Another great split release! …from another couple of Canadian lo fi bands! This one is by The Moas, and it stopped me in my tracks. Calm, but powerful. Source: Bandcamp Continue reading
Tag: indie rock
Avoid the highways, just take Sunset
sngalbums: Originally appeared on the Music Court. By my estimation, more music has been made about New York and LA than any other areas combined. Both places are enormous cultural melting pots, a huge draw for artists. But even given the vastness of these cities, the art that comes out of them all too often includes themes of loneliness and solitude. This dichotomy is so … Continue reading Avoid the highways, just take Sunset
Avoid the highways, just take Sunset
Originally appeared on the Music Court. By my estimation, more music has been made about New York and LA than any other areas combined. Both places are enormous cultural melting pots, a huge draw for artists. But even given the vastness of these cities, the art that comes out of them all too often includes themes of loneliness and solitude. This dichotomy is so clear … Continue reading Avoid the highways, just take Sunset
Featuring Shari Heck from Cyberbully Mom Club! This project has an equally terrific band name, and I sense hints of Micachu in the songwriting: short but meaningful. Wow, I’ve been thinking about Micachu a lot lately. “Who walks beside you? is it hard not to lie? She learned from Gertrude, I learned from Stein If war’s never fatal, I think i lost this time” Source: … Continue reading
SEE WOMEN LAUGHING ALONE WITH SALAD Saw Bad Bad Hats perform at Culture Collide a few weeks back, and this video never ceases to entertain me. Rock on, you wonderful Minneapolitans. Continue reading
You should watch this video. You may regret it, but that’s only because it’s insane. This song sounds like Avey Tare, or Animal Collective, but more relatable. Continue reading
Upbeat interpretation of sorrow. Makes me think of COMPNY; both are so earnest yet inevitably doomed. Source: SoundCloud / Gordi Continue reading
losangeleslovesyou: STEALING SHEEP : APPARITION Continue reading
iheartmoosiq: Rare Monk had me in the palm of their sonic hand the very moment their driving, crunchy guitars kicked in on new song Warning Pulse, a first single from the Portland band’s upcoming self titled EP, out November 20th via B3SCI Records. Warning Pulse is a Manchester Orchestra, Silversun Pickups, and Ramona Falls treat doused in Northwest sentimentality. The quintet first met in college and … Continue reading
Blonde Elvis sounds like a cross between the Arctic Monkeys and the Paperhead. The gruff vocals and muffled psych instrumentation is a perfect combo. Source: Bandcamp Continue reading
Sawdust & Gin 