Chinese Robots is an indie Rock band formed in 2008 by PH Perromat. CR mix indie rock influences (Sonic Youth, dEUS, Dandy Wharols, My bloody Valentine) with electronic/indus influences (NIN, Death in Vegas, Unkle) to deliver a complex and very melodic rock. They recoded a first EP in 2010 that can be listen on their my space. To listen urgently ! ...
Organic and electrically charged, teeming with ambience, personality and emotional resonance, Roots And Wings is the second studio effort from Canadian quartet THE SKY LIFE. A sterling synth-rock masterpiece filled with climatic anthems that dip into the tender feelings of the human heart, this album is a truly poetic, absorbing union of melodic pop and rhythmic beats. It's a well-balanced collage of sound brimming with luscious layers of instrumentation, memorable hooks, introspective lyrics and stunning performance. Every song, whether it leans alternative, arena, acoustic or indie, stirs wide-eyed reflection and resonates with an inspiring spirit and refreshing energy. Songcraft remains one of the THE SKY LIF...
"What's past is prologue..." With all that's befallen them, London-based quartet The Boxer Rebellion have a history that reads like a grand, intricately woven design. For a band who have been together almost ten years - during which their first (and, to date, only) label went bust shortly after their debut release and a key member had a near-death experience - such fluctuating fortunes would surely see most bands imploding in frustration. So what marks The Boxer Rebellion out from the rest? How have they endured in relative obscurity, held down day jobs to self-release a follow-up, and arrived at a kind of renaissance so far down a jagged career path? Well, one could point to the quality of the songs or th...
BBB is a Brooklyn-based electro-pop trio.Founded by New York native Sean Han (guitar/synth/vocals/Ableton Live), Brooklyn-based electro-pop outfit Blip Blip Bleep (BBB) has made a name for itself by consistently delivering catchy hooks, intelligent songwriting and for making audiences dance. Over time the group has grown to include Kayce McGehee (synth/vocals) and Jojo Schwarz (drums) who contribute immense talent and intensify all aspects of the project.BBB's first EP Wireless and their second, Alarm Clock, Snooze Bar, Get Up, garnished them a thumbs up from the likes of BillBoard Magazine, IndieFeed, PopMatters, The Deli NYC, and NME.com’s video blog. Although BBB performs live in and around NYC, most frequen...
The Sounds are a New Wave group which formed in Helsingborg, Sweden in 1999. They consist of Maja Ivarsson (vocals) Felix Rodriguez (guitar), Johan Bengtsson (bass), Jesper Anderberg (keyboards) and Fredrik Nilsson (drums). The band has released four albums to date: 2002’s Living in America, 2006’s Dying to Say This to You, 2009’s Crossing the Rubicon and 2011’s Something To Die For on Original Signal Recordings and Side One Dummy Records....
"The kids are disco dancing, they’re tired of rock ’n’ roll.” So sings The Limousines frontman Eric Victorino with tongue firmly in cheek during “Internet Killed The Video Star,” one of many deliriously catchy electro-pop songs on the group’s debut album, Get Sharp. Considering that Victorino left behind a loud rock band to concentrate on his keyboard-centric duo with Giovanni Giusti, the sentiment expressed during “Internet Killed The Video Star” could be misconstrued as a statement of purpose. But if you’ve ever caught the band live and seen Victorino giving his drum-machine-playing bandmate a knowing look ...
In Portland, Oregon, Kevin O'Connor began his pursuit in 2004 for new frontiers in percussion and analog sounds. What was he looking for? Something entirely new in something old. And so he began collecting. Dusty Italian Crumar synths and pristine Moogs, rickety Baldwins and warbly Wurlitzers, pure-sounding Rhodes and cranky old Korgs. Sounds upon floating, gritty and gorgeous sounds, with a muscular backbone of beats alongside a brainy live drumkit. Talkdemonic was born. While Kevin was beating out a new path in the already innovative music community of Portland, his friend and violist Lisa Molinaro joined him shortly thereafter to lend her string skills to further texturize Talkdemonic's alluring...
Based in North Carolina, the two-piece electronic outfit Celadon Candy is not what one might expect to herald from the rowdy South. Yet there they are. Born out of the electro-pop band Wedlock, the duo of Paul Allgood and Jason Bowden have set out to challenge the conventional notions of pop and electronica and have recently released a three-song EP that exudes a kaleidoscope of sounds and styles that you would be discouraged from attempting to classify it into one specific genre.Read on as we explore the world of electronic resonance with Paul and Jason of Celadon Candy! MM: What spawned the transition to Celadon Candy instead of continuing on with Wedlock?...
Combichrist is a Norwegian Aggrotech band formed in 2003 by Norwegian Andy LaPlegua (founder of the band Icon of Coil) based in Atlanta....
Acrylics named their first full-length Lives and Treasure because that is what they put into the making of this record. After spending the last two years in and out of the studio, the duo of Molly Shea and Jason Klauber, will be releasing their first full-length on January 25, 2011 on Hot Sand Records. The band has been on tour with A Sunny Day In Glasgow, Morning Benders and The Smith Westerns, through SXSW and beyond, and just performed at this year's CMJ.After coming together in 2008, the band released a highly buzzed about EP called All of the Fire on Ethan Silverman and Grizzly Bear's Chris Taylor's new label, Terrible Records. Now the band is ready to release their full-length. "We took our time,"...
It all started out with a couple cases of beer, a back porch, and a few old friends. In the hot, muggy summer of 2008, longtime friends and former band mates Sean-Paul Pillsworth and Bill Manley decided it was time to pick up their dusty guitars and start writing music together again. It wasn't long until they recruited ex-Astronauts drummer Steve Markota, and the resulting chemistry was undeniable.The trio played a packed hometown show, and in months they were traveling far from their native Kingston, NY, playing nearly every weekend. They kept getting called back, each time with bigger and more enthusiastic performances to match the crowds. A year went by so fast. They released their debut EP, A Flood Tomorrow, produced by studi...
Born January 25, 1967, in Havana, Cuba, is a popular dark cabaret Cuban-American musician. His stage name is his given middle name, which he shares with the famous French Enlightenment writer François-Marie Arouet.Voltaire is also an experienced animator and comic artist, and is a professor at the School of Visual Arts in New York....
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Since they formed in 2009, Westfield, New Jersey’s the Static Jacks (lead vocalist Ian Devaney, guitarists Henry Kaye and Michael Sue-Poi, and drummer Nick Brennan) have earnestly burned their own path through indie rock’s crowded field. Ignoring music’s fickle trends, the Jacks have forged a unique blend of punk, garage, and soul sounds for a sonic punch to the gut and heart. The band’s self-released Laces EP (2009), a riley glimpse at fleeting youth, saw the group hit its stride. This was bolstered by several tours with various indie notables including the Futureheads, Biffy Clyro, Young the Giant, and We Were Promised Jetpacks. Throughout, the Static Jacks held fast to a...
FNDTY is Fandi Aditya, a NYC-based electronic musician. He uses electronic sounds as a substitute to distorted guitar sounds used in traditional rock music. His music is a blend of electronic, rock and noise music with catchy hooks. ...
Paul Allgood and Jason Bowden make up the Durham,NC based Celadon Candy.They first began collaborating back in 2008 as bandmates for a brief time in Allgood’s band Wedlock.Soon after, Bowden did remixes of two of their singles, “Still Unsatisfied,” and “Reverend Charisma.” Allgood became dissatisfied with his line up that subsequently dissolved and was soon reunited with Bowden. As a result,Their 2010 debut entitled “cc:” was released October 5th on Kounterfeit records. ...
There are few artists operative at the fringes of popular music today whose sound has not been in some way or another informed or shaped by the works of Justin K Broadrick. As a founding member or sole proprietor of seminal outfits such as Godflesh, Napalm Death, Techno Animal, and Final, Broadrick has managed to help change or even define the now widespread genres of industrial and death metal, abstracted hip hop and dub, grindcore, and ambient electronics. So is also the case with his work in Jesu, who in the course of a very productive seven year existence have taken the churning pummel of his former project Godflesh, augmented it with the textural melody of 90s shoegaze rock and spawned a new sub-gen...
A lot has happened to Hellogoodbye since the Huntington Beach, California-based act released their breakthrough album Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs! back in 2006. Over the past four years the band have parted with their old record label, retooled their lineup, released a handful of EPs and performed everywhere from the Philippines to living rooms. All of these cumulative experiences play into the band's new album Would It Kill You? a collection of perfect pop gems that not only proves that Hellogoodbye are still relevant but affirms that if anything, they've sharpened their musical edge over the past few years-and looking back, the band's frontman Forrest Kline sees the past few years as an amazing opportunity to ...
The band Shiloh Wild began scoring no-budget films before releasing rock and roll video singles. Their history as a three piece ended when one of the three Fudalik brothers moved to Ocala, taking his signature bass sound with him. The band continued as a two piece of Tim Fudalik (drums) and Thomas Fudalik (all other instruments). Tim and Tom decided to change the band's name at that point rather than capitalize on the "name" they built while Scott Fudalik was an active member of the band. The name for the two-man formation of the group became "Fudge Club". They made a music video where the first piece of music by Fudge Club debuted, a single and video produced by director Frank Stamm. This first ...
Finding a balance between the slick, polished sound of modern pop while keeping the grit and impact of traditional rock music is always a hard thing, but that is exactly what Courage Have Courage do. Coming from London this 5-piece make no apologies when it comes to delivering a fresh mix of both, beautifully captured by their debut EP ‘Speak/Hear’. Combining elements reminiscent of bands like Paramore, You Me At Six and The Police with catchy pop vocals on par with that of The Fray and The Script this band have found something very special and full of potential but at the same time effortless and somehow inevitable. Their new single ‘Say Enough’ is a prime examp...
Risa was born in New York City and is an alumni of Forest Hills High School, home to Simon and Garfunkel and the Ramones (who Risa grew up with). Risa was a professional actor before pursuing her initial ambition to become a singer/songwriter and worked in the Broadway cast of 'Grease' playing Frenchy with Jack Coleman (Heroes) as Danny Zuko. She appeared as Mae in 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof' with Julie Graham, William Gaunt and Joe McCann as well as appearing with Sinitta in London. Risa's music has been called 'Sophisticated, melodic, pop' and the BBC have called Risa 'lyrically courageous , musically eclectic musical compositions performed with genuine inspiration'. Risa has supported Nerina Pallot, Jess Klein, James Apollo...
When most kids their age were riffling through college textbooks and figuring out the path of least resistance towards some sort of stable income, these small town boys were riffling through their parents' record collections, studying the messy emotion-fuelled rock of Pavement and the fuzzy post-rock discography of Sonic Youth, dreaming of ways they could marry it all together. So far it hasn't worn off, being the average age of 21, they still have their collective sights set on a future a little bit more shaky and unstable than the rest of their peers.In the beginning, the four best friends who make up the ambitiously named outfit (Rob Janson, Aaron Harvey, Dan Reardon, Matt Meyer) locked themselves up for days in their parents' ...
Nels Cline is one of the most versatile, imaginative and original guitarists active today. Combining breathtaking technique with an informed musical intelligence, the self-taught Cline displays a mastery of guitar expression that encompasses delicate lyricism, sonic abstractions, and skull-crunching flights of fancy, inspiring Jazz Times to call him "The World's Most Dangerous Guitarist." Born in Los Angeles in 1956, his earliest musical influ- ences included Roger McGuinn, Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Beck, John Fahey and Duane Allman. Cline claims his most valuable music training came from his work with bassist/multi-instrumentalist Eric von Essen, with whom he performed as a duo from 1977 until von Essen's untimely de...
Rusty Belle is:Matt Lorenz: Vocals, Nylon string guitar, violin, foot percussion, various home-made creations.Kate Lorenz: Vocals, Percussion, Accordion, Mallets.Zak Trojano: Vocals, Percussion, Acoustic and Electric (slide) guitars. Rusty Belle has been winning the hearts of audiences since 2006 with their unique live shows and organically crafted studio recordings. They found a voice steeped in the history of a very personal musical journey that resonates through their love of new and exciting sounds and textures. Matt, a seemingly inexhaustible creator of things, has spearheaded this approach by piecing together instruments from any material his ...
Bursting with promise, overflowing with "wow" moments and played every bit as visionary as it is titled, No Words To Voice Our Hopes And Fears adds an entirely new level to GOONIES NEVER SAY DIE's already-impressive musical architecture. A stunning, intricate, unique and fascinating work of progressive instrumental rock, their second full-length album proffers a facelift to the post-rock scene through not only one grande cinematic journey, but ten self-contained units of sprawling sonic adventure. Through heart wrenching soundscapes of emotion, atmosphere, darkness and serenity, they tell tales organically through instruments that seemingly have their own ongoing dialog...without the distracting crutch of lyri...
Sean Flinn is a Portland, Oregon based songwriter and guitar player whose music seems to seep into the listener and build on itself long after the song has ended. "Flinn's music is as honest and forthright as it comes-literate, sober tunesmithing commanded by a strong and assured voice (Portland Mercury)." Like his rich, imagery based lyrics, his story is a journey between grand moments on the road, chance encounters with influential peers and intimate tracking in studios.Born in the shadow of Mount Shasta, Sean Flinn spent his childhood haunting Whiskeytown Lake and the woods of Pacific Northwest with his twin sister. Sean Flinn's entry to music was in Eugene, Oregon at age 11 when he first picked up a ...
The Sunshine Factory exists on a foundation of juxtapositions. Here are a group of kids from the Gulf Coast channeling the spirits of late '80s/early '90s Thames Valley subversion - two decidedly disparate environments. Band founder Ian Taylor, assembling the lineup in 2008 with drummer Mathew Hendrich and vocalist/bassist Sally Robertson, sought inspiration from highly un-punk sources - namely the engrossing chant music Taylor enjoyed with his Eastern Orthodox upbringing. Cutting his teeth and immersing himself in the punk and metal scene, as teenage boys are wont do to, Taylor discovered My Bloody Valentine and Swans - and the rest is history.While true to the canon of shoegaze and dream pop, The Sunshine Factor...
There is something inherently calming about large bodies of water. In times of emotional duress, standing at the edge of an ocean watching the waves roll in and out, centers the spirit in a way that standing on terra firma cannot. Kevin Murphy (lead vocals, guitar) chose to title the Moondoggies' new album Tidelands in part because of a remote area outside his old stomping grounds of Ketchikan, Alaska where he used to go to escape from civilization. More importantly, as the sly recurring themes of water throughout the Seattle quartet's second full-length underscore, these are songs crafted to provide solace, sense, and cause for celebration in a world fraught with turmoil."What the water represents can be t...
Chasing the Sky is a pop-rock band from Grand Rapids, Michigan. Less than a year in age, they're already making waves – two songs, “A Certain Degree” and “Satellites”, from their debut EP 'The Empty Chair,' can be heard in several upcoming independent films. The band draws influences from the high energy of modern pop-punk such as Amber Pacific or Jimmy Eat World, the raw sensibilities of '90s rock acts like Third Eye Blind, and the devotion to human spirit of indie artists like Brand New. Chasing the Sky aim not to reinvent the genre but simply to write fun, catchy songs that can easily double as the soundtrack to some of the most intimate moments of your life....
