Making new age cool again Though proliferation of 80's everything currently pervades a fair amount of music today, it's not very often we see an artist openly embrace the styling's of the often-mocked genre of new age, yet that is exactly what Mark McGuire, former...
Boozy, twangy garage-rock Natural Child have always been loudly, lovingly, and very deliberately untamed, fully embracing their country-rocking, beer chugging, and fun loving tendencies. Though their latest effort, Dancin' with Wolves, may be slightly better produced...
A multi-instrumental conceptual storytelling experience Blue Film is an album that should be taken in as a whole. Los Angeles-based singer songwriter, Matthew Hemerlein, under the name Lo-Fang, has took his life experiences and translated them into an album filled...
An enjoyable, if not remarkable, half-hour of lo-fi pop On Haxel Princess, Cherry Glazerr check off all the points seemingly required for modern lo-fi Californian pop acts. They've got the sweet female vocals, lyrics that alternate between self-aware and hilarious...
Simple yet infectious dance tracks Thomas Barfod has been making sleek electronic music in one group or another for years now, developing a proficient, straightforward style that placed heavy emphasis on solid vocal hooks and dance-till-you-die beats, a style Tomas...
Capital Punishment: Never Forget Throughout the course of Mas Ysa's debut EP, Thomas Arsenault tries just about everything that could ever be considered under the broad moniker of “synth-popÛ. Despite Mas Ysa's penchant for variation, he's able to maintain a...
Dee Dee Penny meets country-pop. In the opening track, Eden Fine Day sounds like just another ordinary indie pop, female-fronted band; exuding a very similar style to Dum Dum Girls, Vivian Girls, La Sera (etc.) By incorporating a banjo, and making the twangy vocals...
Stirring up the singer songwriter world. Well-known for co-writing Feist's song “1, 2, 3, 4,” Sally Seltmann incorporates many of the whimsical characteristics found in that song and combines them with quirky lyrics and unpredictable instrumentations. She is an...
An unpredictable and mournful electronica debut. Within the first three seconds, Pillar Point's debut album comes to life, pulsing with energy before inevitably bursting into a synthesized atmosphere. Even though the beats and lyrics can become repetitive by the end...
Sunny, smart, edgy indie pop. Virginia-based band Eternal Summers' newest album The Drop Beneath lives up to the band's name. Dreamy, light, and poppy, this album encompasses much of what makes summer great. Catchy riffs and verses are punctuated with edgy...