It is our favorite time of the year: the music festival SXSW when more than 2,200 acts travel to Austin Texas to play everywhere, from a corner in a bar to a concert hall. It is our third time, so we expect it to be a charm! If you want[…]
In my #3IsABand series, I feature bands whose music excites me and who are comprised of exactly three band members. In my preparation for SXSW 2016 I came across several dozens of really cool trios, who I’d like to feature at a later time. For now, I boiled my long[…]
“I’m a sucker for you” sing The Hubbards on “Cold Cut”, the beautifully catchy single release for their upcoming EP. Well, what can I say, I am a sucker for UK indie rock, and The Hubbards create the perfect mix of pleasant pop and intriguingly smart and well crafted alt rock. Listen to “Cold Cut”,[…]
Since FKA twigs’ brand of audiovisual experimentation has moved closer to the mainstream, there is room for something new: Francine Thirteen tackles the topic of female archetypes in a new EP due later this year. The video “Lady Mary, The Lord and Spark” is full of symbolism and feels more[…]
Satellite Mode Blak Emoji Vérité The Bay Rays Night Games No Hot Ashes Morly
This must have been an amazing Saturday at the Fuzz-O-Rama showcase with bands lining up in the early afternoon at 1:00 pm, playing psychedelic rock or fuzz rock, coming from as near as Albany or Boston, and from further away, from Europe with a band from Germany and Go!Zilla from Italy. We joined the[…]
Music has the unique ability to transport you through space and time and “The Naked Eye EP”, the debut of the eponymous project around the London-based singer Frenchie, is particularly good at that. I close my eyes and find myself at a sophisticated garden party, on the early evening in[…]
“If Only Chords” is a beautiful slow-burning and intense track built just from vocals and minimal electronic textures. I don’t know much about Morly, but she is playing SXSW next week and has a spot on my must-see list. There is also an EP coming out on April 8th.
Whenever I hear music from LA, I have the image of a car rushing down a light-filled boulevard through the night in my mind. I know, it’s a Hollywood cliché, but a good one and a slow-burning electro-pop track like “Value” producer Vokes could be well the soundtrack from the[…]
“Goose” is the debut single by UK quartet No Hot Ashes. Upon listening to “Goose”, enjoying the clear guitar sounds, followed by funky bass lines and an overall super groovy feel, I got fully ‘sold’ on “Goose” when Isaac starts singing. Can’t help loving a Manchester dialect, with No Hot Ashes originating from Stockport, roughly six miles away[…]
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