Not long ago we covered Patterns in Plastic's Radiohead re-work, and here they are again, better than ever. Wesley Akinfolarin and Joe William Todd are the minds behind the collaboration, both hailing from Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. To date, they have released an EP back in March 2011, a collection of re-works in March 2012, and BDAF Remixes in July 2012, all of which are worthy of your ears. Patterns In Plastic's sound has always grappled with the ambient, experimental and alternative genres, and "Don't You...
Kirk Huffman must have been taking notes when he went on tour with Portugal. The Man and the RX Bandits back in 2008, as his new song "Emeralds and Angels" plays on many of the elements that make up their trademark sounds. Borrowing heavy bass-lines intermittent synths and soothing horn melodies, Huffman has released "Emeralds and Angels" as a debut song under his new name The Real Don Music. As "Emeralds and Angels" kicks into gear, there is an immediate tie with the funk/experimental-driven instrumentals and...
We now travel to Deutschland for our introduction of indie rock band, ABBY. Consisting of Filou, Lorenzo, Philipp, and Henne, ABBY serves as a welcome sign of the impending arrival of summery tunes. Their latest release, "Streets", is a lively piece of work that is accentuated with a bouncy...
New York three piece Baby Alpaca have been creating dream-folk-inspired music for the past few years, generally as a collective, but this time around they hinge their song on singer-songwriter Chris Kittrell's memorable vocal performance. This is not to say that they won't capture your attention...
Following their recent release of Wreck of a Smile EP back on March 12 courtesy of Nevado Records, Grounders, a pop, alternative and sonically spacious group hailing from Toronto has taken the indie scene by the horns. The track titled "Speedboats" off of Wreck of a Smile was previously (and...
Singer, songwriter and guitar extraordinaire Max Frost delivers on his newest track, "White Lies". Making his home of Austin, Texas proud, Frost explains his musical process as "engineering a musical spaceship to travel into outer space," and well, here we are up in the clouds upon first...
Impersonating the likes of The Black Keys at one end and the Nine Inch Nail frontman Trent Reznor at the other, AWOLNATION's gritty new blues inspired tune "This Kid's Not Alright" packs quite the energetic punch. Suprisingly, "The Kid's Not Alright" is intended for a video game...
Fossil Collective's approachability was a key carrier to their success in 2012. Their debut EP On and On, as well as its successor Let It Go, progressed upon a relatable vibe which transcends that of your routine dream-folk outfits. This crowd-pleasing methodology, built around seductive...