Mauro Remiddi may not be a new name if you’ve followed his days of scoring short films in the late ’90s or if you were a fan of British indie pop band Sunny Day Sets Fire. However, Remiddi is currently gaining a following on his own for releasing music under the moniker Porcelain Raft. After […]
Your Superbowl Sunday spread: ‣ Vas Dafrans, Harriet, Rimpau and the Peach Kings play the Bootleg as part of a mini festival that will benefit the 20-year-old skateboarder/snowboarder Xander Mozejewski, who was recently in a motorcycle accident. The acoustic room will also feature the Weekend Pilots, Red Robot w/ Strings, Sophia Louise and Deux Sons. […]
It was packed from wall to wall for Wally De Backer on Thursday night at the El Rey Theatre. Known better by his stage name, Gotye provided an hour-and-a-half high for those lucky enough to get their hands on tickets to the sold-out show. Initially only a megastar on his home turf, the Australian multi-instrumentalist […]
London quintet Bombay Bicycle Club has always straddled the sound of folk and rock, but their latest record “A Different Kind of Fix” (out now A&M/Octone Records) showcases yet another different movement in their sound. With the help of producers Jim Abbiss and Ben H. Allen (Animal Collective, M.I.A.), Bombay Bicycle Club has expanded their […]
Evan Voytas’ sound – fizzy bursts of R&B and funk beneath a keening falsetto – has been a long time in the making. In the four-plus years since he moved to L.A., the multi-instrumentalist has performed with rising stars from both the indie and mainstream realm. But if you were go to back in time […]
Jonathan Clay and Zach Chance had been friends since childhood, but it’s their recent musical relationship as Jamestown Revival that has gotten national attention. Setting aside their solo careers to join together as a two-man show producing what they call “indie rock with a southern slant,” the Austin-bred duo’s music also embodies plenty of other […]
Despite the abundance of color in comparison to the clip for her lead single, “How Come You Never Go There,” the beautifully cinematic music video for Feist‘s new single “The Bad In Each Other” evokes much more sorrow. If nothing else, the opening scene where a man takes his dog out of the car to […]
Time off from being one-half of the Fiery Furnaces (with the other half being her brother Matthew) has been treating Eleanor Friedberger quite well. She’s on tour with a backing band featuring Matt Asti (MGMT), Ahmed Gallab (Yeasayer, Caribou) and John Eatherly (Be Your Own Pet, Turbo Fruits), and she’ll also personally be joining Carrie […]
Psychedelic rockers Dengue Fever have played around the globe with both their outstanding support for political movements and tunes that are just as strong-headed. Hailing from Los Angeles (and always shouting out to Echo Park), Chhom Nimol, Zac Holtzman, Ethan Holtzman, Senon Williams, Paul Smith and David Ralicke have made their grooves accessible to fans […]
Wild Nothing‘s debut record “Gemini” was a standout among 2010’s tsunami of dream-pop, but it’s been a while since we’ve heard from Jack Tatum and Co. We had an inkling that Tatum was taking this time to record a follow-up, and today we have proof. The first taste from Wild Nothing’s new batch of songs […]
