Super rich punchy power-pop. When Broken Gold went to record Residency At Hundo Beach, they started with around 40 demos. Though the EP ended up being only six tracks, each track is so dense and rich that it seems like they just squeezed all 40 demos into the six...
Perfect combination of vocal harmonies and ambient synths. As we approach the close of the semester, papers, finals, and horrific group projects are the only thing standing between complete freedom and peace of mind. Incan Abraham's debut LP, Tolerance, may be the...
A whimsical singer-songwriter defining her range. It's hard to believe Zella Day only wrote songs for her acoustic guitar while she was growing up in the Arizona mountains. It is obvious from her two-track EP that her compositions are anything but simplistic. In...
Miniature exploration of indie rock subgenres. It's hard to place Faces On Film into a subgenre within indie rock, but whatever it is that they do, they do it well. Frontman, Mike Fiore, combines different elements of the acoustic guitar, atmospheric buzz, cooing...
Classic Elbow sound, twenty years deep. The title of Elbow's sixth full-length album, The Take Off and Landing of Everything seems to foreshadow the themes of the album: the pondering thoughts of life and death. “This Blue World” isn't the best opener to the album;...
Lo-fi surf rock that really will make you boogie. To get an immediate vibe from Dry Heeves, listen to the instrumental track “The Swell.” It illuminates their purely guitar-based, lo-fi sound, with surf rock inspired riffs. Although it has enough substance, the track...
Bright Electro with a kick Brooklyn electro-pop band Twintapes creates a surprisingly danceable track with their newest single “Everyday ChemicalÛ. Featuring velvety synthesizers and an upbeat tempo, “Everyday Chemical” creates a sound that breaks through the...
Chill! Far out! Psychedelic, dude! Axxa/Abraxas is the project of Atlanta resident Ben Asbury, who clearly took after the psychedelic tendencies of fellow Georgians in the Elephant 6 collective. Unlike that group's folksier leanings, Asbury prefers straight up psych...
A fun rock, big band and funk patois It's gonna be a little tough to come up with the “RIYL” for New Orleans septet because they sound very similar and very unique at the same time. The group gets originality points for adding big band instrumentation and funky...
Like one giant, rad garage rock house party This compilation from Seattle based record label Suicide Squeeze collects 14 singles previously released by various bands via the label, often times in limited edition vinyl formats. Stylistically, most of the bands featured...