West Coast, fun in the sun, garage surf passionate, punk rock spirited, 1960s brought up to 2015, that’s Jet Trash. They’ve just released their first EP, entitled Jet Trash, which features their rock anthem single What They Want which is making waves all the way up the Pacific Coast. READ MORE…
Local queercore group 8 Inch Betsy will release its album The Mean Dayson November 13, nearly ten months after front woman Meghan Galbraith died at the age of 35. Galbraith unabashedly drew from her personal experiences when writing lyrics for the three-piece, and I’d assume that the The Mean Days will offer a final look at fragments of her life. READ MORE…
Singer-songwriters tend to emulate their heroes. Some rearrange covers and add their own flare to a song, others shoot for a duet or a compilation record, but not Nashville’s Aaron Lee Tasjan. Tasjan opted to indulge in copious amounts of THC a’la his role model Guy Clark, after hearing of Clark burning down more than a few before penning what turned out to be some of his best numbers. READ MORE…
A reverie isn’t a slumber, yet it is not wide-eyed consciousness either. It lies balanced between the two, the state of a peaceful and blissful daydream, of getting lost in your thoughts and ideas. This notion of a dreamlike stupor is perfectly embodied in “Reverie”, the new single from post-punk band Shepherds. READ MORE…
Today we’re premiering the animated new visual from folk singer-songwriter Sye Elaine Spence – ‘1964‘ (a collaboration with Brooklyn-based production company, dreambear, and experimental painter/filmmaker, Jeff Scher). In regards to the track, Spence (who is based in Atlanta) tells us: “The song was made as an ode, of sorts, to my grandmother, Elaine. She was like a warm blanket to me in childhood. The lullaby-like feel of the guitar throughout the song is intentionally reminiscent of that. Her stories of her youth, first love, first heartbreak, always fed my innate draw toward nostalgia. The lyrics are me simply my imaginings of what conversations used to be like during her time. Sweet, simple, delicate.” READ MORE…
Sounding like something from a David Lynch film, Houston in the Blind‘s “On Your Side” offers nearly 5-minutes of hypnotic, dreamlike beauty, featuring reverb heavy guitars and breathy vocals. Its mysterious aura is perfect for sitting back and just unwinding for a few minutes and we’re pretty happy to be exclusively premiering if for all of you. READ MORE…