By DeMarcus Cobb Music Journalist Toast Party is an alt-rock band based out of Austin, Texas and has been playing numerous gigs in Austin and Houston in the past two years. Benny Rose, aka Jake Laporte, is the brains behind most Toast Party tracks, recording the very first few tracks on his own in his bedroom. With the live band, he is on the guitar & vox while Stuart Sayes and […]
By Ryan Lacerda Local Music Journalist Artist: Mantra Love Album: Mantra Love Release Date: November 7th, 2015 Website: https://mantralove.bandcamp.com Hailing from Houston, Texas and formed on November 9, 2013, Mantra Love blends dream pop, beach-goth and psychedelic rock. Their self debut album Mantra Love drowns in luscious nostalgia and introspection. The opening track is titled "Hiraeth," which is a Welsh word that mixes the feelings of longing and homesickness into one word. This song really does […]
By Desmond Rattler Music Journalist Artist: Abhi//Dijon Album: Stay Up Release Date: September 8th 2015 Label: Self-Released “Stay Up” is one of two recently released mix tapes by the low-key duo, Abhi//Dijon. Abhi//Dijon are residents of Ellicott City, Maryland, but most people associate the area with the larger region, the D.M.V. (D.C, Maryland, Virginia) where lots of heavily influential artists have come from. The DMV fostered many of our favorite […]
By Connor Schwanke Music Journalist Artist: Guerilla Toss Album: Eraser Stargazer Label: DFA Records Release Date: March 4th, 2016 Website: guerillatoss.bandcamp.com/ Hailing from Boston, Guerilla Toss are masters of their genre―if anyone could name what that genre is. So far, their music has beckoned an eccentric array of genre tags like new age-rage, mosh-funk, shit-wave, brutal psychedelia, or no-wave. After being turned on to them from one of Hype Machine's exclusive premieres, my ears […]
By Ezlyh Gutierrez Music Journalist Artist: Crater Album: Talk to Me So I Can Fall Asleep Label: Help Yourself Records Release Date: February 26th, 2016 Website: craterbabes.bandcamp.com If you’re a sucker for stories about millennial relationships with a punch of grungy electropop and most importantly, angst, I welcome you to Nirvana. Talk to Me So I Can Fall Asleep is a melting pot of “I kind of love you, behind my cellphone screen,” “nah, […]
By Ashley Galvan Music Journalist Band: Explosions In The Sky Album: The Wilderness Release Date: Friday April 1, 2016 Have you ever listened to a band that can ignite every sense you have? The sensations that make you feel human is the ability to feel, see and hear things outside of yourself. If you can’t relate yet there is no need to fret because after listening to the band Explosions in […]
By Tre Simmons Music Reviewer Artist: Florist Album: The Birds Outside Sang Label: Double Double Whammy Records (http://www.dbldblwhmmy.com/) Release Date: January 29, 2016 Website: (http://florist.bandcamp.com/) Recovery is a slow and steady process; whether it be from physical, mental, or any other variation of trauma, time is the only factor that stands in the way of convalescence. Emily Sprague of Florist likely knows this better than most. In 2014, she was involved in a […]
By Wes Clary Music Reviewer Artist: Kendrick Lamar Album: Untitled Unmastered Label: Top Dawg Entertainment Release Date: March 4, 2016 Website: www.kendricklamar.com West coast rapper, Kendrick Lamar, has just dropped a surprise compilation album with the unique title of Untitled Unmastered. The set of tracks are not necessarily new, but demo tracks and raw cuts of songs that did not make it onto the final pressing of his 2015 release, To Pimp […]
By Melissa Johnston Music Reviewer Artist: Nap Eyes Album: Thought Rock Fish Scale Label: Paradise of Bachelors Release Date: February 5, 2016 Nap Eyes, a canadian-based band, is most properly named, considering the sound and content of their newest album, Thought Rock Fish Scale. It is the musical embodiment of a groggy, post-nap, existential trance. The loose acoustic rock instrumentation paired with frontman Nigel Chapman’s melancholy, conversational vocals and philosophical lyrics […]
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