Art Pop “Hey Hey!!” This duo out of Austin fuses grungy rock and retro synths for a feisty garage pop sound I can really get behind. “Hey...
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7 Eclectic Indie Music Videos
Gutxi Bibang “System of a Gun” Modern Diet “Red Eye” Keels “Surrender” Crystal Cities “Good Life” Finn Kleffmann “Every Teardrop” Golden Halos “Flicker” Crow’s Feet “Hesitator”
Continue reading...Album of the Year: Desire by Nanami Ozone
When Nanami Ozone released Desire, their debut full length album, in May, they pretty much set the soundtrack to our summer. And, by the time autumn rolled...
Continue reading...Best Indie Pop Album: Three by Diners
It sure feels like we’ve been following Diners for quite some time. Back in 2012, we gave them the award for Best New Band and, since...
Continue reading...Best Genre-Bender: Bear Ghost
The feisty Phoenix four-piece known as Bear Ghost creates a veritable smorgasbord of sound on their 2016 release, Blasterpiece. Delivering a high-energy funk, Bear Ghost offers fluidly...
Continue reading...End of the Year Knockout: YOKE by Saddles
Ask any music writer and they’ll probably tell you that December is the worst month of the year to release an album. This is the time...
Continue reading...The Dark Horse Award: Things That Aren’t Words
Wait, who are these guys? The five-piece band known as Things That Aren’t Words has us wondering just what other secrets Tucson is keeping tucked away....
Continue reading...7 Eclectic Indie Singles
The Blurst “Dogdog” The Blurst is the undertaking of Sydney-based multi-instrumentalist Liam O’Shea. His latest single, “Dogdog”, comes to us from The Blurst’s November, 3-track release...
Continue reading...7 Mellow Singles Perfect for Winter
by Carly Schorman Senior Editor – Day Joy “Florida’s Warm” Wow. This is the song. You know, that one song that you hear and shifts your...
Continue reading...7 Emerging Singer Songwriters
by Carly Schorman Senior Editor – Lucas Laufen “Boulders” Australian artist Lucas Laufen pairs a stripped down sound with an emotive lyricism; both of which can...
Continue reading...7 Electropop Music Videos
Anywayz “Some Days” Youngr “Too Keen” Secret Rendezvous “What About Us” Peking Duk “Stranger” Harper & the Moths “Somebody’s Watching Me” Senary “Ghosts” Marsheaux “Like a...
Continue reading...The Darling Sounds: Haunt
by Mark Anderson Senior Editor – I honestly had no idea what to expect with the release of local spook-pop band The Darling Sounds’ new album....
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