Watching the video for “Summer” was akin to experiencing deja vu. Los Angeles-based actress turns to music, issuing a beguiling track steeped in longing and echo. Last year it was HT Heartache; now enters Munroe. Kathleen Munroe, the Resurrection regular…
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Living for the weekends is all we have So we wear them like they’re life jackets As part of London-based outfits Paperjets and Crash Island, it’s no wonder Yusuf Laher pines for Friday night. Add to his resume the new…
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Following the breakup of his band Gift Horse, Athens, Georgia’s Hunter Morris gathered his thoughts in the streams of Georgia while pursuing his non-musical passion: fly fishing. Alone with only the sounds of nature and the past on his mind,…
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A hazy meditation of bounding grooves pierced by Ornette Coleman-esque saxophone squalls, “No Ringer” is the first single from Toronto quartet Grounders‘ forthcoming debut LP. To be released on 12 May, the self-titled album will be followed by a tour…
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There’s a joyous fear within the acoustic strumming of “Elephants,” the new single from Fire/Works‘ 2014 LP, Shenanigans. Recalling Yellow House-era Grizzly Bear, the lurking folk of “Elephants” veers from the urban paths of the band’s native Montreal to the…
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The “yes” moment of “Amalie” comes at the ten second mark once the throbbing guitar comes in, portending the menace of Sonya Carmona’s swelling vocals. Originally a duo, in the two years since the band’s last release, Polychronic, the Costa…
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What initially drew me to the Philadelphia folk duo The Sun Flights was their locked harmonies. Two years later, those harmonies still intact on House of Man, the debut LP from Natalie Butts and Claire Duncombe. Recorded on a tour…
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Five years after his last LP, Denton, Texas singer/songwriter Doug Burr has just released Pale White Dove, an 11-song collection of heavy riffs, poignant ballads and pop laments. Through the power of the Internet, Doug took a few moments to…
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A bewildered bull bounds through a china shop on “Black Swan,” the sophomore single from Brighton, England’s Astrid’s Tea Party. A macabre-pop revenge tale, “Black Swan” shows no mercy to its victim. To be released on 18 May, you can…
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The sound of morning sun peeking through the blinds, the cheery disposition of Tomten‘s “Bitter Pill” quickly gives way to the menace of lurking storm clouds on the horizon. The Seattle, Washington dream pop trio will release “Bitter Pill” as…
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In what has to be the greatest use of product placement in a video, Hamilton, Ontario’s Flamingo Báy grants access to a day in the life of a pizza delivery driver on their new single “Killer Flamingo Báy.” Taken from…
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