A Quick Word from the Author: EARMILK is currently in the gradual and delicate process of refining our features, aiming to provide more than just lists of tracks, but solid editorials. A big part of this process is creating a feature that tailors to you, the fans, and your needs. In the comment section below, we'd love to hear some feedback on what you think we're missing from our Features (use the Sabbath as your template). This could be anything from a News section (which will be incorporated next week), to more...
With temperatures slowly warming and pale skin increasingly being revealed from underneath layers of heavy wool and polyester, our minds are now, slowly but surely, turning to summer. With that in mind, it's harder and harder to listen to deep, spooky, chilling sounds and far more appropriate to set our lives to something more tropical and chill-out. Groundislava, thankfully, has us covered with his upcoming TV Dream EP, out June 26 on Friends of Friends. The EP, available for pre-order on Bandcamp, takes...
A Quick Word from the Author: Before we begin, let's make one thing clear: There is no way anyone can be as excited as I am to have the The Indie Sabbath back -- a motion that is long overdue. It's been just over a year since I debuted the Sabbath last May to an overwhelming response from...
Last year Brent Knopf retired his works with Menomena to pursue his side project Ramona Falls as a full time gig. At the time, it was a bit of a shocker -- Brent was very much the heart and soul of Menomena's live performances (his overly joyous and giddy demeanor on stage brought a profound...
You are going to have to travel a bit out of your way for this one. As you may have noticed in some of my posts, I try to expand the diversity of musicians in terms of countries of origin. Why? So music enthusiasts such as yourselves can have the chance to be exposed to the obscure and to the...
There are thousands of popular artists out there today making new singles all the time. With the increase in bedroom producers, though, the ability to simply download a whole studio that you can use right on your lap has made original songs more scarce. Now it seems that you're finding tens of...
Lullatone is a band based in Nagoya, Japan. They like to consider their own work as pajama pop, which seems pretty fitting if you know Lullatone. Their work is very childish, in the sense that you get a playful or youthful feel when listening to a track of theirs. Also, their melodic pieces are on...
Saving up for that rainy day? Might as well put "Groovin" by ChromadaData in that piggy bank as well. ChromadaData's chief export is smooth hip-hop beat instrumentals. No stranger to the downtempo game, his beats will lower your blood pressure in no time. The track name "Groovin" is already pretty...