independent thoughts on indie rock, alternative, and indie pop music
What happens when insanely creative twenty-somethings submit to the power of serendipity and join forces to make music? The Solars happen, that’s what. The Boston-based collective’s roots reach all the way across the country, to Vancouver, Washington, where Miles Hewitt and Quetzel Herzig met as children. “Quetzel and I have known each other effectively since... Continue Reading →
Today begins East of 8th's official "Jadea Kelly Week," as we celebrate the Canada-bred, Nashville-based indie folk artist's upcoming release of her new album, Love & Lust. East of 8th will present her release show at Nashville venue The High Watt on April 6th, and every day this week, beloved readers, you will have the chance to get... Continue Reading →
"By now I thought I'd have exactly what I wanted, but I don't remember what I wanted it for," sings Nashville-based songwriter Kiernan McMullan in "Want:Need," the new single from his forthcoming album Baggage. "'Want:Need' is about a moment of clarity," he explains. "It's about reprioritizing what's important in your life." The indie powerhouse, who released his first... Continue Reading →
Charlotte-based duo Flagship, makers of fist-pumping indie rock anthems, will release their second full-length album, The Electric Man, on March 10th. The pair met years ago when Charlotte music scene regular Drake Margolnick filled in on bass for fellow scenester Michael Finster’s band. “We just connected, and this out of the ashes, Flagship arose,” Flagship... Continue Reading →
Veteran alt-rockers Minus the Bear are planning to release their sixth full-length album and their first in half a decade, VOIDS, on March 3rd via Suicide Squeeze Records, a bastion of the Emerald City’s vaunted indie rock scene. For the past 15 years, the innovative band has defied classification, selling over 500,000 records and performing for countless sold out crowds... Continue Reading →
My first listen to the funk finesse of “Appleton,” the new single from Wild Adriatic that invokes the imagery of summer-time humidity and southern-tinged blues rock, I just knew this band and I were kindred Southern spirits. However, my script was flipped when I found out they were from upstate New York. Me: “I love... Continue Reading →
Austin garage rockers Leopold and His Fiction released a new single "I'm Caving In", a song from their fourth LP, Darling Destroyer, slated for a January 20, 2017 release. In the accompanying video for the single, the band takes their grunge-tastic sound from the garage to, appropriately enough, what appears to be a grotto-esque cave, and features dapper frontman Daniel James Leopold... Continue Reading →
If you know me, you know I have a soft spot in my heart for alt-pop band and hometown heroes Colony House. They also have a special place in East of 8th history as the very first band I ever interviewed, SWOON. So, when I found out they released a Beatles-esque new single "You Know... Continue Reading →
