indie
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Alternate Worlds by Son Lux Son Lux comes through with a handful of songs on a new EP titled Alternate Worlds. While I’ve never been a huge fan of this guy’s past efforts, there’s just something really “big time” and ambitious about the presentation of these songs
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You might have seen Chelsea Wolfe’s “Feral Love” recently used in trailer for the fourth season of Game of Thrones. But the song has since gotten its own proper music video, which itself is apparently an excerpt from an upcoming feature-length film called Lone. I haven’t a clue
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We’ve been pretty stoked about this Jorge Elbrecht and Ariel Pink collaborative project ever since they dropped one of 2013’s best singles, “Hang on to Life,” last summer. You might recall the single later receiving a crazy, smokey music video that was equally great. Well, second single “Called
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The upcoming self-titled album from St. Vincent can’t come soon enough. “Birth in Reverse” and “Digital Witness” have hinted that this will be Annie’s most off-the-wall and adventurous project yet, and although decidedly a bit more understated than those two; new single “Prince Johnny” is a welcome come-down
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Calgary art-rocker Chad VanGaalen will be dropping his follow-up to 2011’s tragically-titled Diaper Island, Shrink Dust, on April 29 through SubPop. Above, check out the fantastic lead single “Where Are You?,” an ambling freak-folkish number laden with the twisted vocal manipulations and trippy sonics that are basically trademark for
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The previously mentioned Frankie Cosmos drops a hilariously frank birthday song that tells it straight about these annual celebrations of existence. While it may seem like Frankie is raining on the parade, it’s sometimes good to laugh at arbitrary rituals a bit. Plus, the instrumentation is pretty endearing as
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Precession by Alden Penner A short, four-track EP from ex-Unicorns member Alden Penner. The Canadian singer-songwriter dropped Precession late last year, and all of these tracks are set to turn up on his forthcoming full-length LP, Exegesis. The release date: February 4th. Enjoy!
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Aaron Maine of Porches. sat down with Out of Town Films to play a couple of cuts from his group’s latest LP Slow Dance in the Cosmos, a sad-rock project with a lot of wit. These solo performances certainly loan each of the tracks a new emotional dynamic – first
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Black Santa Rides The Fire Train by MONOLITHS. The Massachusetts rock outfit MONOLITHS. has a pretty diverse set of covers on this new Bandcamp release they’ve recently dropped, and Death Grips ranks among the handful of artists these guys decided to cover. Their song of choice: “No Love,” which
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Earlier today, indie electropop artist iamamiwhoami has come out with a gorgeous new video and song called “Fountain.” iamamiwhoami is still wearing her influences – like Björk and The Knife – on her sleeve, but the glimmering synth and her voice add up to something too majestic to be denied. Enjoy! Catch
