I wasn’t sure how good this album was going to be, but man this album has been great to wake up to when feeling groggy. The Wombats are a three-piece indie band from Liverpool, England. They are composed of two native Liverpudlians; front man Matthew Murphy, provider of voice, guitar and keyboards, drummer and b-vocalist [...]
Sorry for the delay, Grooveshark wasn’t getting along with my uploads. This is a new album from Tokyo Police Club which I was excited to hear. Tokyo Police Club is an indie rock band from Newmarket, Ontario, Canada. The band consists of Dave Monks (Vocals, Bass), Josh Hook (Guitar, Percussion), Graham Wright (Keyboards, Vocals) and [...]
I am a bit late with this release as it came out February of this year, but here it is in case it slipped past you like it did me. Portugal. The Man is an experimental indie rock four-piece centered around frontman John Baldwin Gourley’s abstract musical approach and corresponding upbringing. He was raised in [...]
Dr. Dog is a psychedelic rock group from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania which formed in 1999. The current lineup consists of Scott “Taxi” McMicken (vocals, guitar), Toby “Tables” Leaman (vocals, bass), Zach “Text” Miller (keyboards, guitar), Frank “Thanks” McElroy (guitar) and Eric “Teach” Slick (drums). “There’s a little folk, blues, indie rock, soul, bluegrass–and a whole lot [...]
Harlem is an American garage rock band comprising vocalist/guitarist/drummer Michael Coomers, vocalist/guitarist/drummer Curtis O’Mara and bassist Jose Boyer. Harlem started in Tucson, AZ before relocating to Austin where they generated a mountain of attention, both with their live shows and their self-issued 2008 album Free Drugs. They are on tour now, so be sure to [...]
Not much information on them from myspace or last.fm except that they are from New York. Seems like a lot of these bands (Think soundtrack to Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist) have been coming out of New York. I tend to like most of them, this one included. “Charmingly earnest indie-pop songwriting and sprightly chamber [...]
Nada Surf is an American alternative rock group formed in 1992. The New York band consists of Matthew Caws (guitar, vocals), Ira Elliot (drums, vocals) and Daniel Lorca (bass, vocals). The band is best known for the song “Popular” from their 1996 album High/Low. The song reached #11 on the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks [...]
It took me a while to update today, sorry about that. I was hiding under the covers for a while because I was so burnt out from work. I have been working from when I get up until around 2am minus breaks for this and that. David Vandervelde is a Chicago-based, alternative rock musician, whose [...]
I can’t believe I never heard of this band until today. This band must have been ahead of their time, as this album is from 1999. Fringe members of The Elephant 6 Recording Company, and the only band to officially release a full-length on the label, Beulah originally formed in San Francisco in 1996 when [...]
Here is a unique voice to the indie rock scene. Noisettes are a rock trio from London, England, formed in 2003 when Shingai Shoniwa and Dan Smith (formerly of the band SonarFly) began writing and playing more intensely than before. They met drummer Jamie Morrison in December 2003, and went straight into the studio to [...]
Monday, April 25, 2011
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