Peter WoodburnIf music were purely about aesthetics, then Hunting Club would win out in my book. The indie-rock quintet’s The Plaid Album manages to poke a bit of fun at the lazy “color” naming scheme of Weezer while still out-nerding the band...
Vee Hua 華婷婷With his sophomore disc, Into The Great Wide Yonder, Danish musician Anders Trentemøller explores a great wide yonder of dark and powerful proportions. The album single, “Sycamore Feeling”, is a good indicator of Trentemøller’s...
When I was researching Negative Zero online, I found a few bands with this name, which isn’t so promising when you’re trying to find out everything you can about a specific group. This particular Negative Zero — based out of...
I first heard Kylewilliam Campol aka imadethismistake on an episode of the Sound Scene podcast a while ago. I was immediately blown away by how earnest and aware Campol was, particularly for being a relatively young songwriter. Afterwards, I got...
Fernando Tarango is a singer-songwriter with a bit of a hilarious history which he strangely isn’t scared to reveal. To quote: “After three months performing on Holland America Cruise Lines, concerts with the Grammy Award Winning Pacific...
When The Clouds, the solo project of Italian musician Francesco Galeno, is electronic post-rock in the vein of bands like Metavari and The Album Leaf. His six-track EP, The Longed-For Season, certainly lives up to its album title; it absolutely...
In a way, it’s kind of convenient that this Brooklyn duo Von Haze have the word “haze” right in their band name, as it serves as kind of a suggestion toward the mind-frame ideal for their music’s consumption. I found that in...
Brenda is a three-piece (all male, naturally) pop-rock group from Portland, Maine, with a “sound firmly rooted in ’90s lo-fi and alt-pop,” according to their label. Their debut LP, Silver Tower, holds true to this assessment...