With one of their new videos, Chico Fellini have taken their music a more synth-rock route. This video is a blur of a Christmas Eve nightmare, with a crazy guy going rage-a-hol one a Christmas tree.
Unicycle Loves You might craft songs with straight-forward pop hooks and beats, but there’s always something more complicated under the surface. In the case of “Justine”, the dissonant guitarwork is certainly hypnotic. This video...
Nice, Nice, Very Nice is more than just nice. Mangan expertly blends folk rock and country with expressive lyrics that build vivid stories. Mangan’s voice has the gravelly tones and vulnerability of Damien Rice or Conor Oberst, but with...
"Why not?" -- Brian Borcherdt
Sebastian Blanck’s Alibi Coast is a folk album with an intimate feel. Blanck’s vocals are heavily doubled in an attempt to sound harmonized and choral (think: Fleet Foxes). As the album plays, the songs begin to melt together, making...
outside lands picks for saturday, august 14th the strokes Nostalgia only. gogol bordello The energy of gypsy-punkers Gogol Bordello is high in their recorded format, but simply insane in a live setting. Guaranteed fun times which fit the spirit of...
mayyors No MySpace or self-created online presence? Noise rock spread by word of mouth? Featuring some people fairly notably involved in the scene? Do it. christmas Olympia-based K Records signees who will make a lot of other SMMR BMMR bands seem...
A festival that manages to bring in quality folk, bluegrass, alt-country, and indie rock bands without feeling blown-out, over-run, and over-saturated. dr. dog Dr. Dog seem to be constantly, eternally on tour, and their spirited jams are easy pop...