Peter WoodburnViper Creek Club are a little dreamy indie pop duo from Seattle. They really haven’t been around too long, so unless you belong to the 206 area code there is a good chance you haven’t ever heard of them. Regardless of that fact, their...
Eluvium, aka Matthew Cooper, makes beautiful music. There is no denying that fact. His interesting mix of electronic ambient tones combined with lush piano paints a great picture. However, as someone who probably doesn’t appreciate the piano...
Sometimes, a band can do everything right, and still, the pieces won’t fit completely together. The instrumental outfit Slow Six have gone out of their way to show this on their latest album, Tomorrow Becomes You”. Despite having some...
The musical jump between Crime In Stereo’s past two albums, The Troubled Stateside and Is Dead, is nothing less than fantastic. The Long Island outfit went from a pretty standard melodic hardcore sound to a more challenging post-hardcore sound...
"We aren't just another band, tritely speaking of our own personal struggle and how fucking hardcore we are. I'm done with that." -- Jay Maas
There is a tendency to label anything instrumental as being post-rock. I’ll take it in stride as I know that genre tags are just that — something used to perk the interest of your listeners. They’re tags used to get them to pick up...
Releasing albums for the end of the year is like the Oscar push. Those put out too early, save for a few, generally get left behind in the dust by easily excitable individuals like myself. There are worse things that can happen in life, but the fact...
I put Portugal. the Man’s new album as one of my outside favorites. The Satanic Satanist is a brilliant soul-influenced album that really shows the Portland band is coming into its own. This is the absolutely bizarre video for the track...