The buoyant ruminations of “Rattlesnake,” the latest single from St. John’s, Newfoundland’s Fog Lake, capture a snapshot of time. Voiced by Aaron Powell, the lo-fi auteur who records as Fog Lake, past, present and future slither through the sunlit ether…
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Falling in the middle of the continuum that marked Manchester, England in the late 1980s, Welsh quartet Kidsmoke err on the dreamier side of indie rock. With melodic, guitar-driven pop that made its way to America courtesy of college radio…
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Eying the release of her self-titled debut LP on 15 April, Vancouver, British Columbia’s Ashley Shadow (Ashley Webber) has issued a video for “Tonight,” the album’s second single. Webber, formerly of The Organs, has been a musical partner to the…
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Hailing from North Carolina, folk balladeer Andy Ferrell mines his Appalachian roots while gunning for Music City on his latest album, At Home and In Nashville. Noting “I almost always have to be traveling to write good songs,” the same…
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Making the transition from Orca Orca to Lost Film in 2014 with Demo, a clutch of home recordings, Northampton, Massachusetts’ Jimmy Hewitt is the project’s lone constant. Imago, Lost Film’s debut LP, was released in 2015, followed by this January’s…
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Quick studies, Chicago’s Tuff Slang step out with debut single, “Nothing All the Time.” Having spent time in former bands, including Secret Colours, Dirty Rotten Sunshine and A Lull, the trio of Cody Messick, Justin Frederick and Aaron Vincel penned…
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Showcasing yet another side of the immensely talented Queen of Jeans, the Philadelphia rock and pop quartet of Miriam Devora, Matheson Glass, Nina Scotto and Patrick Wall has released a video for their take on the Bangles’ classic “Walk Like…
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Once the sun has set and darkness takes hold, The Gloomies crawl through the vast urban landscape searching for the female specters of “Bleached Out.” Following up their 2015 single, “LSD,” the band will release Blackout, its debut EP, on…
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No matter how much studio gloss Bawcomville slathers over its dismissive new single “Aluminum Hands,” the Dallas band’s punk roots show through. With apathetic melodies and skronking guitars, “Aluminum Hands” is paired with cerebral b-side “Dissolve” and its warbling synths…
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Harkening back to the last vestiges of college rock before the fringe became the short-lived mainstream, Dallas, Texas five-piece Missing Sibling embody rock and roll without the frills. “Mary’s Rashers,” the first single from the band’s forthcoming debut LP, is…
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