New Villager are a duo of multi-media artists from San Francisco and New York. They have a pretty interesting back story and perspective on creating their art in a mythological sense and world perspective. Honestly, it's way over the top for me, but if you're interested you can dive into
My apologies, only one song today because I don't know much about this band at all, and that's still quite an understatement. What I do know is that Bos Angeles are a band from the small town Boscombe, UK. One other thing
Here's some more fantastic stuff out of Mississippi and the Cats Purring folks. Dead Gaze keep the fuzzy vocals that's been the norm for some of the other bands out of Mississippi, but they take the music into a more lush and psychedelic soundscape. They have a new 3-track 7" single
L.A. via Oakland via Massachusetts' Colleen Green released her new 'Green One' 7" from Hardly Art Records on March 1 (buy). It has 4 tracks that have rapidly scratched up quite a few listens on my iPod the last couple weeks. Listen to 2 of the 4 songs on the 7" above and do yourself a favor and pick up the record to hear the other two. Within two months of
It's that time again...the end of the gloomy Winter season and time for the bloom, sunshine, and promises of Spring...which means time for a mixtape! Looking back over the past 3 months it's been a ride to say the least. We ushered in a new year (seems like forever ago), saw a supermoon, got what seems to be a new Radiohead album, managed to get into another war in the Middle East, and the worst of it has been the utterly incomprehensible disaster in Japan. Best of all, there's been some great music and here are some highlights. Stream the mixtape below via Soundcloud, or click on the cassette after the jump to download it. Enjoy!
Brooklyn's Crystal Stilts are back with their 2nd LP, In Love With Oblivion, out on April 12 from Slumberland Records (pre-order). Check out a new song from the upcoming album above along with their great single, 'Shake The Shackles,' from last year, which strangely is going to appear on the new record as well.
I wrote about Southhampton's Klaus Von Barrel last week, but that was to promote his laid back, surf sounds of his Die Jungen project. Today, we're taking a complete 180 from those sounds to look at his other project The KVB, which is modern, fuzzy, dark, electric, neopsychedelic goodness that
Hey, here's another Los Angeles artist for you to take note of. Oregon Bike Trails is the name that Santa Monica musician Zach Yudin goes by. It's an interesting choice because his music clearly evokes feelings that are just overloaded with California sunshine and tropicalia. Take a listen to the sun-drenched sound that I'm talking about on
Los Angeles' Princeton took a break after their 2009 LP, Cocoon of Love, and during that time the brothers in the band found some recognition in their side projects Kisses and Mystery Claws. They're now back as Princeton and preparing to release their second LP later this year on the L.A. independent label Hit City USA who is also home to
Tennessee's CoolRunnings are somewhat of an anomaly to me, or at a minimum, seeking out their stuff doesn't seem as straightforward as it should most of the time. Nonetheless, it's always a worthy treat once it's done. You may remember the previousposts about them and their attractive lo-fi, chillwave qualities. Well, this new song, 'Thunderbirds',
Radio Barons take a page right out of the great 80's sounding rock outfits like The Replacements and sometimes flirt with a little early R.E.M. jangle. They are a 3-piece from Brooklyn that were kind enough to share their new 3-track EP, Undone, with me and it's short, but sweet. It was
There's been a LOT of throwback music over the past year or two paying direct homage to the sweet, girl group, Phil Spector sounds of the 50s and 60s. Die Jungen is Klaus Von Barrel who comes out of Southhampton and is going for the throwback thing as well, but is taking it in another direction entirely. Klaus is known mostly for his dark
CWR's favorite New Orleans band, Generationals, has released another new song off their forthcoming LP. Take a listen to super-catchy guitar riff on Ten-Twenty-Ten from the album, Actor-Caster, which is due out on March 29 on Park the Van records. I'm not sure why there aren't any pre-order options, but it'll be available soon.
These Londoners have that moody, gloomy sound that can be so soothing and pleasant. There's the deep vocals, relaxed bass and soothing, brooding melodies of a post-punk sound reminiscent of Joy Division and early Interpol. They have just released a three-song, self-titled EP (demo?) that
Portland indie/electro-pop band Starfucker released their new album, Reptilians, March 8th on Polyvinyl. It seems like I've been seeing their name everywhere lately (probably because it's so damn recognizable), and seeing that I have never heard anything by them I felt obligated to give them a listen. As the 'indie/electro-pop' band description would suggest,
New York-based Breakfast In Fur can be considered pretty experimental for what is pretty much a 'folk' band. It's interesting that the cover art for their self-titled EP comes across with a sense of Where The Wild Things Are because their music kinda evokes that same sort of feeling. The song 'Shine' caught my attention because of the otherworldly,
Frenchmen Cheveu aren't your typical Frenchmen in that their music conveys a much different feel than what you'd normally expect from a French outfit...it's glorious racket with grit, strings, electronics, and riffs. It's The Animals take on Serge Gainsbourg tunes with a hint of DeVotchKa baroque. They released their second LP, 1000, January 18 on Born
After last year's wonderful, yet seemingly underrated album, Pigeons, Brooklyn's Here We Go Magic try to stir up some more attention by releasing a new EP on May 10 called The January EP on Secretly Canadian Records. It's six tracks long and you can listen to one of the new songs off the EP, 'Hands In The Sky' right here. It's slower than some of the
Well, it sure has been a good week for new music. Three out of the last 5 or so posts have ended up as 'On Repeat' favorites. I gushed about James Pants from Texas the last time I wrote about him, which was when I had first come across some of his music. I've had some more time with his first two LPs and it hasn't helped me form any description or
This one man band has one of the strangest band names I've ever come across, but then again who would have ever thought that names like Oingo Boingo or The Flaming Lips would hit mainstream media? Actually, speaking of The Flaming Lips, Dumbo Gets Mad similarly uses varying tools, sounds, and creative song-writing to form a modern day
I finally got my copy of Bass Drum of Death's debut LP, GB City, and it doesn't disappoint. They continue along the path of the wildly contagious noisy garage rock that drew high interest from the singles and EPs they released last year. It's straightforward rock that is fun and hits you like Ty Segall and Harlem and includes plenty of fuzz, raucous drums, and
Swedes grace the blog today in the form of The Skull Defekts. They just recently signed to Thrill Jockey Records for the release of their upcoming LP Peer Amid and added a new vocalist the fits just perfect with their dark, noise-rock experimental sound that isn't metal, but includes varying
Spotlight Kid come out of Nottingham with their blast of shoegaze pop that hits you with the wall of sound and melody that takes you back to the days of Ride, Slowdive, and My Bloody Valentine. Their debut album, Departure, came out in 2006 from Club AC30 Records and started the
