Judy NelsonFrog Eyes have been chugging away at the indie music game for almost 10 years, and have crafted such an interesting blend of alt-punk-folk that it’s hard to not see their influence everywhere. From bands like Wolf Parade, Handsome Furs and The...
Rachel HelmLo-fi is not a boring genre; likewise, DIY does not need to sound like shit. The Atlantic Manor’s new album, The World Beneath This World Is Brightening –their eleventh since their 2000 debut — is self-described as “lo-fi...
Douglas MillerAtmospheric and heavy, Strength And Sanity is a one-man band creating lush post-metal. Justin Almquist creates brooding, dark textures intermixing prog, jazz, and metal throughout his self-titled disc. The standouts are the lengthier tracks, one...
Vee Hua 華婷婷The instant I heard the opening track and single off Nedry’s debut album, Condors, I was excited. I began promoting it on a personal level, sharing it with all my friends with even a remote interest in electronic-influenced music. As far as I...
Allen HuangIt doesn’t surprise me that Caribou (stage name of one Daniel Victor Snaith) has a PhD in Math. Talk to a math nerd for more than an hour about anything, and you’ll find that, more often than not, they relish in the joy of deconstructing...
Ryan PangilinanArguably, nostalgia is a double-edged sword. On the one hand, you can take inspiration from some really great sources and mold them into your own image; on the other side of that coin, it’s easy to fall into the trappings of becoming a rip-off...
Koury Angelo"All three of us have kind of been in bands for as long as we can remember, and always kind of, you know, as much as writing the music was important, have all tinkered in figuring out what to do with the cassette recorder to get it to sound the...
IFC has a fun series entitled Dinner With The Band, and The Devil Makes Three are the latest chef. This is just one of their aural food concoctions, “Gracefully Facedown”. See more on IFC’s website.