Good Grief had a pretty good run in 2015 with their debut EP and a full-length to boot. Having missed both at the time, I’d only heard of them occasionally, u... Read More...
When Banana Gun released their first record, I would have been hard pressed to define them by genre, but there was an almost Americana vibe to it. By 2012, wh... Read More...
El West has followed up last year’s powerful self-titled debut EP with The Mainstay. Overall, it’s a much more textural, somber affair that pays more attentio... Read More...
Ducky and Puddles are two twisted ducks with heads full of drugs, sex and anything unsavory they can muster with their imagination. They’re bona fide DJs obse... Read More...
The lineup for Exxxtra Crispy is insane. Members of some of the most exciting musical acts from the last few years in one band at the same time: Dadadoh, Nake... Read More...
Every member of Nanami Ozone have come from impressive bands that seem to have put out an amazing album or two before disappearing. That said, I hope Colson M... Read More...
Maybe it’s because they’re a three piece or because they rock out in a less than traditional way, but on their debut album, A Simple Transmission, Elephant Gu... Read More...
Painting Fences put out one of the most impressive debut albums of last year with Through Glass, which was criminally under-recognized. That said, they seem t... Read More...
I noticed eXSupermodels showing up on bills last year along with a few other bands who have been putting out some strikingly inventive music. There is a clear... Read More...
One day in late 2015, Chelsey Louise of Fairy Bones asked me if I had ever heard of Sunday At Noon, and I hadn’t. Within about 20 minutes I had digested their... Read More...