Feb 02, 2023 By Caleb Campbell Photography by Zoe Prinds Flash Andrew Broder is likely best known as the producer and musician behind the prolific ambient project, Fog. Since earning a cult following with over a dozen records as Fog, he has been staying very busy with his own solo career and his work as […]
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Pixies – Joey Santiago on “Doggerel”
Oct 21, 2022 By Lee Campbell Photography by Tom Oxley Web Exclusive Alt-rock guitar shredder Joey Santiago and Pixies are about to embark on a grueling southern hemisphere, Japanese, and European tour to promote their new album Doggerel. Donning a cap of course, framed by some very striking artwork from his LA home, Under the […]
The Flaming Lips Announce 20th Anniversary Reissue of “Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots”
Sep 29, 2022 By Joey Arnone Photography by Blake Studdard The Flaming Lips have announced a deluxe edition box set reissue of their album Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots to commemorate its 20th anniversary. The set, which contains over 50 songs, includes B-sides, demos, remixes, radio sessions, two concerts, and more. It will be available […]
Premiere: Fujiya & Miyagi Share New Single “Slight Variations”
Aug 30, 2022 By Caleb Campbell Photography by Darryl Webber Fans last heard from long-running Brighton-based electronic outfit Fujiya & Miyagi with their 2019 record, Flashback. Over the band’s twenty-year career, they have consistently taken an ardent and expansive approach to electronic music, fusing elements from pop, house, disco, acid, krautrock, and more. Their discography […]
Premiere: Milan McAlevey Shares New Single “You Can Get It”
Aug 19, 2022 By Caleb Campbell Maine-based singer/songwriter Milan McAlevey has been quietly writing songs for over thirty years, most recently as one-half of the Maine rock outfit, Coke Weed, his band with his then-girlfriend, Nina Donghia. Earlier this year, McAlevey shared his first ever solo release, his lost 2008 debut, Admiral of the State […]
Premiere: No Win Share New Single “Hit The Line”
Jul 19, 2022 By Caleb Campbell Photography by Leah Rom Next month, Danny Noguerias, original drummer for LA pop punkers FIDLAR, is back again with a new album under his own alt rock moniker, NO WIN. The band’s new LP, Dodger Stadium, follows Enhanced CD, their EP released earlier this year, and sees Noguerias taking […]
Premiere: Beach Bums Debut New Single “IDGAF”
Jun 27, 2022 By Caleb Campbell Photography by Michael Garcia Last year, genre-fluid California band Beach Bums shared their fourth full-length record, BEACHxBUMS!, rising up from the LA punk underground with a bracing mix of hip hop, punk, metal, indie rock, and more. They’re keeping up their prolific output this year with an expanded line-up […]
Peter Matthew Bauer (Formerly of The Walkmen) Shares New Single “Skulls”
Jun 24, 2022 By Caleb Campbell Photography by Charlie Anastasis After the seminal 2000s indie rock outfit The Walkmen went on hiatus, Peter Matthew Bauer started a solo career with his 2014 debut Liberation! and continued in 2017 with Mount Qaf (Divine Love), released via his own imprint, Fortune Tellers. Last month, Bauer shared “Knife […]
L-E Talk Us Through Their Forthcoming Debut Album
Jun 15, 2022 By Dom Gourlay Web Exclusive L-E released their new single “Do You Want To Live?” earlier this month via Dustbunny Records. Taken from their forthcoming debut album which comes out on Friday 1st July 2022, “Do You Want To Live?” finds the story’s narrator coming to terms with the implications of immortality, […]
Blondie Announce Box Set Release
Jun 08, 2022 By Joey Arnone Photography by Shig Ikeda Blondie have announced the release of a box set, Blondie: Against the Odds 1974-1982, which will be out on August 26. The box set, which will be available on standard and deluxe CD and vinyl, includes the band’s first six albums recorded for Chrysalis (Blondie, […]
Sunflower Bean on “Headful of Sugar”
May 06, 2022 By Dom Gourlay Photography by Driely S (Live Photos by Ian Weston) Web Exclusive Sunflower Bean have released their eagerly anticipated third album today. Entitled Headful of Sugar, it’s the follow-up to 2018’s critically acclaimed Twentytwo In Blue. Produced by Unknown Mortal Orchestra’s Jacob Portrait, alongside Sunflower Bean’s own Olive Faber, who […]
Kelly Lee Owens Shares New Song “One”
Apr 26, 2022 By Mark Redfern Photography by Josie Hall Welsh electronic music artist/producer Kelly Lee Owens is releasing a new album, LP.8, digitally this Friday via Smalltown Supersound, with a physical release on June 10. Now she has shared another song from it, “One.” Listen below, followed by Owens’ upcoming tour dates. A press […]
Kelly Lee Owens Announces New Album, Shares New Songs “Olga” and “Sonic 8”
Mar 30, 2022 By Mark Redfern Photography by Josie Hall Welsh electronic music artist/producer Kelly Lee Owens has announced a new album, LP.8, and shared two new songs, “Olga” and “Sonic 8.” LP.8 is due out digitally on April 29 via Smalltown Supersound, with a physical release on June 10. Check out “Olga” and “Sonic […]
Sondre Lerche Announces Double Album, Shares Songs “Cut” and “Turns Out I’m Sentimental After All”
Jan 05, 2022 By Joey Arnone Photography by Tonje Thilesen Norwegian-born/American-based singer/songwriter Sondre Lerche has announced the release of a new double album, Avatars of Love, which will be out on April 8 via PLZ/InGrooves. Lerche has also shared two tracks from the album, “Cut” and “Turns Out I’m Sentimental After All,” along with a […]
Premiere: Lou Canon Shares “Invisible Desire” (Époque Selector Remix)
Dec 07, 2021 By Caleb Campbell Photography by Rebecca Wood Canadian indie pop singer/songwriter Lou Canon opened her third album Audomatic Body with an invitation to “reimagine the body.” Her newly announced remix album of the same name extends the same offer, remixing several songs from Audomatic Body and reframing them in a new light. […]
Pixies Announce New Live Box Set
Nov 03, 2021 By Joey Arnone Pixies have announced the release of a new live box set, Live in Brixton, which will be out on January 28, 2022. The box set includes the entirety of the band’s four-night set of performances at the Brixton Academy in London upon their 2004 reunion. It will be available […]
Songs of the Spires (Expanded Edition)
Oct 22, 2021 Web Exclusive By Austin Trunick In the early days of New Wave, drummer David Kendrick and singer Leslie Bohem approached the Mael brothers of Sparks at an LA coffee shop and invited them to check out their popular live act, Bates Motel. Rather than help getting a contract, as they likely hoped, […]
Premiere: Loose Opinions Debuts New Video For “Shadow of a Shadow”
Sep 24, 2021 By Caleb Campbell Photography by Aaron Brame Last month, Memphis-based multi-instrumentalist and producer Graham Burks Jr. shared his new LP as Loose Opinions, Shadow of a Shadow, via Back to the Light Records. After a career of exploring punk and no-wave with bands like Sweet Knives and Perfect Vessels, Burks turned inward […]
Matt Maltese Shares New Single “Good Morning”
Sep 24, 2021 By Caleb Campbell Photography by rememberyouweremadetobeused Today London-based indie pop artist Matt Maltese has shared “Good Morning,” his latest single off of his upcoming third LP, Good Morning It’s Now Tomorrow, due out on October 8th via Nettwerk. Written over quarantine, Maltese’s latest record finds his layered indie pop songwriting once again […]
José González on His Upbringing and His New Album “Local Valley”
Sep 16, 2021 By Jake Uitti Photography by Peter Toggeth / Mikel Cee Karlsson Web Exclusive Internationally known musician, José González, is one of those artists who exhibits such an intricate, discrete touch with his work that it becomes an obsession for his listeners. Each note is its own rabbit hole to fall down into, […]
Premiere: Carissa Johnson Debuts New Single “The Sound”
Sep 09, 2021 By Caleb Campbell Photography by Melissa Desmond Boston-based indie rocker Carissa Johnson is back this fall with her new LP, Blue Hour. Recorded over lockdown, the record is Johnson’s first solo album since 2016’s Only Roses. In the intervening years, she’s been playing with her band, The Cure-Alls, but quarantine found her […]
DINNER TIME Debuts New Single “This Feeling Is…”
Sep 03, 2021 By Caleb Campbell Atlanta indie rock outfit DINNER TIME is sharing their sophomore LP, Halfway Down this fall, following up on their 2019 self-titled debut. Still paying homage to slacker pop, psych rock, and funk grooves, their latest album was also built with more structure in mind. As bassist London Cameron says, […]
All Things Must Pass: 50th Anniversary Edition
Aug 02, 2021 Web Exclusive By Frank Valish As soon as I heard that CAPITOL/UMe was releasing a deluxe box set of George Harrison’s 1970 solo debut, All Things Must Pass, the first thing I did was go to the bookshelf and pull out my old copy of the original 3 LP set. Far from […]
Premiere: Swerve Debuts New Single “Ruin Your Day”
Aug 02, 2021 By Caleb Campbell Photography by Tyler Curtis LA-based indie rock outfit Swerve has been building attention in their local scene with a steady run of singles and two self-produced EPs, taking cues from fiery punk attitude, hazy psych rock riffs, and ‘90s fueled indie rock cool. Next week the band will share […]
Premiere: Sunshine Boysclub Debuts New Single “Don’t See Why”
Jul 23, 2021 By Caleb Campbell Photography by Kate Hollowell L.A.-based singer/songwriter and producer Sam Martin has previously won plaudits from the indie pop world as frontman for Youngblood Hawke, most recently with their 2020 LP, Edge of the World. Last month, Martin made his solo debut under the moniker Sunshine Boysclub with his new […]
Lala Lala Announces New Album, Shares Video for New Song “DIVER”
Jul 14, 2021 By Mark Redfern Lala Lala (aka Lillie West) has announced a new album, I Want the Door to Open, and shared a new song from it, “DIVER,” via a video. I Want the Door to Open features Ben Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie on one song and is due out October […]
HARD FEELINGS (Amy Douglas + Hot Chip’s Joe Goddard) Announce Album, Share New Song “Dangerous”
Jul 13, 2021 By Mark Redfern Photography by Pooneh Ghana HARD FEELINGS, which is the new project of New York City based singer/songwriter Amy Douglas and British producer Joe Goddard of Hot Chip, have announced their self-titled debut album and shared a new single from it, “Dangerous,” via a video for it. HARD FEELINGS is […]
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Jul 13, 2021 Web Exclusive By Haydon Spenceley There’s a danger with music that is part of the burgeoning psych genre that listeners coming to a record will know what they’re going to get before they press play. If that’s something which you have found yourself falling foul of recently, rejoice, because New Candys are […]
Premiere: Ciarra Fragale Debuts New Self-Titled Album – Stream It Early Below
Jul 01, 2021 By Caleb Campbell Photography by Rebecca Kavaler Massachusetts singer/songwriter Ciarra Fragale has been growing in leaps and bounds, with each release becoming more assured and honing an even more potent edge to her wide-ranging style. Her 2019 sophomore LP, Call It What You Want was barely out before Fragale found herself gathering […]
Premiere: Ridgeway Debuts New Single “Real Blue”
Jun 17, 2021 By Caleb Campbell Southern California shoegaze band Ridgeway is preparing for their sophomore LP, Marlo, coming later this year. Pulling influence from formative ‘90s shoegaze records and from their storming contemporaries like Nothing or Turnover, the band’s latest record looks to push their sound even further than their 2019 debut, Give. The […]