The Wild Now is an Austin, TX based duo consisting of Taylor Baker and Drew Walker. The two met in...
Benjamin Ricci
VINTAGE GUITAR FLASHBACK: 1973 Gibson L-5S
In today's vintage guitar flashback, we are going to take a look at the Gibson L-5S. The example...
The Whiskey Gentry on Making Music Your Day Job
The Whiskey Gentry learn to let go of musical competition on their latest album, Dead Ringer. The...
Record Review: Vetiver
Vetiver The Errant Charm San Francisco, CA “Let the sun warm it’s way to me” Close your eyes, and imagine yourself walking through the streets of a busy urban city, the sun beaming down on your face...
Record Review: Ty Segall
Ty Segall Goodbye Bread San Francisco, CA “Meet me in the Soft Fuzz and Psych-Punk Garage” For Ty Segall’s second full-length album, the Bay Area rocker kept with his twangy assortment of car...
Record Review: SWTHRT
SWTHRT Compact Disc Southport, NC “Synth pop rock with plenty of pathos” North Carolina duo SWTHRT’s (pronounced: “sweetheart”) debut album crochets homemade rock honesty with weathered-heart wisdom...
Record Review: Sugarplum Fairies
Sugarplum Fairies The Images We Get Los Angeles, CA “Whimsical calm, reminiscent of ’90s teenage angst.” Dawson’s Creek wished it had a soundtrack this good, but the melodrama would have been...
Record Review: Sleepy Vikings
Sleepy Vikings They Will Find You Here Tampa, FL “From the depths of the shoegaze swamps” At times, the term “shoegaze” gets abused as a genre. However, it does raise eyebrows when Tampa-based group...
Record Review: Panda Bear
Panda Bear Tomboy Baltimore, MD “Album of the year from the singer of Animal Collective” Tomboy is the vivid sound of Panda Bear, aka Animal Collective frontman Noah Lenox, who after bearing his...
Record Review: The Oxygen Ponies
The Oxygen Ponies Exit Wounds Brooklyn, NY ”Some wounds won’t ever heal” A gun-shot may technically sound like a bang, or look like a cloud of smoke surrounding a body crumpled up on the ground. In...
Record Review: North Mississippi Hill Country Picnic Volume II
Various Artists North Mississippi Hill Country Picnic Volume II Potts Camp, MS “One of the most off-the-radar festivals in America” Held on a craggy piece of farmland in Potts Camp, MS that no...
Record Review: New Fumes
New Fumes Bump and Assassination Dallas, TX “Psychedelic, melodic electronica with guitar” New Fumes is the moniker for the new project of Daniel Huffman, who was a guitarist for Texan groups Comet...
Record Review: The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library
The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library Volume One Somerville, MA “21st Century sing-a-long” Remember those childhood road trips, when siblings only stopped fighting for the sing-a-long tape and the...