Benjamin Ricci

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...

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...

King Creosote and Jon Hopkins Diamond Mine United Kingdom “A stunning collaboration worth repeating” Diamond Mine is what you get when you pair Scottish singer/songwriter King Creosote with British...

I Was Totally Destroying It Preludes Chapel Hill, NC “A refreshing pop explosion” I Was Totally Destroying It is rock and roll, bringing you back to the pop electric sound that once ruled the...

Hooray for Earth True Loves New York, NY "An industrial box of audible surprises” Hooray for Earth can create one hell of an electro-pop tune as long as they stay focused. The band’s first...

VINYL OF THE MONTH The Groggs 3D Santa Cruz, CA “Taking garage into the third dimension” The Groggs are a garage rock trio named after a local liquor store (The Grog Shop). Their debut 7-inch is...

Gold-Bears Are You Falling In Love? Atlanta, GA “Noisy, jangly love songs” On the surface, noise pop could represent the aural equivalent of pushing a square peg into a round hole, an oxymoron of...

The Felice Brothers Celebration, Florida New York, NY “Catskill commodity” The Felice Brothers have found a way to think outside of the folk music box, and their new album Celebration, Florida is...

Diego Garcia Laura New York, NY “The best love album of the year” New York City’s Elefant made a name for itself with great pop songs and good-looking musicians in the early to mid-2000s. Now...