Here are Buddy‘s favorite records of the year. Buddy was the subject of our first ever post here at Sound it Out and he’s one of our favorite humans. His musings on 2014: I’m never usually one to wish a calendar year to end, but I’m looking forward to a fresh year. I liken 2014 to a […]
We love Dirty Ghosts and were excited to see what they loved in 2014. Here are Allyson Baker and Tony Sevener’s favorites from the year. Can’t wait to hear their new record next year! Check out all of our 2014 year-end lists here. ALLYSON BAKER’S BEST OF 2014: Once And Future Band – Brain EP (Mouth […]
Doug Martsch was kind enough to send us some photos he took this week of of Built to Spill in the studio. They recorded at Jackpot! Studio and are mixing at Ice Cream Party, both in Portland, OR. There was clearly the requisite amount of pizza and disarray that comes with a proper recording session. […]
It was such a pleasant surprise to have new Kim Deal video show up in my inbox just now. It’s for “Biker Gone”, the fifth release from Kim’s 7″ single series, which she launched early last year. It’s a great song, with haunted melodies like only Ms. Deal can provide. The line-up this time around […]
There’s something bittersweet about Amen Dunes (aka Damon McMahon) that’s kind of hard to explain. Words weave in and out of his songs so that you can grab onto a phrase here and there, but overall lyrical structures are evasive. You can try and derive meaning this way, but I find it’s best to surrender […]
Well, poo. I really, really did not want to have to recommend a band called Diarrhea Planet, but I’m convinced it’s the right thing to do. I’m not talking out of stool when I say that their new EP is one of the most fun, reckless, drunk-on-rock records I’ve heard in some time. Just try […]
Jose González will release his first record in over seven years in February. It’s called Vestiges and Claws and it’s a heartfelt and intimate collection of folk-y songs. González produced the record himself, partly at his home in Gothenberg, Sweden and partly in a nearby studio. It’s a much more stripped down sound than his […]
Oh my goodness. This new song from Bent Knee pushes all of my stoner/prog rock buttons. There’s some serious weirdness here that makes more sense each time you listen. It should come as no surprise that the members of Bent Knee met at Boston’s Berklee School of Music; their song exhibits a high level of […]
DMA’s are three best friends from Newton, Australia. They released a single in February and have another coming next month, but that’s it so far. There’s something strangely savant-ish about these guys – they’ve hardly released any music, but it’s catchy beyond belief and they’re producing it themselves. The video for their new single “Laced” starts […]
J Mascis is going to release a cover of Mazzy Star’s classic “Fade into You” as a Record Store Day Black Friday (November 28) limited-edition 7″ . I never would have pegged J to evoke the haunting and delicate qualities of the original, but he nails it. The video below shows J performing the song […]