Vee Hua 華婷婷From now until September 5th, the Distinction Gallery in Escondido, California has an extremely exciting group show that shows off what our world might look like if the mystical was paired with the scientific. Floating objects defying gravity...
Ryan Pangilinan"A vanity label is just a logo. You have to look at what's behind that. Who are the players on that team who are pushing the product?" -- Joe McAffrey
The latest record by Skeletons with Flesh on Them, All the Other Animals, is another footnote in the growing legacy of soft-hearted indie pop. SWFOT singer Scott Roots delivers a raw vocal performance, prominently placed in the front of the mix...
Can there be an album that’s both vanilla and likeable? For solo artist Cary Judd, that paradox has been found in his latest record, Goodnight Human. Popping off with the uptempo track, “The Apocalyptic Love Song,” most of...
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...
"When you're younger, you kind of freak out and want people to like you. I'm glad that I don't sound like I did 15 years ago." -- Ceci Bastida
Upon first listen, it’s not surprising to see how John Vanderslice has achieved acclaim in the indie rock world. He has all necessary ingredients — a soft, sweet voice and well put together instrumentals — of a non-religious Sufjan...
Thanks to bands like the Postal Service, synth-pop has steadily been creeping back into peoples’ CD players (do people still use those?), and Plushgun is another band among the many that are taking cues from the likes of New Order and putting...