Easy, breezy electro-pop One time I was in New York City with my family, and my sister wanted to go into the big Forever 21 store, where they played a lot of generic electro/pop/house stuff that seemed to blur together into one sugary wane of numbness. Orthy's music...
This is a tough one For as stark as Ghettoville can be sometimes be, it is a dense, wildly abstract piece of work. This won't come as a shock to those who have been following Actress up until this point, but for the average listener, some patience is needed. The...
A wavy, soulful expression of self In a journey to create the most personal expression of music, Gabriel Garzün-Montano has put every aspect of himself into his debut EP, “Bishoune: Alma del Huila.” Each strum of the bass, each shake of the tambourine,...
Quick paced garage rock The quick paced rock and roll sound of Shelters can be heard on their new EP, Penny Gaff. Most songs are short and punchy, like “Les Fleurs Du Mal” and “For The Lovers,” which use quick power chords over clear vocals....
Punchy Rock and Roll “Shiner” is a 4 song EP by the fairly new band Mainland who have assembled from New York, California and Texas. The four person band makes fast rock and roll music with the use of classic rock and roll riffs and add in synths that give the music...
Indie sounding Passion Pit but more dynamic and just better. CYMBALS is a London electronic band whose newest album includes eleven tracks ranging in length from one minute up to nine minutes. The album starts and finishes with two songs in French, “French in the...
Mellow indie-rock similar to Local Natives. Cosmos starts with the song “Terrors,” which brings in ambient sound with guitars underneath the vocals. Punchy power chords highlight the chorus, but these same ambient sounding guitars fall behind most of the...
Making big strides with shoegaze influences. In their previous EP released back in 2012, Is/Is began scratching the surface of the genre we love and know as shoegaze. After spending almost an entire three years on tour, cooped up in a small, beaten-down minivan, the...
Support DC bands! DC band Cigarette has described themselves as a spiritual band, however they are better described as a spiritual movement. Cigarette creates a level of discreet music that speaks volumes, transcending what some consider minimal. Much like modern art,...
British new-wave heartbreak Your tearful pint of Ben and Jerry's has nothing on this album. This synthpop Seattle band makes mourning as upbeat as anyone can possibly manage. Most of the album stays pretty dark and lamenting, using synth and depressing Robert...