By Tre Simmons Music Journalist Beginning in 2013, Cody Boyer (drums,) Eefer Nuncio (guitar/vocals,) and David Loftin (bass/drums) formed The Hecklers. They released an EP (Dew On the Grass in the Mornin) and an album (Loverboys & Wanderer) back to back in the following years. Their sound is indebted to a small dose of the flower power folk of the ‘60s mixed with the clean harmonies and bass/guitar lines of early rock […]
By Tre Simmons Music Journalist Hailing from Houston, Texas, King Finn are a four-piece “indie space rock” band consisting of Chris Gallego (vocals,) Jeremy Ortiz (guitar,) Jakub Ausobsky (bass) and Michael Lucio (drums.) Equally adept at pummeling forward in a power pop burst of technicality or laying back and letting a song’s atmosphere take the reins, King Finn will wow you with their energy regardless of what mode they’re in. They’ve […]
By Tre Simmons Music Journalist Artist: La Sera Album: Music for Listening to Music to Label: Polyvinyl Records Release Date: March 4, 2016 Website: iamkatygoodman.com In Vivian Girls, Katy “Kickball” Goodman, along with the rest of the band, were thoroughly capable of combining harmonious vocal melodies with scuzzy, lofi guitar riffs. Goodman propelled the band forward with her steady bass lines, and this same combination of power pop hooks and cherubic vocals continued on 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 Treavian Simmons Music Reviewer Artist: Saul Williams Album: MartyrLoserKing Label: Fader Label (http://www.faderlabel.com/) Release Date: January 29, 2016 Website: http://saulwilliams.com/ Saul Williams is unapologetically black. Within his music, he combines elements of rap, electronic, dance and punk music (all genres that began as dissidents of other genres and started by minorities as counteraction to their mainstream counterparts) to create a swirling combination of Afrocentric protest music. MartyrLoserKing is no […]
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