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
Bowerbirds
Bowerbirds – In the Yard Warm, gooey, golden melodies, coming straight from NC’s Bowerbirds the second cut from their upcoming album The Clearing, which is out 3/6/12 (awesome date). This being the second track, we’re already aware of the first nine minutes of this album. I’m
Here’s my first mixtape of the year. Its chock full of songs that I’ve fallen in love with over the last 30 days or so. A lot of these songs come from albums that I’m extremely excited about (Yellow Ostrich, Delta Spirit, Ben Kweller, Diamond Rugs, Bowerbirds,
Emily Wells
Emily Wells – Passenger Emily Wells is a classically trained violinist whose penchant for hip-hop styled production has nabbed a brand new record deal from Partisan Records for her great ability to create hauntingly beautiful compositions using her voice, violin, synthesizers and loops to create a sort of orchestral sound that
tennis
Tennis – My Better Self The much anticipated second album from Denver-based Tennis, Young and Old, is set for release February 14, 2012 on Fat Possum Records. What better day to fall in love with this band all over again. I can’t say enough about how I enjoy the lo-fi
