Midnight Psalms (Alright!) by Lanterns

Who: Lanterns from San Diego.
What: Beginning under the premise that there is no premise, this four-piece have been taking their extremely noisy pop songs across the country twice, making stops with bands like Matt and Kim and …And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead. Their self-released Apocalypse Youth EP is out now, […]

Last Day Of 31

I’m going to enjoy my last minutes of being 1 year older than 30. Tomorrow, I hit the ripe age of 32, combined with my twin brother Steve, we’re one year away from retirement. Here’s what I was listening to when I was 31….. A sneak peak of Archie Bronson Outfit‘s new album Coconut, due […]

Brasstronaut climbing ‘Mount Chimaera’

Vancouver’s Brasstronaut are back with their debut full-length album ‘Mt. Chimaera’ to be released on March 23 (Unfamiliar Records). Unifying pop, electronica, klezmer, and jazz, the album was recorded at The Banff Centre, in the Rocky Mountains, and mixed/produced in home studios in Vancouver, Oberlin, Ohio, and New York. This six-piece (fronted by vocalist and […]

Carrie (Mindfull) by Speak

Who: Speak from Austin, TX.
What: Since starting recording music at 11, Speak lead-singer Troupe Gammage formed his band in 2008 after taking a break from running his production company contributing to games made for Playstation, XBox, Wii, and PC. Their debut EP Hear Here is due out February 9th via Playing In Traffic Records. And […]