Blinded by love at first sight, Brooklyn’s Lewis Lane leaves listeners breathless with the electro-soul of “Take.” With the lyrical prowess and emotive delivery of early Sarah McLachlan, songstress Katherine Smith turns marital vows into poetry of the heart. Say…
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Belying the sound of their native turf, Brooklyn trio Graveyard Lovers temper noise with tight rhythms on new single, “Told a Lie.” A family affair, Graveyard Lovers features the married pairing of Zach Reynolds (vocals, guitar) and Tricia Purvis-Reynolds (drums),…
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“Humans,” the third single from Brooklyn quartet Big Thief‘s forthcoming debut LP, Masterpiece, is a sprawling slice of garage rock with a tender heart. Beating for affection from a distance, singer Adrianne Lenker ponders the emotional toll of submitting to…
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With enough grit to appease lo-fi purists, Brooklyn’s Vivid Dreams flavor new single “FBI Undercover” with pop sugar, coating the mocking coos of guitarist/songwriter Nicholas Bush with melody galore. Visiting Austin, Texas this week, Vivid Dreams will play the Rocker…
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Hazy power-pop ramblings of a besotted brain, Brooklyn’s Vivid Dreams chronicles the lingering hours following last call on debut single, “Alpha & Omega.” The musical child of guitarist/songwriter Nicholas Bush, Vivid Dreams will release its debut EP, Terror in the…
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During the last year, Brooklyn’s Wilder Maker has issued a trilogy of EPs consisting of folk-tinged tales of love, lives and hope. With the release of Everyday Crimes Against Objects Of Desire, Vol. III, singer/songwriter Gabriel Birnbaum, Will Graefe (lead…
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A solemn collection of snapshots, the video for “Relief” from Brooklyn’s Wilder Maker slowly reveals the crippling solitude that follows an uncoupling. Ceding vocal duties to keyboardist Katie Von Schleicher, singer/songwriter Gabriel Birnbaum broadens Wilder Maker’s urban Americana with the…
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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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Thumbing back to late 2014, Brooklyn collective Field Guides issued Boo, Forever, a debut album of short stories set to music. Obviously affected by Birds of America, the 1998 collection of short stories from author Lorrie Moore, Field Guides chronicle…
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Telling a 40-hour work week to kiss off, Brooklyn’s Vinyette bypass mundane city life on their latest single, “Just to Get Away.” Such escapism is reminiscent of the quartet’s history, with each member having resigned their respective jobs to tour…
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Brooklyn-based singer/songwriter Mark Kraus has been through the highs and lows of life as a musician. As the founder of Boston’s Jr. Corduroy, the band’s 2002 release, I Don’t Want to be Around When You’re Gone for Good, was named…
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A nocturne of need, the aptly-titled “Love Song (Love Me)” is the second single from the prim Brooklyn trio Ember Isles. Taken from the band’s forthcoming Embers EP, “Love Song” features austere guitar and temperate strings that adorn Megan Lui’s…
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