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"Distant Wells" is the quintessence of Historian’s eponymous album and their sound altogether – experimental, spacey, dark, and yet, strangely peaceful.
Voids was the first album I've heard from Minus The Bear and it was all very solid indie rock with some great guitar work that seamlessly blended their various elements to create some really compelling music.
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"No Sleep No Sleep" is not only groovy, but groovy that’s masterfully wrapped in a unique musical sheath of a few very different types of genres.
If the Beatles were the spokesmen of their generation, then Imagine Dragons are fast becoming the voice of a new one. They are the front men to a new sound and style that hits you with its rhythm-driven edge, but their appeal and message goes deeper than that.
They call him O.G. But O.G. doesn't only stand for "Opera Ghost". It means 'original'. Foundational. And the Phantom of the Opera is is the O.G. indie artist.
Simply put, recordings of the songs can’t do the live performance justice. FRENSHIP has to be experienced in person! They’re currently on their US Tour through June 5th and should not be missed! Check out our full gallery of shots from the night.
Once in a while I’m pleasantly surprised by an evening that is so intimately tied together that you can’t divorce the performances from each other. Performances that demand to be addressed as a whole rather than cut into distinct pieces. Gordi and S. Carey put on one such performance to a sold-out crowd at DC9 Nightclub in Washington, D.C. Check out the full gallery of photos from their amazing sets here.
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Sonically and melodically The Wombat's latest album is a beautiful record who's bubbling upbeatness is infectious which creates an interesting dynamic between it's content full of heartbreak and a bad love. This may not be one of the deepest nor thought provoking rock albums I've heard in recent memory but it's certainly one of the most enjoyable. And sometimes that's what it's all about.
'Night Flight', a precursor to MTV, and long-time indie label Sub Pop are joining forces to produce a streaming service that will be dedicated to the discovery and support of emerging and alternative artists.
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Just like dreams, 'Edge of Sleep' is a visceral exploration of the subconscious, filled with wondrous, unusual, and scary musical encounters.
'Away' is the brainchild of award-winning Latvian animator, Gints Zilbalodis, and while this is his directorial feature debut, he has demonstrated sophistication and proficiency in the craft of storytelling and animation.
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'Morning World' is an incredibly eclectic mix of grunge ballads and bangers that evokes both nostalgia and hope for a better grunge future.
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Thirty Seconds to Mars try their hand at a politically charged record but they ultimately come up well short of saying or adding anything worthwhile to the conversation. It's essentially an album that's full of vapid buzz words/phrases set to painfully generic electro-infused pop rock. It's not a "terrible" album but it's not a particularly compelling one either.
David Byrne's latest entry into his multimedia project, 'Reasons to be Cheerful', has just launched and it tackles division within society through interactive storytelling.
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Chapell releases a new real-life inspired single, pervaded by a pronouncedly dark sense of parody of Mark Zuckerberg’s testimony to Congress.
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She Brought Me Gasoline is able to fashion Americana to their own liking, without giving any indication that they hail from Mount Medvednica and not somewhere in the Appalachians.
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Offering doesn't quite reach the heights of their debut and the music is noticeably brighter, shedding some of their darker undertones for a more generic pop album, but I'll be damned if it isn't catchy music all the same.
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I'm not sure if WhoMadeWho was aided by any psychedelics in the creation of Through The Walls but he managed to craft one atmospheric, contemplative, trippy musical journey, and I can dig it.
Based on true accounts, award-winning director/screenwriter François Ozon took the time to accurately depict the horrific consequences that victims of sexual abuse have to deal with their entire lives.
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While Django Django's previous efforts felt a bit more artsy in intention, the experimentation on Marble Skies feels done with the sole purpose of creating something fun. And it is fun, it's a lighthearted, head nodding romp full of brilliant melodies and earworm hooks. It's almost impossible not to be pulled into their joyous orbit.
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Florence + The Machine try to strip things back for a more intimate listening experience. So there are more ballads and the production tries to be more subtle, but there's really only so much you can do to hold down a voice as powerful as Welch's.
Chromatics' set was beautiful to experience—the sounds, the lights, the feeling of being in an ’80s-inspired arthouse-meets-noir film. Every member played their part to a tee—at once intriguing, entertaining, and drawing the entire crowd deeper into their world.
https://vimeo.com/121248988 February was a massive month for music that included a lot of heavy hitters dropping full lengths as well...
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This was my first Feist album and it was an exceptional piece of art; full of raw emotion, minimalist production, and her incredibly layered voice. It was a surreal listen that left me floating through the ether and it's one of my favorites of the year thus far.
