Rubik, KEXP and Frightened Rabbit

This one has been in my inbox forever, glad I’m finally doing something about it. A little while back while enjoying drinks at Toronto’s best east end bar, I couldn’t ignore the music playing in the background. It sounded familiar, yet completely unheard of. Alice let me know that it was the album Dada Bandits […]

Local Natives: Sessions

From my scouring of the blogosphere, I’ve run into two sessions Local Natives have recorded recently. First off, they recorded an AD session last month at Infrasonic Sound Studios in Alhambra, CA for Aquarium Drunkard. Thats here and below is the band doing ‘Sun Hands’ on KEXP.

5 Things you should check out today

-Download a sampler from Lefse Records featuring Neon Indian, Phaseone, Julian Lynch, Sunnybrook, Tape Deck Mountain. Its here. -Take a listen to the acoustic version of Bruises from Tim Williams. This Brooklyn-based artist will be releasing his new record Careful Love on Oct 20th (Dovecote); which thematically captures Tim’s recent ‘blossoming relationship, health, happiness, and […]