York-based power pop troupe are set to return this coming April 22nd with their fifth album. Titled Helter Seltzer and released via 100% Records ; the video for their hook-ridden new single “Too Late” premiered today. The video features a heavy helping of the amusing, bizarre and thought provoking - though... Continue Reading →
Emerging from the sands of Sydney’s Northern Beaches, alternative-pop-rockers Little Coyote combine thumping beats provided by Anto Dinh on drums and funky resonance from Gareth Bussey on bass, with Matt Coates' vintage-feel 6-string twanging fluidity and powerfully rich poetics vocalized by Judd English. Their new song, "Neverending", is the lead track on the band's second EP... Continue Reading →
Canadian alt-pop outfit The Zolas were in Germany, and frontman Zach Gray had just finished a delicious lunch of spaetzle and mushroom sauce. “I love Germany so much. Germany has been very good to us, I have nothing but gratitude right now,” he declares. “I’m feeling very #blessed at the moment.” And yes, that should... Continue Reading →
I admitted in a post this summer that I hadn't really ever connected with Nashville by-way-of South Africa alt-pop/rock band Civil Twilight's music because their previous releases struck me as melancholy, and I just couldn't get into it. However, their newest album, Story Of An Immigrant, which was released in July, turned me into a die-hard Civil Twilight fan. A Civil... Continue Reading →
"Tear In My Heart" by dynamic duo Twenty One Pilots was my favorite song for driving this year, forcing me to turn my car's dashboard into a piano keyboard every time it came on my radio. "But Susan," you may be saying, "isn't this song a little mainstream for you?" Yes. It is. But I refuse... Continue Reading →
