Almost anything written about producer William Bevan aka Burial has the potential to turn quickly into naval-gazing drivel in its attempt to personify the Londoner’s place in modern music. Not just electronic music or the corpse of dubstep, but the whole shebang. It’s a tale full of contradictions, half-measures, and hushed voices starting with an [...]
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I’m one of those people that strongly dislikes stereotypes and feel pretty bad about myself if I support one, but I’m going to break my rule here and say, there’s something about the Scottish brogue that lends itself well to dark and gloomy music. Perhaps it’s because of the typical portrayal of Scotland by British [...]
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For those unfamiliar with Ramona Falls (no relation to indie-pop band Veronica Falls whatsoever), it’s the project of former Menomena member Brent Knopf. In 2009, he released his debut album Intuit to glowing reviews. On May 1st, he’ll look to continue that forward momentum by releasing his sophomore full-length Prophet via Barsuk Records. The first [...]
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“In the sun, in the moonlight, I love you,” Windy sings on “For Rosa,” the opening track on We Will Always Be, Windy & Carl’s eighth proper studio album. It’s a tender acoustic ballad backed by particularly gravelly static. Indeed, “love” has been the predominating theme across the married couple’s body of work: its ups [...]
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Photos by Philip Cosores Islands’ new album, A Sleep & A Forgetting, is quite a transformation in sound. For the most part the songs are downbeat and piano-led, unlike the big chugging guitars of their previous albums. It’s such a change that even the band themselves don’t seem to know what to do with it; [...]
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On this morning’s edition of KCRW‘s Morning Becomes Eclectic, DJ Jason Bentley slyly dropped in a new track by Grizzly Bear man Daniel Rossen. The song is taken from his upcoming EP Silent Hour/Golden Mile and is not one of the two tracks we’ve already heard from it (“Saint Nothing” and “Silent Song”), but rather [...]
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Ironically, perhaps, the video for Black Bananas’ track “TV Trouble,” will likely never get an airtime on any station. Drug use, dildos, horny animals, and a caveman jerking off via some microwaved meat. No, you didn’t read that wrong. Thus, you might want to keep this video until you’re home from the office, and preferably, [...]
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Ahead of the release of her album Interstellar on February 21st – or March 19th if you’re British – Frankie Rose will head out on the road and treat her fans to a generous amount of live shows. For the majority of the tour she’ll be joined by Beach Fossils side-project DIVE. Along with the [...]
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While we are left to indefinitely wait for DOOM’s collaboration with Ghostface to reap a full length album, or even a follow up to his follow up to his collaboration with Madlib, at least we now know we’ll be getting some new DOOM material this year. The infamous rapper has teamed up with Jneiro Jarel [...]
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Following the recent news that Big K.R.I.T. has pushed back his next mixtape 4evaNaDay by a week to March 5th, it seems the Mississippi rapper is looking to make it up to his fans by releasing a new track. Consequence of Sound points out that he has uploaded “King Pt. 2″ to his soundcloud for [...]
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Following their first performance together in two decades at Sunday’s Grammys, and the announcement that they’ll be playing Bonnaroo in June, the Beach Boys have as expected released the first batch of tour dates for their full-on reunion tour. Although there are already plenty of dates, this is only the beginning and is expected to [...]
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The idea of music videos for Laura Marling’s particular brand of folk music seems a little strange, but, Marling spices things up with the inclusion of a shitload of dolls. Yeah, that’s not creepy at all. But, doll prejudice aside, the clip is beautifully shot and the tune, “All My Rage,” is a reminder to [...]
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La Sera have a new album entitled Sees The Light coming out through Hardly Art on March 27th, but prior to that Katy Goodman and her band will be making tracks down the West Coast previewing new material for fans who’d like to come out and see it. It doesn’t all have to be new [...]
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On a rather indiscriminate night in Portland, lines formed around the corner for tickets to see Philly rockers Dr. Dog, touring in support of their new album Be the Void. And, as the over 1,800-person capacity venue neared its tipping point, Dr. Dog appeared to be hitting the milestone I’ve always hoped they’d hit. The [...]
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Though The Caretaker released an album in 2011 and an original soundtrack in 2012, titled Patience (After Sebald), this by no means indicates the end of new music from electronic artist Leyland Kirby. The Quietus points out that The Caretaker has offered up a free stream/download of outtakes from his last session, appropriately named Extra [...]
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The story of Tennis is, sadly, more interesting than their music. The pair of Alaina Moore and Patrick Riley were college sweethearts, spent seven months at sea gathering material that would turn into their debut LP (Cape Dory), and have graduated to working with The Black Keys’ Patrick Carney as a producer on their new [...]
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Young Magic is from Brooklyn, and that fact becomes fairly obvious upon even a cursory listen to their debut album, Melt. While that statement could certainly be seen as a pejorative in some circles, I mean it as no slight. Simply put, their brand of psychedelic dance rock isn’t too far from what we’ve seen [...]
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There are a number of bedroom artists who have broken through the mass of generic, electronic pop. Baths, How To Dress Well, and Washed Out are among the artists who’ve gone from recording in secluded bedrooms to playing for crowds. Gracie, also known as Andrew Balasia, is about to join their ranks. Balasia is from [...]
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