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The first single from their sophomore LP, Canadian quartet Alvvays give us a…
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I’ve been a fan of this band since the beginning and basically loved them from the get-go. I remember getting home and unwrapping ..
Just outside a pair of 10-foot-tall fences that line the west end of the FYF Fest footprint runs Vermont Avenue. The festival is just a couple ..
The first track penned under her moniker of Skott, the Swedish artist brings…
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If you go to Setlist.fm and look up the Hollywood Forever Cemetery listings, the two most recent entries are last night’s Planetarium ..
A US tour with The 1975 has done two things for Colouring. Helped…
The title of Katie Crutchfield’s new album as Waxahatchee, Out in the Storm, might ring familiar to her longtime fans. After all, ..
A new 8 song album by Albany (NY)’s sleaziest rock’n’roll band, The EROTICS. “Steroid and Cocaine” opens on a heavy ..
Just when I thought that psychedelia was this year’s thing, along comes something definitely different. This week, I am ‘Spillin’ ..
Sharing the first release and title track from their upcoming EP, London trio…
Point of View has done it again. They have whipped out another masterful EP. Who is Point of View? Another amazing San Jose ..
NICOTINE PRETTY hail from Bridgend, South Wales, and are fronted by Ginge Knievil (The SICK LIVERS.) “Who’s Gonna Save My Soul” ..
If you were wondering where indie pop wonder kids LOYAL have been since March,…
I am going to get this out of the way. Blue > Pinkerton Feel free to hate me, but it doesn’t negate the fact ..
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If like me, your first introduction to the Melbourne group Cut Copy, was…
Today we’re premiéring Swedish septet, The Backbeat Conspiracy’s third release, the exuberant Let…
Following their first single, Yuk Foo, taken from their upcoming album, Visions Of…
The first track from Melbourne artist Will Cuming this year, following his Viet…
It has taken me an age, but after being impressed by a few songs here and there, I have finally properly checked out a full Capitalist Kids ..
Five labels conspired to bring this pop punk LP from the UK band Holiday. The music on this debut full-length LP is universally bouncy and poppy. ..
This four song EP is the New Jersey band’s debut (not counting the demo they released last year). “The Drool” is apparently ..
The first track from the UK indie-pop band focuses on the sexism inherent in the stripping of Zara Holland’s title of “Miss ..
After reviewing the “Lot to Learn” and “Nothing at All” EPs, I’m always excited to hear what the Radiohearts ..
At the Greek Theatre, there was essentially two ways to take in Nick Cave’s sold-out, tour-closing performance with his band The Bad Seeds. ..
You can’t judge a book by its cover, and sometimes you can’t judge a band by its name! I was expecting some Southern rock here, ..
This week, ‘Spillin’ The Beans is stepping sideways to some degree to listen to an album that is all about a particular cause, ..
In 2015, the German duo released their self-titled EP, a four track wonder…
She’s not just opening doors between Western and African music, she’s blowing them…
Now the first single mark is completed for Rows, the Couchois Brothers follow…
I must admit that I have slept on this Leeds-based alt-punk duo (vocalist/guitarist Lucinda Livingstone and drummer Conor Dawson) for way too long. ..
So, on their third full-length Always Why, is this more of the same from Caves? Well, yes, and no. On the one hand, the sound on the record ..
A new-ish melodic-punk band straight out of Nantes, France (some town in Northern France!). Following 2015’s ‘New Discoveries’ ..
Taken from his upcoming second L.P., Calm The Coast, Eden Warsaw strikes a…
On their latest track, Chicago’s Michelles laze around in the dusty, summer haven…
After a hiatus of sorts, The Dopamines are back with their fourth full-length Tales of Interest (the title is Futurama-inspired for the uninitiated). ..
The Vinyl Reprise are a four-piece indie rock band from Birmingham, UK. They started playing together in 2015 and have already established ..
Pop enough for the indie-pop fans and edgy enough for the pop punk fans, this five song EP from UK outfit Austeros is just right for those ..
This Birmingham band presents their debut EP featuring four songs of math-pop. There’s lots of flowing guitars that dance around in a sort ..
Let’s be clear from the start. Nottingham’s Isaac aren’t breaking any new ground with “Let It Burn.” Their ..
After Laughter finds Paramore, like Carly Rae Jepsen and M83 before them, delving into the pantheon of ’80s pop and declaring, “There’s ..
Tennesse pop-punk alumni Paramore have released their first album since their self-titled album four years ago. The band has reunited with ..
Fittingly, it was one of the first acts on Friday of Atlanta’s Shaky Knees Music Festival that illuminated the fest’s most ..
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Unrelenting, in your face, anthematic, real heavy hardcore. That’s the essence of Companion’s sophomore release that drops next ..
“Sometimes it’s hard to say when you’re just having a rough day.” These are the first words Augusta Koch sings on Cayetana’s ..