Pageants – “All Bets Aside” – Sun and Settled Days Pageants, comprised of partners Rebecca Coleman and Devin O’Brien, is a joyous, understated romp through life with its darkness and overwhelming joy. Sounding a lot like The Cranberries meet The Beach … Continue Reading
La Luz “Mean Dream” Floating Features What a great band. Harking back to the Beach Boys, the Shirelles, and the Ronettes with this coolness that is all their own. Sometimes, they sound like an American Shonen Knife. Consisting of Shana … Continue Reading
Alex Bloom “Sunrise” Blue Room A gorgeous song with a gorgeous video that accompanies it: that really is a hard task to pull off. Yet, the video for “Sunrise” is almost as beautiful as the song. Alex Bloom is amazing. … Continue Reading
Bond Twins “Dance Night” Just Kids What do you get when you separate twins, have them grow up apart, start their own music careers, one in Austin, one in NYC, then have them reunite? You get the Bond Twins. Brendan … Continue Reading
Fingertips “Kiss Me” Joanna and Rui, from Portugal, have done it again. This is a perfect slice of indie pop. I sometimes can’t believe they are from California. (That sounds so American, but I don’t mean it that way). Fingertips … Continue Reading
The Cosmonauts give the Beach Boys “Caroline, No” a spacey makeover on the new A Tribute To Pet Sounds album being released on May 27th. The album has been curated and produced by Al Lover and features several indie rock … Continue Reading
YJY “Amelia” Couch Surfin’ USA What a great, fun band. YJY sounds like the Beach Boys and Camper Van Beethoven merged and had children (and not the girls from Wilson-Phillips). YJY is a lot of fun. Coming from New Jersey, YJY … Continue Reading
Redcast “Julia” The Look Up Remember watching the Monkees on MTV or even in the beginning? Remember that tremendous, fresh sound they had? Well, Redcast has that same sound, updated and more mature. They sound a lot like the Monkees … Continue Reading
Running Young “Did You See” We Are The Sons There is something 60’s about Running Young that is really wonderful. Whether it’s the harmonies, the production, the subject matter, “Did You See” sounds like classic U2 or Beach Boys, while still sounding … Continue Reading
The official reason for the new recording of the classic 1966 Beach Boys song is to mark the launch of BBC Music, which the corporation describes as “an ambitious wave of new programs, innovative partnerships and ground-breaking music initiatives that amount to … Continue Reading
Peckham psych-pop trio, Beaty Heart, are pleased to announce the first single “Lekka Freakout” to be lifted from their upcoming debut album Mixed Blessings. Due out on November 11 “Lekka Freakout” is the first body of work to be released … Continue Reading