Weekly Playlist: 29 January 2016
Monthly Archive: January 2016
Review: Queen of Jeans – Queen of Jeans
Much has been made of Philadelphia wunderkinds Queen of Jeans since they emerged last October with their wallflower-shaming first single, “Dance (Get Off Your Ass).” Layering the Paris Sisters in attitude and reverb, the quartet of Miriam Devora, Matheson Glass,…
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First Listen: Vandaveer – A Little Time Off Ahead
Simple rewards await the wandering troubadour of “A Little Time Off Ahead,” the second single from The Wild Mercury, the new album from Washington DC’s Vandaveer. A bubbling folk tale accented by the harmony vocals of Rose Guerin, the fear…
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First Listen: Kane Strang – Full Moon, Hungry Sun
Forced to choose between two options, Dunedin, New Zealand’s Kane Strang recuses himself, opting instead to bear such a burden on debut single “Full Moon, Hungry Sun.” A humid blast of indie-pop, “Full Moon, Hungry Sun” is the lead single…
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First Listen: Wussy – Dropping Houses
Correct, Dorothy; you’re in Cincinnati, home to Wussy, the Rust Belt band behind one of the most anticipated albums of 2016. If lead single “Dropping Houses” is any indication, the forthcoming Forever Sounds builds on the heavier moments of 2014’s…
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Weekly Playlist: 22 January 2016
Video: Graham Repulski – Clown Phoenix / Young
Philadelphia’s lo-fi punk poet Graham Repulski has issued yet another musical edict to sate our collective longing for the halcyon days of Dayton basement rock. Set to issue the four-song collection High On Mt. Misery on 1 March, Repulski has…
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First Listen: Andy Ferro – Sugar and Milk
Playing nearly every instrument on Muirhead, his forthcoming solo debut, Nashville-via-London guitarist Andy Ferro strips away the reverb, trading the garage rock of his band Ranch Ghost for lo-fi folk musings on first single “Sugar and Milk.” Recorded on a…
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Video: Cayetana – Freedom1313
Releasing a new single just days before being named to PopMatters’ Best Musical Hopes to Break Out in 2016, Philadelphia punk trio Cayetana show why with “Freedom 1313.” The a-side to the band’s two-song Tired Eyes EP, “Freedom1313” is a…
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Album Premiere / 8 Questions: Aaron Tinjum and the Tangents – Foreign & Domestic
With the release of their new album, Foreign & Domestic, slated for tomorrow, Washington, DC’s Aaron Tinjum and the Tangents chatted with Bucket Full of Nails, extolling the virtues of Bavarian construction while exposing the band members’ embarrassing album purchases…
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Weekly Playlist: 15 January 2016
First Listen: Paperback – Repetition
Aging is a bitch. The transition from the pubescent years to responsible adulthood is the most trying era of one’s life. Austin, Texas punk upstarts Paperback understand this truth, yet rally against the imparted wisdom of their elders by simply…
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