Performing as The Division Men, the Austin, Texas-based husband and wife duo of Jesus and Caroline Portillo create delicate mood pieces sooted by the dust of the American West. Following on their 2014 LP, Under the Gun, The Division Men…
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Anticipating a sock hop headlined by the Pixies, anxiety pulls at “Shot in the Dark,” the new single from Minnesota’s Skittish. Taken from their forthcoming Orwellian-inspired album, Two Legs Bad, “Shot in the Dark” features a throbbing baseline, well-timed guitar…
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Raised on piano and clarinet during her childhood upbringing in Florida, the musical aspirations of singer/songwriter Lauren Pratt didn’t blossom until age 13 when she received a guitar as a surprise gift from her uncle. Spending her college years in…
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Steeped in the hallucinogenic lore of the late ’60s, Perth, Australia’s The High Learys reimagine Adam and Eve’s offspring as a lady of the night on their forthcoming single, “Letters to Alice.” The quartet of Jamie Turner (lead vocals/bass), Michael…
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Realizing we are all just cogs on a bigger wheel that spins with or without us, Last Good Tooth calculate the odds on “Our Little Machine.” Biding time between Providence, Rhode Island and New York City, the quartet of Penn…
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A potent mix of melody and feedback, Bristol, England upstarts Jesuits span the ages on their debut single, “Carpet Floors.” With a cross-Atlantic ear for all things American, the quartet recapture the garage rock spirit of the late ’60s, peppering…
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Delivering a one-two punch that knocks you back to the heyday of MTV’s Alternative Nation, England’s OhBoy! deconstruct the era when every guitar-based band had a chance at stardom on “Beautiful Terrible.” A loud, melodic and touching backhanded love note,…
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Recalling a depressed Grant-Lee Phillips, Portland, Oregon’s Cult Choir broods forth from the garage on the lo-fi “Too Many Miles.” The debut single from Lucy, the forthcoming album from Lancaster, Pennsylvania transplant Shane Graybill, “Too Many Miles” is a brief…
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A siren of the cypress swamp, Athens, Georgia’s Thayer Sarrano beckons you into the darkness on the throbbing “Touch My Face.” Evoking the mystical side of Stevie Nicks, overdriven guitars guide the listener through meandering paths that follow Sarrano’s smoky…
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Thick with humidity, the words of elle le fantôme drip like sweat on “sore,” the first single from the forthcoming LP paint it blacker. Conceived at Berklee circa 2008, elle le fantôme is the musical offspring of one Tyler Elizabeth,…
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New York-based singer/songwriter MaryLeigh Roohan finds herself in the midst of an identity crisis on the lonesome “My Friends.” The first single from the forthcoming Living Alone EP, “My Friends” harkens back to ’80s pop radio despite the song’s dark…
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