Benjamin Ricci

Juana Everett: Learning to Move On by Using Pain as Creative Fuel

Moving on is supposed to be an alleviating experience. It’s supposed to be about leaving what no longer serves us, abandoning the dark and stepping into the light, detaching from the past and embracing a brighter future. Sounds nice, but that’s rarely what it actually...

Two Gallants

The Bloom and the Blight San Francisco, CA (ATO Records) “SF duo creates loud, raucous record to perfectly capture rock and roll” If you’re the kind of person who judges songs within the first five...

Sea Wolf

Old World Romance Los Angeles, CA (Dangerbird Records) “Self-exploration driven by haunting melodies and provocative chords” Sea Wolf, led by Alex Brown Church, is back with a new album, Old World...

Radiolucent

Turn Me On & Turn Me Loose Athens, GA (Old South Records) “Southern rock at its finest” Athens, GA is often thought of for its quirky indie-pop, fueling hipster house parties across the little...

Radio Fallout

Vox E Tenebris Austin, TX (Defeat the Squares) “Like a missing track from the Empire Records soundtrack” Radio Fallout is a three-piece rock band from Austin Texas who sounds much like most 3-piece...

Ponderosa

Pool Party Athens, GA (New West Records) “Athens band switches styles and comes up the better for it” For a few weeks I thought there were two separate bands named after a shitty restaurant chain,...

Pegasus Dream

In Absentia Portland, OR (SoHiTek Records) “Psychedelic pop with an electronic twist” In Absentia has earned the right to a presence on your stereo. Portland-based band Pegasus Dream oozes...

Mary C

Right on Time New York, NY (Chantress Music) “Strong voice delivering an upbeat blend of soul, funk and pop” As a white girl with a big voice recording soul-driven pop in 2012, it is inevitable for...

The Helio Sequence

Negotiations Portland, OR (Sub Pop) “Rich, free-form alternative musings and instrumental compositions resulting from a flood” The Helio Sequence is preparing to release their fifth full-length...

Dum Dum Girls

End of Daze Los Angeles, CA (Sub Pop) “Hazy, emotionally charged indie-rock about life” Riddled with opaque harmonies, distorted guitar chords and dark musings on love and relationships comes the...

Conveyor

Conveyor Brooklyn, NY (Paper Garden Records) “Shoegazing indie pop sparkles with harmonic vocal bliss” With the opening sounds in “Woolgatherer” of strings and synths, Conveyor delivers its...