CLOUD NOTHINGS
Cloud Nothings is the brainchild of 18 year old Cleveland resident Dylan Baldi. Late in 2009, he started recording a bunch of catchy indie rock songs on his computer in the basement of his parent's house. Dylan wasn't so concerned with them being lo-fi. But since he only had his simple computer and a crappy […]
BASS DRUM OF DEATH
Bass Drum of Death is a band from Mississippi. John plays guitar and sings and Colin plays the drums. Together they make blown-out, blazing songs. They are set to release their debutLP GB City on Fat Possum Records. John was Fat Possum's worst employee 3 years ago. He wrote and recorded the whole record himself […]
DINOSAUR FEATHERS
With Whistle Tips, Brooklyn, NY quartet Dinosaur Feathers flee from the tropics of their debut, 2009's Fantasy Memorial, and push themselves into hitherto unexplored and ultimately rewarding new territories. Once tethered to a drum machine, the addition of drummer Nick Brooks provide new-found forcefulness and flexibility; the clean melodic basslines of Ryan Michael Kelly often […]
GRIMES
There is a powerful harmony in Grimes. It is a project which is both musical and visual, embodying the arts of 2D, performance, dance, video and sound. Claire Boucher weaves these together to a strong rhythmic effect, "the marriage between the voice of a human and the heartbeat of a machine" . Boucher, born in […]
CULTS (SOLD OUT)
Cults' twinkling experimental pop arrived in a shroud of mystery early in 2010, when the group posted three songs on their Bandcamp page. One of those songs was "Go Outside," which mixed dream pop haze with girl group harmonies (and, fittingly, samples of Jonestown leader Jim Jones) and earned the band acclaim from publications including […]
JEFFREY LEWIS
Jarvis Cocker says Jeffrey Lewis is the finest lyricist of his generation and coming from him that's quite an accolade. We're inclined to agree and really it's quite undeniable when you hear him explain the history of communist China or being sexually assaulted on a train by Will Oldham through song with an ease that […]
LOTUS PLAZA
The project of Deerhunter guitarist/vocalist Lockett Pundt, Lotus Plaza recalls some of his other band's shoegaze-tinged hazy experimentalism and bursts of lucid guitar pop, but takes those sounds in directions influenced by '50s and '60s pop and '80s post-punk. Though he played in several groups during high school, Pundt wasn't in any serious bands until […]
K-HOLES
The K-Holes speak at once of the mystic and the cosmopolitan, the primal and the urbane, the earthen elements and their synthesized cousins. But unlike their contemporaries, the K-Holes' sound is not of the grinning, gregarious panderer. Nor is it of the bored or at-ease. Rather, it's the sound of escape. Escape from the concrete […]
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TITUS ANDRONICUS
In March of this year, XL Recordings released Titus Andronicus' epic second album THE MONITOR. The band's leader, Patrick Stickles - introduced the album at that time with a letter to the media. It is below, in its original glory. You should know however, that since its release, it's been heralded as one of 2010s […]
LESLIE & THE LY’S
Leslie Hall initally caught the hearts & eyes of America's children when she began posting images of her world famous gem sweater collection on the interweb. Word of mouth quickly grew and within a month Leslie recieved over 2 million unique hits to her website, which left her with a $800 bill for exceeding her […]
HOUSSE DE RACKET
Introducing France's latest exciting export! Pierre Leroux and Victor Le Masne, aka Parisian duo Housse de Racket, has joined the ranks of label extraordinaire Kitsune to release its superb second album, "Alesia." Pierre and Victor both grew up in the suburb of Chaville, situated between Versailles and Paris. They avoided each other at school, but […]
DELETED SCENES
DC stalwarts Deleted Scenes will release Young People's Church of the Air on Sept 6, 2011 via Sockets Records. This sophomore LP builds on the "thoughtful existentialism and strange, drowsy downers" of their 2009 debut, Birdseed Shirt (Pitchfork, 8.0), pushing the band's formidable rhythm section further, and exploring the possibility of hope. Grabbing rhythmic feels […]
JUSTICE (SOLD OUT)
Justice is a French electronic music duo consisting of Gaspard Auge (born 21 May 1979 in Besancon, Doubs) and Xavier de Rosnay (born 2 July 1982 in Ozoir-la-Ferriere, Seine et Marne). The duo is one of the most successful groups on Ed Banger Records and is managed by the label's head, Pedro Winter. Justice is […]
YOUTH LAGOON
Twenty-two year old Trevor Powers, whose musical venture is called Youth Lagoon, has had a long year. Not because he's been endlessly touring or pursuing some wild dream, but because of life -- the life of a kid going to college, being in love, dealing with heartache, and just living. "Youth Lagoon isn't me." says […]
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THE LEFT FIELD EXPERIMENT: TEEBS
Teebs (aka Mtendere Mandowa) has been in the right place at the right time. The avid skater met esteemed workaholic producers Flying Lotus and Samiyam at a 2007 Red Bull Music Academy function in Orange County and later became immersed in Los Angeles's weekly future-bass hot spot the Low End Theory, witnessing the Gaslamp Killer, […]
ODD FUTURE
Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All, a ten-member cult rap collective from L.A., bring to mind a younger, crazier Wu-Tang Clan -- if the Clan had skateboarded and rhymed about drugs and gore instead of chess and kung-fu. Ranging from the ages of 16 to 20, core members Tyler, the Creator, Earl Sweatshirt, Mike […]
PERFUME GENIUS
Even though he is only in his 20's, the story to date of one Mike Hadreas, aka Perfume Genius, has the peculiar twists and turns of a person who has lived through at least several lifetimes, and has seen rather more darkness than most. "I spent my whole life hiding from the things that happened […]
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