Come set sail across the “Sea of Sorrow”— the latest offering from Los Angeles shoegaze rock band, Tombstones In Their Eyes, cast listeners along on their jaunting voyage. This full-length album follows the release of their 2022 EP A Higher Place and features some of frontman John Treanor’s favorite creations …
Read More »EP Review: Nick & June “Beach Baby, Baby”
Hailing from Nuremberg, Germany, indie pop duo Nick & June unveil their new EP, Beach Baby, Baby, out everywhere today. Comprised of Nick Wolf and Suzie-Lou Kraft, the pair have orchestrated a signature sound, evoking feelings of longing, love, and other prevalent cinematic tropes throughout their discography and visual aesthetic. …
Read More »MEGAZILLION Reveals Trippy, Official Music Video for “Sheep Of Doom” off of New Album, ‘Triple Phoenix’!
Baltimore, MD based Alternative Rock artist and multi-instrumentalist has released the surreal, official music video for his single “Sheep of Doom,” off of his newest album, Triple Phoenix. Shot by “Mike,” Triple Phoenix was recorded and mixed at The Hot Box in Baltimore by MEGAZILLION himself. Purchase / Stream “Sheep of Doom” “Megazillion …
Read More »Kanashii Drops New Single “Nevermind”
Lexington, KY alternative shoegaze band Kanashii has released their newest single, the description “Nevermind”. The track is out on Cardigan Records and is a fuzzy, spaced-out midtempo rocker that feels equally at home next to 90s era grunge acts like Nirvana as it does with newer shoegaze acts such as …
Read More »Gallery: Slow Crush, SOM, She Wears Black at The Monarch Tavern in Toronto, ON (05.20.22)
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Read More »Album Review: Emerge Restless – Irsus Maritimus
Virginia Beach post-hardcore band Emerge Restless has just released their debut album, Ursus Maritimus on Sonic Decoy Records. The band consists of former In Cynthia’s Diary members Eley (Vocals), Chris Coykendall (Guitar/Bass/Vocals), and Rich Potts (Guitar/Bass/Vocals). After a long hiatus, the group brought in long-time friend Vincent Kondas (Drums) to …
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Album Review: Total Slacker – Parallels (Out August 19)
Envision a time when the alternative was huge, local scenes were all the buzz, and music television still mattered. Now take those concepts and solidify them into a band. How about one that combines indie pop, sludgy grunge, witty lyricisms and a down to earth appeal, topped by an assiduous …
Read More »Album Review: Maths and the Moon – Familiar Strange (Out May 20)
Maths and the Moon continue to hone a stylistic ambiguity that fills myriad alternative fans with joy. Over half a decade in existence, their style is rooted in a mass of crunchy, space-wide psychedelia, all the while kept inventive and free from stringent interpretation. Night Train Daydream, the Southampton trio’s …
Read More »Dreampop Icons A.R. Kane Regrouped As #A.R. Kane – Interview with Rudy Tambala
Although the band’s name, A.R. Kane, might not ring a bell at first, a majority of Generation X listeners are largely familiar with their collaborative project, MARRS, which produced a worldwide smash hit in 1987’s “Pump up the Volume”. But the band has proven much more beyond having a penchant …
Read More »Album Review: The KVB – Of Desire
Since 2010, The KVB has fueled their efforts into a presentation worthy of turning heads and tickling hearts. All that Nicolas Wood and Kat Day project to listeners plays misty and mysterious, yet reveals a blunt honesty—so dreamlike, and yet so achingly real. Their dark new wave aesthetics have consistently …
Read More »Top 10 Indie rock releases of 2015
2015 surely had plenty of indie rock artists around the globe making big noise through social media. Whether they belong to any of the genre’s myriad varieties—dreamy, grungy, folky, jangly, or anything in between—these artists simply deliver what the mainstream fails to offer. Since I’ve started reviewing new music, I …
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