Karla HernandezAlthough it may be difficult to confine the music by multi-instrumentalist Chico Mann to just one genre, it is safe to say that his sophomore release, Analog Drift, is a quintessential New York album. With a heavy Afrobeat and Cuban influences...
The opening track to Public Strain, the sophomore release from the Alberta, Canada band WOMEN, may sound like it is straight out of a slasher film, but there is nothing frightening about this band. Instead of pounding beats that could lead up to a...
"We suppose that YACHT is attempting to forge connections between underground musical culture and underground spiritual culture." -- YACHT
If Aim And Ignite, the debut album by fun., was a character in a play, it would be the type of person that exaggerates every emotion. When that person is sad, he/she is really down in the dumps. When the person is happy, he/she skips around and does...
"What I want to have is different people to come together -- [to have] different styles and fashions to come together and feel the music itself... That's my ultimate happiness." -- Richard Spitzer
Anyone who is going to listen to Schleusolz’ debut album, Running Out of Time, should be prepared to take part in some quirky dancing — as in the type of dancing that middle-aged men in Hawaiian shirts carry out at music festivals. Doing...
If the sound of blistering guitars on the opening track, “Boys at the Metro,” doesn’t get a listener’s attention, the “hey!” shouts will make it clearly known that Seattle’s Tea Cozies are not willing to go...
"In Spain, there comes a moment when my music just can't move on... basically because there's no space or audience for my music. It's as if you have to excuse yourself for dedicating your time to making non-profitable music." -- Hyperpotamus