It’s been a while since we’ve heard from the War on Drugs, the project led by Adam Granduciel, but we finally have a glimpse into what the Philadephia-based musician has been doing during the last two years. After tirelessly touring in support of 2011’s very excellent “Slave Ambient,” we get “Red Eyes,” a track that […]
When we first caught Parquet Courts at SXSW, it was obvious the quartet wasn’t going to be slowing down anytime soon. After touring non-stop for 9 months, they’ll only be taking the end of the year off before they get back to it in January. That’s what happens when you release one hell of a […]
With their latest album titled “I Hate Music,” fans know Superchunk are able to poke fun at life. In fact, their hilariously new Scott Jacobson-directed music video for the track “Void” zooms in on the the aging concert-goer in a scuzziest-of-venues scenario. The aging scene guys at Brooklyn venue Shea Stadium are played by H. […]
During a four-plus-year run in the band War Tapes, Neil Popkin traded in dark, brooding rock influenced by the ’80s post-punk greats. With War Tapes on haitus, Popkin is getting out in the sunshine more, if the early songs from his new project Dreamland are any indication. The trio – Popkin, Andrea Wasse and Pablo […]
If you adore husband-wife duos, then Rory Partin and Alexa James – who call themselves the Roamies – may be your next favorite musical couple. Playful and charming, the Roamies color their combination of soul, folk and pop with their Nashville background in songs such as the sweet “Come Running to Me” and “1, 2, 3, […]
Norwegian rocker Ida Maria, who arrived with a bang in 2008 with her debut “Fortress Round My Heart,” has spent the past year-plus regrouping, some of that time in Los Angeles. Her second album, 2010’s “Katla,” went all-in for a big, polished rock sound and didn’t connect, and then the singer-songwriter battled addiction problems, she […]
This is sure to happen with certain seasonal music in the next month: You’ll have That One Song Stuck in Your Head. The new L.A. duo De Lux has a contender in their first single “Better at Making at Time,” thanks to its sticky synth line. For the protagonist in director Cameron Dutra’s new video […]
Brothers Giovan Polanco and Mario Polanco have been making music together for the last 14 years but have only recently begun drawing crowds to shows they perform under the moniker Moons of Mars. Groups like Disclosure could possibly be slowly influencing more brother duos to come out of the woodwork, but no matter the actual reason. […]
Highland Park quartet Black Hi-Lighter makes you feel like you’re caught between T. Rex and a hard place. The foursome of James Poulos, Eric Liljestrand, Mark Reback and David Wright are loud and proud and brash without resorting to Xeroxing bands whose ghosts haunt those 1970s videos uploaded to YouTube. In March, Black Hi-Lighter released […]
Hot on the heels of this year’s “Sell Your Memories,” husband-and-wife duo Fonda have already announced that they’ve recorded enough material this summer for a release in 2014 – and we’re not complaining. Their shoegaze dreampop has been known to give BBLA HQ warm fuzzies every time they strike those Britpop chords and sing those […]
