In those not-so-long-ago days between not much and everything, between the having to buy physical items to listen and keeping the majority of recorded music inside our pockets, I found a handful of websites that would offer up indie rock albums for download, illegal treasures that heaved away in the
I don't know too much about the life and times of Karen Peris, Don Peris, and Mike Bitts outside of their work as the innocence mission; the music has always been more than enough. Together, friends since high school, they've been making perfect songs that date
“When I’m recording a song, my indication of whether it’s worth pursuing is if I’m seeing a movie in my head to go along with it," Kate Bollinger has said, ahead of her full-length debut, which arrives at the end of September via Ghostly. Such sentiments
Though it's not officially the case, there's not a chance that you can consider September on the west coast of Scotland as still being a part of Summer. Even with the weather being as bad as it has been this Summer, it still feels like a
For all of the sprawling cast of characters that helped bring 'Lucky #8' to life, it's testament to Jennifer Castle's voice and presence that renders such details to a mere footnote; an interesting aside to the sheer excellence she exudes throughout the song'
Growing up in a half-Peruvian, half-white working-class Mormon family, Emma Hardyman always felt somewhat out-of-step with the world around her. Like many of us who feel untethered, she found comfort and escape in art and music. This journey has taken her - via many twists and turns - to Little
"It feels like magic to slow down, cuz it is magic to slow down," sings Carolina Chauffe, halfway through the latest song from the forthcoming hemlock LP 444. And though the lyrics to 'Lake Martin' are wonderful enough to share the whole stream of them below,
I've been meaning to write about this gem of a record for a while now, it keeps finding a way to linger, to dig its nails in a little further. A duo from Oakland, dog eyes make a hypnotic blend of lofi folk and pop with little electronic
If you listened to searows' debut album Guard Dog, then you already know what to expect from this one. If you didn't listen to Guard Dog, then carve some time out of your day to do so immediately, it's one of the finest lofi singer-songwriter
More than ever I've been feeling wildly grateful for those DIY bands, labels, publicists, and writers that make up the mulch-y and messy but utterly essential base level of this funny old industry. I'm not sure if it's just me getting wistfully nostalgic in
In all honesty I've been reluctant to listen to the new Sunset Rubdown material. For those that aren't aware, Sunset Rubdown is one of the many projects of Spencer Krug alongside Wolf Parade, Frog Eyes, Moonface, and a few others. As voices go, as artistic visions
Check out the genre descriptors at the bottom of Ariella's Bandcamp page and you'll find, among others, 'soft rock' 'folk punk' and 'desert rock'. While such labels might seem somewhat superfluous, the three songs released from her forthcoming debut album