independent thoughts on indie rock, alternative, and indie pop music
“My vocabulary got pretty big, pretty fast. My songs are organically a little wordy, though, I don’t say to myself, ‘I’m a wordy person, so I’m going to use all the words I know,’” explains dry-witted Vermont-based singer/songwriter Henry Jamison, who grew up with an English professor and a composer, otherwise respectively known as “mom... Continue Reading →
HOLY BUCKETS, Y'ALL. Our favorite Grammy-nominated funktastic electro-rock conglomerate, MUTEMATH, is back with new music for eager ears--their new single, "Hit Parade" is a tasty morsel of the goodness to come. The band will soon release their fifth studio album, Play Dead, their most progressive work to date. In creating this new music, they took an unhinged and... Continue Reading →
On June 16, Trevor Sensor will release his debut album, Andy Warhol's Dream, via Jagjaguwar. The album was recorded at Steve Albini's Electrical Audio studio in Chicago and was produced by Richard Swift (The Shins, Damien Jurado), Foxygen's Jonathan Rado, and Brandon Darner (Imagine Dragons, The Envy Corps). Today, Sensor shared "High Beams," the first single from the forthcoming album. "The song derives from the desire to... Continue Reading →
Bohemian indie pop outfit Crystal Fighters, reveling in the release of their acclaimed album Everything Is My Family, out last year, has released a whimsical new video for their anthemic single, "Lay Low." The band also announced their U.S. tour, dates can be found here: http://www.crystalfighters.com/live/ The band says that the song, while written in response... Continue Reading →
Richmond, Virginia-based indie rockers Those Manic Seas are going on tour again! The band has been in a quick period of transition in the two months since their last tour, losing a member, gaining an awesome new one, revamping their live show, and seeing their tour van through multiple rounds of open-heart surgery (which, quite honestly, was... Continue Reading →
