A Quick Word from the Author: February seems to be living up to expectations, despite how high the bar has been set so far this year. The music is just too good. This week is a compilation of the past two weeks, it's a bit lengthier, and fairly grand. The Tryptophan, specifically, is fairly impressive. Also, if any of you are planning on recording one of these nonsensical "Harlem Shake" videos, don't. It's annoying and frankly, you're not going to top Matt & Kim. By the way, if you live in Richmond, VA, stop...
London songstress Marika Hackman takes an unconventional approach to folk story telling. Rejecting the jaunty trappings of the recent folk scene for a sound more reminiscent of The Velvet Underground’s chanteuse Nico, there’s an air of playful yet primal darkness to Marika’s music. With “Cannibal", a song about “the conflicts between human evolution and personal greed“, the subject matter may be dark but the vocals unfold into wonderful instrumental flourishes. That’s the thing about Marika Hackman;...
Interested in the likes of orchestral-folk with a pop flair? If yes is the answer, you need to check out Hey Marseilles' new song "Bright Stars Burning", as it stands out in the excess of folk-pop that has been put out within the past few years.What gives Marseilles their unique sound is their...
A Quick Word from the Author: This has been an incomparably fruitful January for new music, across the board but more specifically Indie. It seems as if the music gods are making up for the lackluster performance they exhibited in 2012, and frankly, I'm quite shocked. To put it in...
The archetype of the isolated, hyper-prolific songwriter has all but erupted into cliche by now. Why release tens of basement four-track demos when really only a handful will be worth sharing? Gambles (aka Matthew Siskin of New York) keeps laconic, responding to the hype around his debut song...
The hype surrounding Oakland's exciting bossa nova pop outfit, Trail and Ways is strangely underwhelming. It's sizeable in that their HypeM following is massive -- at times seeing them eek out The Shins and Grizzly Bears -- yet they're still very much a local Bay Area band you can see live for...
![Grizzly Bear - Gun-Shy [Video]](/thumbs/post/320x152/Grizzly-Bear.png)
After watching Grizzly Bear's new video for "Gun-Shy" you will probably have more questions then you went in with, but as the saying goes somethings are better left unsaid. If there is anything to say about Grizzly Bear to this points it is that they are not to be questioned as whatever they are...
A Quick Word from the Author: I'm currently sitting in one of my courses and I doubt my professor would be that thrilled to see me concocting the Sabbath, so I'm just going to paste what I wrote last week and hope you trust that this week is a splendid mix. (Taken from last week) "In other...
![Trails and Ways Live At Cafe Du Nord [Recap]](/thumbs/post/320x152/trails-and-ways1.png)
