ALTO!, based in Portland, is a strongly rhythm-oriented band; dual drummers vary between synched-up pounding and subtly shifiting polyrhythms, while the guitar often functions as another percussion instrument. ALTO! draws strong inspiration from Congotronics bands […]
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Record Highlight — Tiny Moving Parts
Tiny Moving Parts is a family band from Minnesota. Their new LP – The Couch Is Long & Full of Friendship will be available very soon….so stay tuned!
Motel Glory is rock and roll with an “ex-members-of” genealogy that goes back to Clinton’s first term. They play clubs, bars, dives, houses, prisons, and forests. They want to be your friend. The new album Weekend […]
Record Highlight — Green Dreams
Coming very soon from Carbon Records – Green Dreams Sweat EP shipped out last week — you can check out this new track from the EP now!
Record Highlight — Overseas
Overseas is David Bazan, Will Johnson, Matt Kadane, and Bubba Kadane. The self-titled debut album is a dreamy waltz of foreboding and reconciliation, a coin flipping head over tails in spotlight slow motion, landing briefly […]
Record Highlight — Big Blood
Radio Valkyrie 1905-1917 is only the second proper full-length LP by this Portland Maine-based duo, although there are vast arrays of CDRS and split releases littering their wake. After spending time with both the cosmically-shifting Cerberus […]
Record Highlight — The Margots
The Margots (featuring John D. on guitar and Adrienne P. on vocals) will be hosting a listening party at the Palm Tavern (Milwaukee, WI) on Tuesday, June 11th at 9pm. Tim Daisy (drums) and Ken […]
Record Highlight – Classixx
Classixx have been intent on their debut Hanging Gardens, whittling the LP down from hundreds of sessions to a svelte 12 songs. At once beaming, breezy and wistful, Hanging Gardens features a variety of coastal […]
Record Highlight – New Canyons
Available very soon from BLVD Records, New Canyons’ Everyone Is Dark is the Chicago band’ new full length album. You can hit up their FREE record release party on June 3rd at Empty Bottle (Chicago).
The Torches were cobbled together by Stephen Guidry in the late winter of 2009 as his other band, The Cassettes retreated into hibernation. Hoping to find a repository and hopefully fertile crescent for the music […]