Siblings Angus and Julia Stone's sophmore album, Down The Way, is pure folk sweetness. Angus' vocals could be compared to Colin Meloy of Decemberists at times, while sister Julia channel's Corinne Ba...
Yet another year is passing by that I am not going to go to SXSW....sigh.IF I was GOING, here are some of the bands I would try and attend. Some I have seen, some I have wanted to for years....If you...
Texas garage band Harlem bring lo-fi goodness to your collection. I checked them out, played them for a fellow coworker, and he liked them so much he made them a music video that should be released s...
Volume 2 is finally out! My girl crush Zoey Deschanel and M.Ward have finally released their second album together of nostalgic tunes. He plays, she sings. She plays, he plays, they sing. Together th...
I think when I first heard of The Shout Out Loud's, was around the time that Say Hi To Your Mom and Clap Your Hands Say Yeah all came out. I remember a friend mentioning these band names over IM and ...
So long overdue. I have been talking about posting about Princeton for months now, that it almost felt ridiculous to do anything - but that wouldn't be right as I have really taken a liking to this l...
Broken Bells in two parts. Part one: Experiencing the listening party of a lifetime...or at least of 2010. On a rooftop in downtown LA, Music Supervisor's and a select few of other music guru's gathe...
Boys, this girl likes girls. So don't get too swept away by her beauty and her gorgeous voice and think she's yours. Detroit girl, and now Brooklyn girl, Miranda's newest album, The Magician's Privat...
Last night Spoon played a "secret show" at El Cid. I have never been to El Cid...and I have never been to a "secret show". I'm never on top of hearing about secret shows and acting on them...that sor...
The last time I saw Hockey they were opening at The Troubadour for The Friendly Fires. The young band had us dancing...and when I saw them on Saturday headline at Spaceland, that was all I wanted to ...
The '90's returned yesterday for 2 hours, and two encores last night at The Wiltern where Sonic Youth played. Kim Gordon, Thurston Moore and the rest of Sonic Youth rocked the stage with their grungy...
I didn't expect to be so connected at first listen to Active Child. Sent to me for consideration in a future spot, I gave it a go. The sender mentioned the album had gotten a few nods of approvals fr...
OK. I posted about Surfer Blood two weeks ago. I professed my love for the album. I did. Naturally, I had to go see them play at The Echo even though I swore no more shows there. Their sound there ha...
On August 12 NME announced information on Julian Casablanca's solo tour. I remember reading this quote from Casablancas: "Ideally, I'm going to try to put on some over-the-top, amazing, Disney shows....
Julian Plenti is Paul Banks of Interpol. In his solo album Julian Plenti Is...Skyscraper, Banks has not abandones his Interpol sound. It's familiar yet a bit more simplistic in some of the lyrics - s...
The Big Pink has a big sound. No joke. Loud. My first instinct on the original posting a few months ago held up. The dark, gothic like band was just as large and present as I imagined they would be. ...
Seeing Landon Pigg was not on my radar two weeks ago. I had no idea who he was, nor had I ever heard of him. I was dying to see Whip It, and there he was. This adorable guy playing opposite Ellen Pag...
When I told my parents I was going to see The Mountain Goats my dad asked me if that was a title of a movie..um, he was confusing it with Men Who Stare At Goats. A few differences..like The Mountain ...
With influences like Big Daddy Kane, Jay-Z,Rakim, Camp Lo, Mark Ronson, Common and Digable Planets among many others, Wale is making a splash with music geeks everywhere. Seriously - he is getting wr...
The second I heard the track "Swim" by Surfer Blood, I needed more. What was that sound? A combination of so many beautiful things going on at once, that it's got to become a hit. Got to.Let's see - ...
Listening to Paper Route, I would never guess they come from Nashville. Electronic, rock, emotional, synth...what else can I throw into the salad bowl to make up the sounds of Paper Route? Well, when...
[Shwayze]It doesn't get more fun than seeing Shwayze & LMFAO in one night. The Party Rock tour brought me back to when groups like Salt N Pepper and Rob Base could bring the party to their feet with ...
Vampire Weekend has a new album coming out. YAY. I got to listen to some of the forthcoming tracks and preview what's to come...and you won't be disappointed. I hope you won't at least. More fun popp...
The Cobra Killer are German girls Gina V. D'Orio and Annika Trost. They have been described as vintage, new wave, garage, electroclash, alternative....well whatever it is that you hear, it's definite...
The fiery red head Florence Mary Leontine Welch of Florence & The Machine performed a jaw dropping show at The Troubadour last night. Her dramatic and theatrical performance matched by her powerful v...
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