The UK has a solid history of producing some of the most talented singer-songwriters and musicians in the indie music industry. When it comes to songwriting and playing anything with strings, some of the most unique and impressive musicians have hailed from across the Atlantic: Ed Sheeran, Ben Howard, David Gray, Benjamin Francis Leftwich, James...
When I returned home last night, it was 7 pm, getting dark, and I was out of energy. I quickly climbed into bed and spent the rest of the evening looking for music. As I've mentioned in other posts, finding new music is a challenge for me. I don't know how you guys find new music, but I use a variety of ways to discover new bands: ...
"I learned the truth at seventeen, that love was meant for beauty queens and high school girls with clear skinned smiles who married young and then retired".
Over the last ten years, the Detroit post-punk band, Protomartyr, has cultivated a very passionate fanbase, which is especially remarkable considering the group has a very limited social media presence. One of the consequences of this cult fanbase is a "protomartyr bot" who - as you might be able to guess - tweets a potpourri of lyrics from the...
My relocation to New Orleans in 2015 coincided, oddly, with an old friend's arrival in town. He'd hauled his upright bass down south from Massachusetts to break into the NOLA jazz scene. His plan was ambitious: conquer "New Orleans in my twenties and New York in my thirties."
During this never-ending summer of sobering events for our nation, Haim's new album, Women in Music, Part III (aka, "WIMPY"), is one of the antidotes we needed. This time, their 2020 album is an old fashioned plate of sadness and faith, served with a side of realness, grittiness and sunny-side optimism.
I've wanted to write about Bartees Cox's music (aka Bartees Strange) ever since I innocently discovered him on Bandcamp two months ago while looking for artists based in Washington, DC (my hometown). Let me start by saying that some bands are easy to write about. Some are more straightforward, with a quick story and clear biography. That is to say...
Today's post is about London-based band Wolf Alice, which completely rocked my world when I first discovered them in 2017. (Side note: I'm still salty that I arrived so late to the game considering how big they've gotten since they first started out in 2012. Alas, better late than never.)
Ladies and Gentlemen, there's something in the water in Nashville, and the greater South, for that matter... It seems like so many indie artists have been pushing the folk/country/Americana genre in a more progressive and modern direction in the past couple years (e.g. Kacey Musgraves, Big Thief, Neko Case, Jade Bird, Jenny Lewis, to name a few)....
About once a year, I relaunch my never-ending quest to find the best lo-fi, dream pop music of France. Unfortunately, I always seem to hit a wall. No matter what terms I search, I continually run into bands that are either rap-heavy or synthesizer-heavy music (think M83). Now, that's great and all... but that's not what I'm looking for....