Rips and Remixes: Marina and the Diamonds – Lies (Zed’s Dead Remix)
Hipster anthem turned into melodic wobblefest, Zed’s Dead remix of Marina and the Diamonds creates an aura of sexy interpolation between love lost and synths gained. Although not as progressive as...
View ArticleArtist Profile: Impossible Bird
Impossible Bird is “a duo that will shake your bones,” – how they describe themselves on their website, and also, what they said personally when I got a chance to chat with them after their show on...
View ArticleArtist Profile: Oberhofer
Where does the name Oberhofer come from? The person who came up with that name must be totally awesome, you might think. But, actually, that is just the last name of Brad, Brad Oberhofer, who probably...
View ArticleEPreview: CHVRCHES – Recover
I’ve been a big fan of the pop-tastic lyricism that CHVRCHES has graciously provided to the general public. For those of you who didn’t get blasted with the wave of The Mother We Share last year,...
View ArticleRips and Remixes: Two Door Cinema Club – Next Year (RAC Remix)
With the sun finally showing up in Seattle today, I’m ready for spring to begin. As if in sync with the warm breeze around us, the RAC remix of Two Door Cinema Club‘s hopeful anthem, Next Year, has...
View ArticleFree Flying Folk: Port Isla –“Adventurers”
“And you can find us adventures until the day is done,” Port Isla‘s frontman William Bloomfield sings so passionately in the upbeat pop-folk-rock song visualized in the video below:...
View ArticleWarm n’ Fuzzy: Kurt Vile’s Wakin on a Pretty Daze (Album Review)
Classic rock isn’t so classic anymore as guitar veteran, Kurt Vile, takes hold of the spotlight once again. In his 5th solo LP since the late The War On Drugs, Kurt takes a step toward in becoming the...
View ArticleAlbum Review: Mikal Cronin’s MCII
The concept of maturing is filled with trite clichés that make the entire process of maturation appear to be a banal formality. But though saccharine phrases like “one step at a time” or “stop and...
View ArticleAlternative Trap: Lucki Eck$ –“No Troubles” (New Single/Mixtape Preview)
Chicago has had its fair share of problems during these past few years. The rise of the street-based drug trade and violence of the 90s still prevails in the predominantly black inner city areas....
View ArticleNew Release: Ty Segal Expands Garage-Rock in a Flurry of “Fuzz”
Hello October! A ridiculous amount of music is set to release today and I couldn’t be any happier to be blogging once again. My first listen of the month (and school year) is the long-awaited...
View ArticleRips and Remixes: Phoenix – 1901 (Elevate Edit)
The music of Versailles’s most popular alternative rock group, Phoenix, has been remixed and reworked so many times I’m starting to forget what Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix sounded like in the first place!...
View Article
More Pages to Explore .....