Singer, songwriter and author, Mandy Sloan, stopped by the KTSW studios to share her new experiences as a musician in Austin Texas. Equipped with a guitar, and a stellar voice, Mandy unveiled a few of her songs off her new album being released later this month. During the interview, Sloan discussed her influence for her music, as well as where she may venture to next…
Artist: Big Black Delta Album: Big Black Delta Released: June 4, 2013 Label: Master of Bates Former Mellowdrone front man and founder Jonathan Bates takes you on a 2013 space odyssey with his solo project, Big Black Delta. While Big Black Delta is on the rise, Bates has been noted for his collaborated work with M83, who he toured with in 2012. Big Black Delta’s sophomore self-titled release abducts the […]
Artist: Yamantaka // Sonic Titan Album Title: YT//ST Released: October 1, 2011 (re-released July 16th, 2013) Label: Suicide Squeeze Records Website: http://ytstlabs.com/ Yamantaka//Sonic Titan is one of the very few bands that seems to have sprung up fully formed. With their debut album, YT//ST, re-released here in the States this summer, the band blends dreamy, psychedelic experimentation with earthy hard rock like seasoned veterans. The group is spearheaded by two Asian-Canadian women, […]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5Yx5qC1oE8 This week's top add is from Italian band and Sub Pop artist His Electro Blue Voice. Their sound is self-prescribed "psych post punk noise rock," a fitting description of their latest release and debut album Ruthless Sperm, which came out on August 20, 2013. According to an album description on Sub Pop's website , the album is "subtle as a construction site and precise like a leather gloved killer. This is the apocalypse. […]
Artist: Surfer Blood Album Title: Pythons Label: Sire Records Release Date: June 11, 2013 Surfer Blood is a surf-indie-power pop outfit from Florida, who came into the scene with their fantastic debut album Astrocoast in 2010, which has spent the past couple years slowly growing into possibly one of my favorite LP’s. Pythons, the bands first album on Warner Bros Records is much more straightforward power pop than Astrocoast’s reverb-heavy […]
Artist: Camera Obscura Album Title: Desire Lines Released: June 3, 2013 Label: 4AD Website: http://www.camera-obscura.net/ Glasgow, Scotland’s beloved indie pop stalwarts return with a lush, satisfying collection of songs. Like their fellow Glaswegians Belle and Sebastian, Camera Obscura embody indie pop at its most charming and clever, and Desire Lines, their fifth album, is a fine display of their talents. The instrumentation throughout the album is layered and pleasingly subdued, […]
Artist: Local Natives Album Title: Hummingbird Label: Frenchkiss Records/Infectious Records Release Date: January 28th 2013 Los Angeles-based indie rock outfit Local Natives consist of Taylor Rice (vocals, guitar, keys), Kelcey Ayer (keys,vocals,percussion,guitar), Ryan Hahn (guitar, vocals, keys), Matt Frazier (drums) and Nick Ewing (bass). The group’s sophomore effort, Hummingbird, immediately evokes feelings of struggle and emotional angst with it’s opening track “You & I” and sets the stage for a […]
Released: June 25, 2013 Label: Badcopbadcop Joining this summer’s throwback soundtrack is Portland’s Béisbol, making their glittering full-length debut with their album Lo-Fi Cocaine. Former SoCal brother’s Jeff and Ryan Burian have procured a variety of pop-soaked, summer-ready sounds that imitate the title of their latest release by being retro and addictive. Reverb-filled sounds similar to that of Toro y Moi or Washed Out glisten throughout this riverside gem. Lo-Fi […]
Released: July 2nd, 2013 Label: Polyvinyl Website: http://owenmusic.com/ Mike Kinsella is one of the finest instrumental craftsmen of our time, and he has nearly twenty years of recordings to prove it. He got his start in the early 90’s as the drummer for the influential emo band Cap’n Jazz, nimbly guiding the band through their signature frantic tempos before fronting the mellower, math-rock influenced American Football, in which he sung […]
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