Sometimes you don't really care for a band or musician. It can be due to the fact that the first album or song you picked to start off with didn't sync well with you, the band members don't look attractive enough, the band name pisses you off (I actually did not...
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Shaken Not Stirred: Nick Drake’s "Pink Moon"
I am always on the lookout for new folk music. I've listened to the complete works of Dylan and Cash, Mitchell and Baez, but somehow my craving for this eclectic, yet beautifully simple music is never quite satisfied. I was looking through a Spotify playlist the...
Heavy Rotation Highlights: The War On Drugs, Trust, Warm Soda & more!
It’s the first day of Spring! The weather’s getting warmer, and things are looking up, so treat yourself to our latest batch of rack additions. Not only does this edition feature The War on Drugs’ early Album of the Year candidate, but we’ve...
The War On Drugs- Lost In the Dream (Secretly Canadian)
You need this record now and you’ll need it for the rest of your life It is about 70 degrees and you’re on the road, eager to get to anywhere but where you are now. Fueled by nervous energy, just enough to keep you going but steady enough to keep you in...
Warm Soda ÛÒ Young Reckless Hearts (Castle Face)
Power-pop group believes in a thing called Love Warm Soda's debut LP, Someone For You, was one of the most underrated albums of 2013. Taking after their namesake, Warm Soda boasted a sound on that album in which the vocals were undeniably sweet, while the choruses on...
Kevin Drew- Darlings (Arts & Crafts)
Music for a mid life crisis? Some artists have this natural ability to sum up all the melancholy of this life into timeless tunes that flow effortlessly on their own and into each other. Broken Social Scene could be the epitome of those bands, and frontman Kevin Drew,...
Damaged Bug-Hubba Bubba (Castle Face)
Thee Oh Sees frontman makes a record that is decidedly not Thee Oh Sees This is John Dwyer of Thee Oh Sees, but if you're expecting a Thee Oh Sees record, you're going to walk away sorely disappointed. Odd, cheap electronics replace fuzzed guitars as Dwyers main...
traumahelikopter- I Don’t Understand Them At All (Burger Records)
Minimalist upbeat sad rock “If it's a joke/ how come no one is laughing?” I'm an experienced punk rocker, so self-depreciative pop anthems are my niche; but I've never heard anything close to the poetically beautiful contrast Dutch band traumahelikopter puts out....
Ice Cream Cathedral ÛÒ The Drowsy Kingdom (Riot Factory)
Introducing the genre of Space-Pop. Ice Cream Cathedral has put their own spin on the traditional dream pop genre to create an even more atmospheric sound. The band formed in Copenhagen where they released their debut album, The Drowsy Kingdom, almost a year ago. The...
Guided By Voices – Motivational Jumpsuit (GBV Inc)
A disjointed collection of song bursts with a wide range of guitar styles. Guided By Voices’ songwriter Robert Pollard must get bored pretty easily. Only one song on the reunited group’s new album breaks the three minute mark, with many fading out well...