MS MR: Secondhand Rapture — I may have stumbled upon MS MR in mid-October digging around for some new music, but I definitely did not teeter on the decision to keep listening-to the Brooklyn based duo. With a song played in the hit HBO series, Game of Thrones, and a single remixed by Scottish electro-pop [...]
Wampire: Curiosity — Rocky Tinder and Eric Phipps make up the freaky union that is Wampire. The Portland duo are following up their 7” debut with a therapeutically disturbing LP, Curiosity, via Polyvinyl. In an era where the bulk of new music released is so much aural mayonnaise spread on the thin Wonderbread of ever [...]
Young Galaxy: Ultramarine — It’s been two years since Young Galaxy’s 2011 LP Shapeshifting, but the Canadian band has been busy mixing electronic dream-pop tunes for their upcoming fourth album release, Ultramarine. Recorded in Gothenburg, Ultramarine was produced by Swedish electronic genius, Dan Lissvik, who also produced Shapeshifting. The synthy mood of this album is [...]
Generationals: Heza — Generationals are a New Orleans indie pop duo consisting of singer-guitarists Grant Widmer and Ted Joyner. Known for creating easy going, malt shop jangles, the band is set to release their third full-length album, Heza on Tuesday. Promoting the new album, they will be kicking off their national tour in Baton Rouge on [...]
CHVRCHES: Recover EP — Recover, the first EP from Scottish band CHVRCHES (which, yes, is pronounced “churches,” if you were unsure), has one of the best electropop sounds I’ve heard all year: they are, dare I say it, “cool.” The band is comprised of Lauren Mayberry, Iain Cook, and Martin Doherty, all of whom are [...]