Heartless Bastards
Heartless Bastards – Parted Ways Austin’s Heartless Bastards release their album Arrow the follow-up to ’09’s The Mountain, which found their way deep into my library and became an album that I enjoyed for its folk rock meets punk noise sort of aesthetic. What Heartless Bastards have done with
Horse Feathers
Horse Feathers – Fit Against the Country Make no mistake, Portland folk band Horse Feathers’ singer Justin Ringle has a voice that could calm a raging storm. Their music is extremely gentle, delicate, and extremely beautiful. The band is about to release a fresh new LP titled Cynic’s New Year,
Islands
The follow-up to Islands’ Vapours is finally upon us (street date 2/14) and luckily the guys at ANTI records have allowed the album up for streaming, so we can get an early taste of what Thorburn and the rest of Islands have been up to. The stripped down, confessional
Water Liars
Water Liars – $100 I’m really enjoying the music of Water Liars (formerly Phantom Limb) a two piece featuring vocalist Justin Kinkel-Schuster(of Theodore) and drummer Andrew Bryant. Their album (titled Phantom Limb) drops 2/28 and they’ve released album opener “$100.” Its reverb drenched, grungy introduction relents to
Maps & Atlases
Maps & Atlases – Winter Maps & Atlases are finally back at us with some brand new music, an upcoming album and I for one am quite excited. The first cut off their upcoming album, Beware and Be Grateful (4/17) is “Winter,” combines dense lyrics about a freezing Chicago winter,
Plants and Animals
Check out the second cut from Plants and Animals’ forthcoming album, The End of That, which is due out at the end of the month on Secret City Records. It’s definitely a track that displays the bands versatility, and its vibrance. The song, “Song for love,” has a cool,
The Head and the Heart
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iSQGWpy0qY[/youtube] Watch Seattle’s The Head and the Heart’s video for their standout track “Down in the Valley,” a video made of footage captured during the band’s most recent tour. This song had always been the absolute stand out for
Fort Lean
Fort Lean – Sunsick Holy freaking percussion. Brooklyn’s Fort Lean is following up their ’11 self title with this beast of a song. “Sunsick,” takes a bit of grunge sound and intertwines it with a bit of anthemic sunshine. The huge crashes and pounding on drums are equaled with soaring
OK Go
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MejbOFk7H6c[/youtube] If you haven’t gotten to see any of the music video insanity that is OK Go, I’d be wildly surprised. What else is wildly surprising is how they consistently one up themselves again and again and again. In this
Saint Motel
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40XR-A6-e38[/youtube] Saint Motel has recently released a new video for their fantastic track “At Least I Have Nothing,” a synthpop / rock track that has a cinematic almost Tron-like sound. Its a track that I originally talked about back in November, and one
beach fossils
Beach Fossils – Shallow Beach Fossils’ laid-back lofi feel is one that seems quite carefree. Their newest track here “Shallow,” is obviously a guitar led jam where the vocals take a back seat as they seem to drift away in time as they reverberate through your ears. It’s a nice,
Adam Arcuragi
Adam Arcuragi – The Well This being my first album I’ve heard of Philadelphia’s Adam Arcuragi, I was extremely surprised at the depth and breadth of his music. There is something magical about this album, the way Adam sings, the carefully placed subtleties on the keys, horns, plucking, it
