Yoko gonna Yoko I like to think I'm above simple “X gonna X” jokes, but, seriously, how else can you try and describe Yoko Ono's music? There are tracks on here that are almost impossible to get a read on, just Yoko reading/singing/screaming her robo-beatnik...
Electronic, experimental indie cover songs that many bands lend help to. With “Fellow TravelersÛ, Shearwater has created a new kind of cover album. Instead of the band just covering a variety of songs, they invited other bands to help them record. Each of...
Slick, smooth retro-soul Nick Waterhouse's latest release sound like something that would soundtrack the show Suits, classy, soulful and cool in the way a fancy smoke filled room club is cool. The music on Holly emulates 50s R&B and soul, but instead of sounding...
Proof that it's best to let sleeping dogs lie In September, a sans-Kim Deal Pixies decided to come out with it's most substantial release since 1991's Trompe le Monde, and good god was it awful. Boring, generic and uninspired, it was pretty a train wreck: Black...
Cherishing the everyday After working on his side project, Rhye, during the early part of 2013, Milosh is back with Jetlag, showcasing his ability to make the most out of any moment. The sensual, embracing voice of Milosh is matched with creative instrumentation and...
2/3, not bad. The triple EP of Austin alt band HeadShy is meant to hit the listener like a perfume: playing upon three different parts of our senses, the first impression, the theme, and the trail, or The Head Chord, The Heart Chord, and The Base Chord. The three...
Listen closely, listen loudly, listen live. Philadelphia group, Nothing, has made serious headway in the last three years. Alongside bands like Whirr and Ringo Deathstarr, Nothing may soon be another pioneer of shoegaze coming back in new form. Forgetting that front...
Dark beats and hard rhymes from West Coast Wu warriors Wu-Tang Clan affiliates Crisis the Sharpshooter and The Rugged Monk brandish razor-sharp rhymes over dark production helmed by former Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante. Other than some familiar drum...
Old school indie fun Listening to the latest record from the former Pavement front man and his backing band, one gets the sense that Stephen Malkmus might be a little uncomfortable with his standing as an indie/underground music icon, or at the very least, he doesn't...
2014 will be a breakthrough year for many up and coming artistes, and hopefully for this young man who is starting to go places. British DJ and producer Pete Lawrie Winfield, who records music under the moniker Until The Ribbon Breaks, did not originally intend to...