Sometimes the most unlikely pairings make for the most interesting outcomes.  This could not be truer in the case of Toronto’s Bonjay. The duo will release their Broughtupsy mini-album in September.  The preview track, “Stumble” is a perfect introduction to the world of Bonjay with its chopped up sirens, irresistible beat, and a voice from  singer Alanna Stuart [...]

Marching Band is a Swedish duo who puts together a brilliant style of atmospheric lo-fi pop. The sound takes cues from Wolf Parade, The Shins, and Yo La Tengo to make a stellar album filled with tightly-constructed songs, brilliant lo-fi vocals that are far more than a lyrical delivery service and brilliant arrays of multi-instrumental [...]

Still maturing from a childhood project that combined brothers Sean and Jimmy Galloway’s first names, The Shimmies have created a self-appointed genre for themselves, which they lovingly refer to as “home school rock.” Much the way a home schooled child’s take on a book may have less to do with the collective opinion of their peers, so does The [...]

Described by the band as “an almost live representation of the Lou Barlow + the missingmen live show,” the band’s new digital EP = Sentridoh III (Merge Records) is another step forward for Lou Barlow, and his first release with new backing band the missingmen (guitarist Tom Watson and drummer Raul Morales). With new cuts, rocking [...]

Internal Recurrence is the debut album by Lifeless Satellites, a duo formed in Minneapolis in 2008. On it, Jeremy Devens and Jesse Alexander Green meander slowly through melancholy songs drenched in pain and woe. Billed as “a concept album about loss and acceptance,” Internal Recurrence takes the listener on a tour of places they normally [...]

New Orleans, LA based noise-pop duo, Caddywhompus, released their sophomore album Remainder on May 11th, 2010 via Community Records.
Remainder is a reflection of their energetic live performance and the explosive chemistry that exists between Chris Rehm (guitar/vocals) and Sean Hart (drums). Wanting to stay consistent with their DIY work ethic, Rehm and Hart completely self produced and engineered the [...]

You love music, that’s just a fact. But let’s not pretend that music doesn’t come with a host of problems. For starters, there’s just too much of it. I mean, there are only 24 hours in a day and it seems like there’s a great new band popping up every second. That’s 86,400 new bands [...]

Lou Reed once asked, “What becomes a legend most?” No doubt the unfailingly modest Lou Barlow would blanch at being called a “legend.” And yet when you take the long-view, few artists have been as prolific, productive, and influential over the last 20 years. Barlow burst onto the scene as the bass-player in the seminal [...]