Cincinnati indie-pop duo Bad Veins are due to release their fourth album, “The Mess Remade†(the follow-up to 2012’s “The Mess We’ve Madeâ€), on March 17 via Dynamite Music. Benjamin Davis and Jake Bonta (sans now-departed drummer Sebastien Schultz) are the main members of Bad Veins, but there is also a third — a 1973 […]
Denver-duo-turned-quartet Rose Quartz have released their new single “Leaving Now.” Having shared stages with the likes of Cut Copy, St. Lucia, and Future Islands, Rose Quartz are beginning to twirl their finger in the murky pool of synth-pop. The band is named after the “stone of love†— a theme that they touch on heavily […]
After gaining steam with a couple releases on the French label Kitsuné, London’s Years & Years, recent winners of the “BBC Sound of 2015†award, have just released their new single “King†via Polydor Records. The trio is days away from wrapping up recording their debut full-length album (due in June), which is sure to […]
Arcade Fire multi-instrumentalist Will Butler is due to release his debut solo album “Policy†on March 10 via Merge Records. Recorded in one week in Jimi Hendrix’s old living room at Electric Lady studios, “Policy†is a brief eight tracks of strong American goodness. As a whole, it charms with unpredictability and genre-hopping experimentation. Opening […]
Over two decades of ups, downs, hiatuses, side projects and lineup changes, Omaha’s Cursive have inspired a following as intense as frontman Tim Kasher’s emotional caterwauling. Those fans turned out in force at the sold-out Echoplex on Friday night to help the band celebrate the deluxe reissue of Cursive’s 2003 breakthrough album “The Ugly Organ.” […]
L.A grunge-pop duo Spaceships are releasing their second LP, titled “Little Buddha,†on Feb. 24 via Unsatisfied Records. The album was recorded sporadically from 2010 to 2014, collecting 12 tracks of Spaceships signature lo-fi moodiness. Jessie Waite and Kevin LaRose know how to do the scuzzy garage-rock their way. Every song on “Little Buddha†sounds […]
Detroit’s Sufjan Stevens has unveiled the first track from his forthcoming seventh studio album “Carrie & Lowell,†out March 31 on Asthmatic Kitty Records. The track entitled “No Shade In The Shadow Of The Cross†is delicate and reflective, with an anti-climactic close. Stevens’ music has spanned everything from lo-fi folk to noisy indie-racket to […]
Devon, England, folk troubadour Ben Howard brought his soaring, moody soundscape to the Shrine Expo Hall on Tuesday night. Back-lit and with a bassist, drummer, cellist, guitarist and keyboardist in tow, Howard opened his set with the powerful “Small Things†and “Time Is History.†As an artist, Howard’s style has matured from the Everyman romantic […]
The Beta Machine, a passion project founded by multi-instrumentalist Matt McJunkins (A Perfect Circle, Puscifer, 30 Seconds to Mars) and drummer Jeff Friedl (A Perfect Circle, Puscifer, Filter, Devo), are still somewhat under the radar as they spend more time in the studio with producer Mat Mitchell. They debuted live at the Viper Room, April […]
Highland Park seven-piece Seasons are finally ready to release their anticipated full-length entitled “Everything Changes” on March 31. This is a group that has certainly dealt with change in the ebb and flow of being an indie band in Los Angeles, an experience which has inspired some very cinematic tracks which are just the right […]
