Angel Cage strikes like Banksy in the night, spraypainting trenchant thoughtbombs on the street wreckage of our minds, making us wish we were so clever, and then dancing away, leaving us to weep inwardly at the disposable nature of everything. They’re guerrilla Shirley Manson. I was going to say “guerilla Garbage,” but you might have …
Dark, bloody, sexual and melodic, these are the stylings of gothic-pop songstress, Dol Ikara. https://www.dolikara.com/
Wales 2019 Continues: This is lovely. Give it a listen immediately. The home videos on the music video are delightful. “This song is about looking forward to someone very special visiting,” says Welsh singer-songwriter Dan Amor. “We spent a lot of time on the fade out of this track, layering the diminishing vocal with increasing …
“What would it sound like if a woman had fronted Joy Division?” It’s an entirely valid question and now we know the answer: It’s MUCH better this way. Brussels-based post-punk outfit Whispering Sons has released their long awaited debut album Image. The ten tracks, recorded over a period of ten days at GAM Studios in …
As I sat in my cab today, listening to “Stayin’ Alive” at crushing volume and appreciating that delicious bass line which seems to have a life and a manifesto of its’ own, I realized the BeeGees and disco by extension have enjoyed a dramatic reversal in my level of artistic appreciation. In that brief two- …
Tiny Fighter offers an enticing mix of indie-rock and berserker chamber pop. Despite the staggering odds against them ever meeting, Therese Karlsson (a down-to-earth feminist truck driver from Kalmar in southern Sweden who understands the intangible things that are truly important in life) and Tim Spelman (an uptight doctor from Melbourne, Australia who thinks “career …
On paper, this shouldn’t work. A fifty-something geezer from England locks himself away in his tiny home studio for three and a half years, to pour his soul into an album of self-penned songs. The result? Songs for the Fragile Collective the album from Mark Applin and friends, operating under the name Skylephant. It’s a …
Mother Mink is the band that will charm the crowd into dancing, singing and at the very same time make them reflect on the big global challenges of our time. With a baritone saxophone connected to an amplifier, distorted synthesizers, surf-guitars, drums and vocals, Mother Mink creates a most unique sound landscape. Despite the band´s …
Danish pop sensation KING’s new record ‘S**t Show’ is sultry, tongue-in-cheek and instantly infectious: a kaleidoscopic neo-soul anthem to kick start your 2019. Produced by Berkay Birecikli aka VOID – whose credits include work with FKA Twigs and Lana del Rey – S**t Show creeps up on you. Starting with sparse chords and stripped back …
If my count is correct, this is four years running that Seattle gets a concert from NY ska band the Toasters. No complaints here. The Toasters are always fun. This time the line up (besides founding member Robert Hingley AKA Bucket on guitar & vocals), consisted of a very lively horn section (bass grillbert on …
This is a great album, a must hear. Clara Baker’s voice is able to spin loss into beauty while her guitar playing and new approaches to sounding out and recording acoustic instruments give her songs an extremely contemporary context. Please listen. Destined to be one of the best albums of 2019, Clara Baker’s Things To Burn is said …
Bicoastal indie-pop duo EXES and LA-based synthpop duo JOME will release their collaborative EP, Nothing’s Out To Get You on March 8th. In anticipation, please listen to this advance single, “Stay Still,” a powerful ode to the feelings surrounding love, loss, and tragedy. About “Stay Still,” Allie McDonald of EXES comments: “‘Stay Still’ was the first …
Eda Green is an American Singer/Songwriter originally from Rochester, NY and New Jersey. Escaping domestic abuse at home, 12yr old Eda, her mother and brother moved to Los Angeles, California where she currently resides. When Eda and family settled into LA, they happened to coincidentally land at the same apartment complex as a “crazy amount of Viners” …
“There’s a blessing in the river that you’re only going to find when you’ve been to the bottom, you can talk about the climb.” – Nuela Charles, “Long Way Down” “This song came out of a session with production duo Towers,” says Canadian, Swiss, and Kenyan songstress Nuela Charles of her latest single, “As we …
Freedom Fry is releasing their second single and third new song of 2018. “Junkie.” “This is our indie pop ode to being in love and hopelessly addicted to someone.” – Bruce & Marie FreedomFryMusic.com Looking back through my emails I found two wonderful videos from Freedom Fry. This is their video for “Classic,” of which …
Florida-based indie folk singer-songwriter Vesper Wood, the solo project of Christina Wood, has released another new single from her upcoming solo debut album Instar slated for release on March 1st. “Carson” is a raw, emotional track about being an outsider, inspired by the writer Carson McCullers. About the new single, Wood comments: “The tune has an American, nostalgic feel for me…and I tried to keep the …
The Portland-based indie folk group Shook Twins have released their 4th full length album, Some Good Lives. Everybody in your life will write his or her own chapter in your story. Take a step back, and you’ll see the influence of your loved ones, mentors, and friends in your decisions. Shook Twins refer to these folks in the title …
Lowland Hum have shared a new single from their highly anticipated new album Glyphonic out May 10. Titled “A Drive Through the Countryside,” the song is a serene rumination on nature’s expanse with ominous undertones. The band tell us, “This one stems from a poem Lauren wrote after feeling both moved and disturbed by the beauty of a drive through the …
Originally written and recorded by Eric Carmen in 1975, “All By Myself” went on to reach #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and has been covered by legendary artists including Frank Sinatra, Shirley Bassey, and Celine Dion. “Shannon LaBrie’s haunting and immensely personal recording of ‘All By Myself’ blew me away,” remarks Eric Carmen. “Her …
“It was really hard to have fun without looking over your shoulder to see who was judging you for it,” Grace Acladna said of her recent experiences which inspired her to write “When I Saw You,” her latest single. “For me – fun and liberty go hand in hand – so finally I met someone …
This is truth, and it still needs to be heard occasionally. It is a sonic statement to power, “The potential for Auschwitz lies at the end of all your political exertions. Change your ways.”
It has become easy to forget, over the years, exactly how good those 1980s Trip Shakespeare live shows were, but this will bring it all back in a few seconds: And of course, everyone must see the newly rediscovered promo tape from 1990:
Los Angeles powerhouse Lauren Ruth Ward, has turned heads with her stunning voice and 70s psych-glam swagger. In addition to releasing her critically acclaimed debut album Well, Hell, she has shared stages with Keith Urban, Shirley Manson, Eddie Vedder, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Shakey Graves and Liz Phair, and played to sold out crowds in LA & across the US. Lauren recently went …
Walking through Forest Park listening to a kid that came up in Marysville named Ethan Anderson and his band Massy Ferguson. They have a record coming out in April 26th at The Crocodile. The new album is aptly called The Great Divides. Their breakthrough tour of Spain coming up in April. Can we help make good local artists like …
I always said that Bryan Adams was way better than Ryan Adams and it was NEVER cool. It was never ironic. I was just being honest. I would simply state that Ryan Adams is not a great songwriter and he will never write a song as good as ‘Heaven‘, which Brandi Carlile knocked out of …
I am going to leave this here. The Country Music Establishment has yet to embrace their greatest singer and one of their best songwriters because she is a Lesbian and will not play by their rules. Her name is Brandi Carlile and she can sing circles around anybody that has been left on their charts …
Already garnering an online following and millions of streams on multiple one-off singles, HBIC Emily Vaughn is kicking in the door, announcing the not-so-subtle Bitch Bops EP. Coming up first is the cheating ex kiss-off “Dead 2 Me.” Hooky with a punch, “Dead 2 Me” is a bop in the truest sense of the word. …
Look for audiobooks at SXSW. Here’s how the band describes themselves on their Youtube page: “If you’re going to call your band audiobooks, you’d better get your stories straight. Evangeline Ling and David Wrench have great stories. Their songs are full of them – discombobulating observations over discomfiting oscillations. There are woozy fly-on-the-wall accounts of …
Taken from recent personal experience, this song’s inspiration came about when Jess’ friends were all up in arms with the simplicity of her relationship, urging that Jess be more serious about dating. When in reality, all that Jess wanted was just to be in the moment and enjoy the beauty of dating, no matter where …
This is the guy from Trip Shakespeare: February 14, 2019: Today, GRAMMY-winning songwriter Dan Wilson released a new song “Fly Safe” following his announcement last year that he will begin releasing a new song each month in lieu of full length album in 2019. These songs, which include “Uncanny Valley” and “We Ain’t Telling,” follow the release of his critically-acclaimed 2017 solo album Re-Covered where he revisited …