Aviator/Spirit Fangs split by Aviator One of the great things about the internet is its ability to bridge gaps created by geography. Without the internet, it would pretty difficult and unlikely for two punk bands from opposite sides of the United States to come together and release a split
We Can Live In The Exact Same Place by I Kill Giants I Kill Giants is a young band from Boston, Massachusetts that doesn’t like to waste anybody’s time. At least, that’s the impression I got from listening to their new album (“full length”? EP? single?) We
One of the most charming singer-songwriters on the Secretly Canadian roster, Jens Lekman, has a new album on the way in September titled I Know What Love Isn’t. It’s looking at a September 4th release date. “Erica America” is an endearing little tune, loaded with delicate strings and
Toronto jazz fusion trio BADBADNOTGOOD caught on tape covering TNGHT at Mad Decent’s Block Party. A perfect storm of awesome, if you ask me. I wonder if a cover of this will make it onto BBNG’s next album. Hmmmm…
Wild Nothing drops yet another track from it’s forthcoming album, which will drop via Captured Tracks on August 28th. The title: Nocturne. If the last track Wild Nothing dropped signified a crush on the 80s, “Paradise” is pure infatuation. The drum beat and synth sound a lot like something
Back when Dum Dum Girls dropped their 2010 debut I Will Be, it would have been hard to predict that within two years, frontwoman Dee Dee would develop into a remarkably talented and mature singer/songwriter. Tracks like the devastating “Coming Down” from last year’s Only In Dreams established
Back when Dum Dum Girls dropped their 2010 debut I Will Be, it would have been hard to predict that within two years, frontwoman Dee Dee would develop into a remarkably talented and mature singer/songwriter. Tracks like the devastating “Coming Down” from last year’s Only In Dreams established
Given that hip-hop culture has long glamorized alcohol use (and even abuse), I have to give props to Kendrick Lamar for dropping this new song. Despite what its catchy chorus might suggest, Lamar’s new single “Swimming Pools (Drank)” is a cautious, dark, and surprisingly personal indictment of alcohol use,
With a new album from Dirty Projectors out now and records from Animal Collective and Grizzly Bear on the way, the upper-tier indie scene this year is looking a lot like it did in 2009. Grizzly Bear’s new single “Yet Again” is the second track to drop from their
Airhead drops a new single via R & S Records, and it’s an obtuse one indeed. The rhythm seems to have a bit of a dub reggae feel to it, but it seems that anything goes with the slew of vocal samples and synths that sit on top of
