Mixtape Monday: Wow and Flutter
Casiotone for the Painfully Alone – Roberta C. Liz Phair – Fuck & Run (Girlysound version) Beat Happening – The Fall Elliott Smith – No Name #4 Neutral Milk Hotel – Sailing Through Teen Suicide – Stay Inside Forever Elvis Depressedly – Weird Honey The Mountain Goats – The Big Unit McCarthy – Celestial...
Emotional Response Records’ Typical Girls Vol 3 & 4: Couteau Latex’s “Colere Vide”
Confronted with the saturation of male-dominated voices in the punk and hardcore scene, Typical Girls aims to subvert that stereotype with fresh sounds that might otherwise go unheard of. A wink and nod to the Slits, Typical Girls celebrates all that is totally untypical and highlights a vast number of femme-sounds and experiences. A...
Mixtape Monday: Disgustingly Cute
This week’s Mixtape Monday playlist is a collection of upbeat Twee Pop jams, for those of us who are just as excessively and seemingly quaint, charming and only just slightly sad. Rilo Kiley – Silver Lining The Blow – Parentheses Camera Obscura – French Navy God Help the Girl – God Help the...
Band Preview: LOMA
Photo: Bryan C. Parker Having toured together back in 2016, Loma is the result of the unusual music chemistry between indie-rock band Shearwater and post-rock band Cross Record. While Shearwater’s Jonathan Meiburg is known for more of an expressive, whirling vocal style, accompanied by heavy synth and chord progressions, Cross Record’s Emily Cross is...
Mixtape Monday: Wide-Eyed and Brilliant
Ride – Vapour Trail The Sundays – Here’s Where the Story Ends The Beta Band – Dry the Rain Yo La Tengo – Autumn Sweater Blonde Redhead – 23 Galaxie 500 – Ceremony Radiohead – House of Cards Suzanne Vega, DNA – Tom’s Diner Slowdive – When the Sun Hits Catherine Wheel – Black...
Mixtape Monday: Burn Your Doubt
Lake Ruth – One of Your Own For Esmé – Doubtmouth Lawn – 2000 Boy The Altered Hours – Open Wide 2069 – Time Diary – Fuchsia Gray The Mites – Asphalt Ocean Remember Sports – Up From Below
Mixtape Monday: Sad Girl Bedroom Rock
Alvvays – Dreams Tonite Palehound – Carnations Au Revoir Simone – All or Nothing Dum Dum Girls – Coming Down Waxahatchee – American Weekend Courtney Barnett – Anonymous Club Julien Baker – Sprained Ankle Lomelda – Out There Soccer Mommy – Last Girl Girlpool – Blah Blah Blah Diet Cig – Harvard Bully –...
ANON Premiere: The Sour Notes Cover The Ronettes’ “When I Saw You”
Website || Facebook || Instagram || Twitter Known for their contagious indie pop and rock sensibilities, Austin’s very own The Sour Notes are paying tribute to songs they hold near and dear to their heart. Their premiere for the next single off their covers’ album, This Is Not Our Music, is a stunning rendition...
La Luz’s SXSW Instagram Takeover
Photo Credit: Vikesh Kapoor Currently based in Los Angeles’ duality of sunny dispositions and dark illusions, La Luz has crafted something special since their inception in 2012. Comprised of singer/guitarist Shana Cleveland, drummer Marian Li Pino, keyboardist Alice Sandahl, and bassist Lena Simon, the band’s surf-rock infested and reverb-drenched melodies maintain a haunting infectiousness...
Mixtape Monday: Whiskey in the Woods / The Indie-Folk of SXSW
The Accidentals – Earthbound Acid Tongue – Humpty Dumpty Ainsley Farrell – Dark Hours Albert Hammond, Jr. – Set to Attack Belle Adair – Rest Easy Caamp – So Long, Honey The Canvas People – Parking Lot Mt. Joy – Astrovan flora cash – You’re Somebody Else Lindsey Mills – What is a Weed??...
Welcome To Our Hearts Haze County
Welcome To Our Hearts Haze County by Jay Armstrong I am in love with Haze County. These first songs are a selfish organic release of compounded layered expression yet speak to the ALL our individual spirits gravitate towards. Haze County breathes through frantic frenzied technique blurred beneath a rare sensitivity towards the bigger cohesive whole....
Shenandoah Davis’ “The Wings” Music Video
Website || Bandcamp || Facebook || Instagram || Twitter Despite the ephemeral nature of music, Shenandoah Davis‘ 2017 album Souvenirs feels like a distinguished and intimate keepsake you want to hold dear. With unabashed lyrics and vulnerable introspection, Davis perfects the art of honing in on subtle yet significant moments and memories that ring a...
