independent thoughts on indie rock, alternative, and indie pop music
Communion Presents is bringing Pure Bathing Culture to The East Room on Monday, June 6th. The roots of Pure Bathing Culture stretch back to 1999, when Sarah Versprille and Daniel Hindman befriended one another on the first day of freshman orientation at William Patterson University in Wayne, New Jersey. A decade later, they became bandmates when they both joined... 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 →
Purveyors of surfy-sunshine, Austin-based four piece Shivery Shakes, will be stopping by the Music City for a show at Little Lights with local new wavers Wildfront. “It’s been about a year since we’ve been out, it was time to hit the road again. We’re glad we’re finally going to make it back to Nashville!” says... Continue Reading →
Recently, I spoke with Zach Gray, frontman of Canadian indie pop band The Zolas, about their latest album, Swooner, out in March via Light Organ Records; “It's the alternative pop record of the year; if I was only a listener, I would be super excited about this album,” he said with a laugh. “It’s our ‘Kanye Moment.’ ... Continue Reading →
An ambient and uplifting four-piece hailing from Kansas City, Missouri, Brother delivers melodic synthesizer and guitar-driven alternative/R&B tunes. The band formed in June 2015 as an extension of Danzell Capers’ (guitar/synth/vocals) desire for collaboration with other multi-instrumentalists and producers, resulting in the addition of longtime friend Quinn Pudenz (vocals/synth/guitar), local DJ/producer Brooks Brown (bass/vocals/synth) and... 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 →
Wanderwild, the passion project of Athens-based Matt Martin, has released "Misty Morning", an ethereal indie pop/folk single from his debut EP, Fleeting, due out this Friday, March 25th. Martin says it's a song "about the cyclical nature of life, using season as a metaphor for change, process, and personal progress." I can assure you, if you... Continue Reading →
Vancouver’s prolific indie-pop band The Zolas return with their self-produced third studio album Swooner set for release on March 4th via Light Organ Records. The record marks a major departure from their first two albums; Swooner features vibrant, experimental pop, showcased by stirring modern production. The band recently premiered the album's title track “Swooner”, a fuzzed out, guitar-driven, feminist... Continue Reading →
"The night possesses a vulnerability, revealing an impulsive nature in which emotion overwhelms thought. At its best, it's creative; at its worst, it's destructive. The emotional intensity is at once liberating and terrifying, and that very duality--the beauty and danger, is what makes the night so compelling," says Nashville-based singer-songwriter and classically-trained harpist, Natalie Lurie,... Continue Reading →
As a native of the Philadelphia suburbs, New York City-based singer/songwriter and philanthropist Jesse Ruben has definite opinions on where to get the best of Philly’s tastiest treats: Me: Where’s the best place to get a cheesesteak? He: Oh boy, I mean there are so many. The local place down the street from my parents’ house... Continue Reading →
