Johnny Greenwood, Thom Yorke, and Tom Skinner aka The Smile deliver a raw rock number with “You Will Never Work In Television Again”—reminiscent of their work on the Bends and 80s post-punk. It is refreshing to hear these guy get back … Continue Reading
Deafheaven – “The Gnashing” “The Gnashing” is a great example of Deafheaven’s journey to make the best shoegaze album for this year. The beautiful hazing mix of instrumentation with the vocals floating into the atmosphere makes this song exciting and … Continue Reading
Jane In Space “Breaking Glass” Gorerunner Residing in that dark place between Nine Inch Nails and Depeche Mode, Jane In Space use their music to create an atmosphere of claustrophobia and agoraphobia at the same time. Coming from Brooklyn, Jane … Continue Reading
Seasonal Beast “I Can Make You Disappear” Muscle Memory Don’t get too tranced by Yuli Beeri voice in “I Can Make You Disappear”, because the music will kick the shit out of your airiness. This is great, surprising music. Coming … Continue Reading
People Flavor “No Vox” People Flavor is one of the new group of psychedelic bands that are coming out. People Flavor are different because of the Spanish flavor floating through the background. People Flavor is a four-piece rock band from … Continue Reading
Klangstof “Hostage” Close Eyes To Exit The dreamy alt-indie of Amsterdam-based group Klangstof is the product of Norwegian singer/songwriter and producer Koen van de Wardt. Klangstof sounds as if Radiohead spent time in Iceland or the Faroe Islands with nothing … Continue Reading
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2016 was a spectacular and sad year for music. We saw/heard the beautiful wrath of Beyonce’s Lemonade, fell into Radiohead’s moon-shaped pool, said goodbye to David Bowie and Prince–two of the most legendary musical icons ever, grooved to the sounds … Continue Reading
The Dig “Bleeding Heart (You Are One)” Bloodshot Tokyo The Dig are a tremendous rock bank from New York. Combrised of David Baldwin – Guitar, Vocals; Emile Mosseri – Bass, Vocals; Erick Eiser – Keyboards, Guitar; and Mark Demiglio – Drums, The Dig … Continue Reading
Future States “Lulu” Casual Listener Future States consists of Chuck Bronson (Guitar, Vocals), Brodie Conley (Guitar, BV), Daniel Gélinas (Drums, BV), Nicolas Hyatt (Keys, BV) and David Lacalamita (Bass, BV). Bronson has a voice reminiscent of Thom Yorke, and Future … Continue Reading
El West “Olivine” Coming from Phoenix, El West is a band that blows my mind. Comprised of Members: Bryant Powell – Vocals/Guitar Thomas Brenneman – Guitar Ricky Powell – Bass Marty Welker – Drums, these guys have a sound totally their … Continue Reading
Del Water Gap “Vanessa” This is such a beautiful, melancholy song by Del Water Gap. If you like Radiohead or Ben Folds or Bright Eyes, you will love the beauty of this band. Del Water Gap is comprised of band founder … Continue Reading
There’s a certain beauty that can only come out of melancholy. I used to be very tuned into this. It got to the point where my friends would shove “happy” music on me because there was NO way I wasn’t depressed. I … Continue Reading
Man. Thom Johnny, Phil, Colin and Ed. Way to come out swinging. Way to come out with something different. Isn’t it great that Thom REALLY likes wailing and Johnny REALLY likes composing scores? And isn’t it great that they do … Continue Reading
Marlowe Grey “Midnight In Brooklyn” Midnight In Brooklyn Radiohead with flute. That is what Marlowe Grey remind me of. Maybe even darker than Radiohead. The band, which consists of Anthony John Pietro – leader singer/songwriter, guitar; Trent Blackham – bass; … Continue Reading
Canopy Climbers “Slip” Fever Besides having a great name (I now want to climb canopies), Canopy Climbers have this great psychedelic/pop feel much like Radiohead. This is an amazingly beautiful song. This band is going places no doubt. FEVER 1. … Continue Reading
The Attic Ends “Insanity” Stripped: A Live Recording The Attic Ends formed in 2010 when Samantha Rex (lead vocals), Jan Christiansen (keyboard), Pete Hur (guitar) and Bob King (drums) met in New York and began writing music together. What a … Continue Reading
Guardian Ghost Guardian Ghost “Sailor” Shadowlands Do you miss Radiohead? Guardian Ghost is definitely their successor. With these deep lyrics, beautiful brooding voice, and tremendous music, this band from LA gets under your skin. Jesse Glick, lead singer/writer, has assembled … Continue Reading
The Corduroy Suit “Great Neptune” Revisions Haunting vocals, evocative melodies, clever lyrics definitely raise the Corduroy Suit’s single from their new EP, Revisions, to a hire place. “Giant Neptune” compares unrequited love to a journey across the solar … Continue Reading
NYC-based indie rock group STRNGRS pull in elements of Cold War Kids, Black Keys and even a little Zeppelin on their debut single “Subtle Reminder.” We delve a little deeper and listened a few more tracks on their Soundcloud and … Continue Reading