Ryan PangilinanIf you own a pair of comfortable dancing shoes, Viper Creek Club’s album, Letters, is sure to bring out your inner Fred Astaire or Boogaloo Shrimp. No doubt put together with an array of synths and an endless cache of ideas, all the electronic...
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...
Pop-punk is an interesting genre. When I think of pop-punk bands, my mind immediately drifts to bands like Descendents and NOFX and, to some extent, The Misfits — bands who really took the raw aesthetic of punk rock and put some catchy...
What comes to mind when one thinks of the Midwest? Grey skies, farmland, freezing winters, and hot, humid summers are all possibilities. Aloha’s fifth full-length record, Home Acres, does an impeccable job of encompassing all of that one might...
Viper 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...
Alana RomeTouring already is what we love to do and what we always want to do, and to add the fact that it's for a great cause and you're just doing something good every single night... [is] really kind of unbelievable. -- Derek Sanders
Starting strong with those home-styled, apple pie sensibilities, You Didn’t Know I Was Alphabetical quickly declines into another emo-folk album — a hair shy of Conor Oberst and not quite as satisfying. “You, Too” opens the...
Over six years after the Postal Service’s debut, the music produced by Ben Gibbard and Jimmy Tamborello is still influencing new jacks like Adam Young, who takes the stage name Owl City. Owl City’s been there, done that album, Ocean...