This Deap Vally song killed me when it came out over the summer, but it sounds even more right on this most fucked up of days. Don’t let any man tell you how to be. Hang in there and fight back. The new Deap Vally record is called Femejism and it’s out now. You should […]
I’ve been listening to the new Kevin Morby record incessantly for days now – mostly because it’s great, but also to try and figure out how it differs from albums we’ve all heard a million times. Sure, these are atmospheric songs about wanderlust and truth-seeking, and yeah, you will easily recognize Morby’s influences throughout, but the music […]
A list from Jonathan Meiburg of Shearwater! You can check out all our Best of 2015 lists here. 15 charismatic and/or really impressive non-humans I met in 2015: 1. Goliath Bird-Eating Spider – the world’s largest; my insane scientist friend Sean McCann let it crawl on his head while I took a picture). Guyana. 2. […]
Dee Dee from Dum Dum Girls put together a splendidly-curated list of 2015’s highlights! Check out all of our 2015 year-end lists here. DEE DEE’S BEST OF 2015: Favorite Albums: I’ve been obsessed with The Weeknd’s The Beauty Behind The Madness. It’s phenomenal and inspiring, and strangely, there are a few eerily similar topics/lyrics on my next […]
I’m a big fan of Derek Fudesco and Amber Webber and love all of their musical projects including Cave Singers, Black Mountain, The Murder City Devils, Lighning Dust and Pretty Girls Make Graves. Derek sent me the duo’s new Kodiak Deathbeds in July, and though I was immediately drawn to its loveliness, I was still in the […]
Slim Twig‘s new album Thank You For Stickin’ With Twig makes me feel dirty. It has a dangerous sort of sexiness to it that manages to be menacing and exhilarating at the same time. While Mr. Twig has been making artistic and unusual records now for 10 years, this one feels most like a cohesive rock album than anything I’ve encountered from him. It’s still challenging […]
Alicia Bognanno is the singer, songwriter, guitarist, producer and engineer for a Nashville-based rock band called Bully, and she is a badass. Bognanno went to school to learn audio engineering and then interned with Steve Albini and taught herself to play guitar. Bully feels a lot like some 90s rock artists I liked – The Breeders, Liz Phair and […]
I can’t think of a band that makes more consistently perfect pop songs than Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin. The band has literally grown up together; main songwriters Will and Philip met in high school and the rest of the band came together shortly thereafter, quickly garnering a committed following in hometown Springfield, MO […]
Singer/songwriter Laura Gibson lost all of her stuff in yesterday’s terrifying fire in New York. There’s a GoFundMe campaign to help her get some money together to replace her belongings and get a new place to live. It’s hard enough to be an artist these days without having your things lit on fire, so please […]
This new Mas Ysa song is killing me. “Look Up” is a sneakily addictive piece of work, with quirky little sounds repeated in what I can only assume are mathematically-proven-to-be-pleasing patterns. This is from the mind of someone who clearly knows how to craft a song; I almost feel manipulated by how well this is put […]