ALBUM REVIEW: JAMES BAY’S NEWEST EP – ‘HOLD BACK THE RIVER’
The first time I heard James Bay, I was in line for beer at Irving Plaza and was sold on his talents almost instantly….
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LAST WEEKS RELEASE: HOZIER TEACHES HUMILITY & KICKS SOCIAL ASS ON HIS DEBUT
This may sound a bit far-fetched, but I’m going to go ahead and compare Andrew Hozier-Bryne, performing under the name Hozier, to Nirvana. A…
LAST WEEKS RELEASE: ZOLA JESUS GOES BACK TO THE FUTURE IN TAIGA
Just last week I was at a YouTube panel for Indie Horror Film makers, and in retrospect, I feel like Nika Roza Danilova aka…
MADI DIAZ “PHANTOM” ALBUM REVIEW
There’s something undeniably yummy about the cross-genre of folk pop and dance. Madi Diaz, an L.A. based Nashville transplant has accomplished just that –…
JEFFREY INNES OF YUKON BLONDE RELEASES DOWNTOWN VIDEO & “HIGH ENDS” EP
High Ends, the solo project by Jeffrey Innes of Yukon Blonde was released today via Dine Alone Records. The 10-track album was recorded in…
LAST WEEK’S RELEASES: ALT-J SOAR HIGH ON “THIS IS ALL YOURS”
After my review on U2’s Songs of Innocence, which I wrote a week after it was released, I thought to myself: ‘Isn’t it interesting…
SONDRE LERCHE DIGS DEEP TO MAKE HIS BEST ALBUM YET
Over the course of six genre-spanning studio albums, Sondre Lerche has unguardedly revealed shades of his personality and emotions, without ever laying claim to…
THE GROWLERS: SURF ROCK WITH A HANGOVER
Built upon the psychedelic, garage rock of the California neighborhoods they hail from, the music of The Growlers maintains an inherent atmospheric intensity, smartly…
ALBUM REVIEW: ALANNA ROYALE – “ACHILLES”
Alanna Royale is a band that’s helping to push soul music into the 2010s and back into the ears of young kids today whose…
ALBUM REVIEW: BLAKE MILLS – “HEIGH HO”
The process of discovering new artists is mostly a mystery: someone heard someone somewhere, this band opened for that band, the reclusive artist’s song…