Author Archive

Record Store Day is upon us. And by “upon us” I mean it’s on April 21st, but it’s time to start doing your research and deciding what goodies you’re gonna snag on this most holy of... Read more »

Spring is upon us, and ya know what goes really well with spring? Sugary sweet pop music. More specifically, sugary sweet pop music with a vintage spin. That very sound just so happens to be the... Read more »

We featured a Disclosure remix of miss Ware’s track “Running” in the 20th edition of the Dance Music Post, and frankly, the girl’s got talent. The UK already knows this and is pretty much way ahead... Read more »

How about some sun drenched driving sounds for your spring evening? Brooklyn’s Dive sounds like, well, a Brooklyn guitar band. There’s reverb all over the place, but more importantly there’s a head nodding riff that nestles... Read more »

SpaceGhostPurrp seems to be amping up for something. Maybe he’s prepping for The Chronicles of SpaceGhostPurrp to drop on 6/12, or maybe he just loves making and releasing music that sounds like it crept up out of... Read more »

Elite Gymnastics are a dream pop, electro haze, altogether delicious group out of Minneapolis that specializes in translucent textures well crafted into toe-tapping pop movements. If that sounds enticing to you, and I cannot imagine why... Read more »

Sweden’s The Tallest Man On Earth has finished work on his third studio album. It’s called There’s No Leaving Now and it’s out June 12th on Dead Oceans. Check out the track list below. 1. To... Read more »

Japandroids is just such a great band name. Yeah, it’s clever and futuristic and all, but more importantly it’s fun to say. Japandroids. Japandroids. Say it in a weird accent. Still great. But a great name does... Read more »

If you’ve read our interview with Grimes—and I cannot think of one single reason why you wouldn’t have—you’ll recognize the name Julia Holter as someone Grimes says is “very, very, very good.” That’s three very’s, that’s... Read more »

Don’t let your ears fool you. You are not listening to a Thriller B-side covered by a female indie trio. This is not a lost Michael Jackson track. But it certainly feels like it could be. It’s... Read more »

Katy Perry is adding to her list of things she shouldn’t be doing. The newest addition to that list is the pop star’s curious rendering of ‘Ye and Jay’s “N*ggas In Paris.” Some possible ideas for... Read more »

New Kickdrums for those of us who enjoy that sharp blend of hip-hop and indie rock that the production duo seems so adept at cranking out. With a little help from Casey Veggies on the rhymes,... Read more »

If you’re like many music lovers out there in the world, you’re still suffering from LCD Soundsystem withdrawals due to LCD’s disbandment last year. Although there is known no cure for those withdrawals (unless our dreams... Read more »

How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Practice, practice, practice. Deal crack, release 15 albums, sell over 50 million records, win 13 Grammy awards, be worth something like $450 million, and become one of the greatest rappers... Read more »

Andrew Bird has always been a strange cat. But sometimes the strangest cats make the best music. “Eyeoneye” has a bit less of the strange, but still has the signature violin, and of course the whistling.... Read more »