Photo Credit: Jake Gravbrot Almost two years to the day, I fell for Chicago rockers The Kickback and their single, “White Lodge.” Now, the band is back with a new LP, Weddings & Funerals, due out this Friday, July 14th. [...]
It’s rare that debut singles leap out of the speakers in quite the way Chadbourne Oliver’s does, but that becomes less surprising when you consider his connection with our friends at Mama Coco’s Funky Kitchen. Swaggering, psych-soulful and chock full [...]
Not sure how NYC-based rockers Bloody Your Hands have eluded me until this point, but their garage rock with a slice of power pop sound has me hooked. Remember those Summers smoking your first cigarettes tooling around town with the [...]
Hailing from Rutherford, NJ, rockers The 65‘s combines the talents of scene vets Joe Pugsley (guitar, vox, Ryan Struck (bass, vox) and John Steele (drums). The power trio crafts amber-hued, hard nosed, barroom ready anthems reminiscent of Garden State greats [...]
Helmed by multi-instrumentalist Siddhu Anandalingam, NYC-based rockers Semaphore started popping up on Brooklyn bills late last year and have gigged consistently since. This following the release of their promising EP, And In a Blink, which blended dreamy textures with angular [...]
If you’re a fan of concept bands with strong visual components à la Coheed & Cambria, look no further than NYC-based sci-fi punks Dalton Deschain & The Traveling Show. Born out of a nightmare had by Deschain (lead vox, guitar), [...]
With origins that, upon cursory search, appear to stretch back to last Fall, Trenton-based post-dance-punks Meeko Brando have wasted little time in channeling their furious, curious energy onto record. The band quickly followed up their debut single, “Once A Year,” [...]
Although Brooklyn-based rockers Caretaker have been out playing in the NYC scene for a hot minute, they’re only beginning to formally release music now. Comprised of Erin Pellnat (lead vox), Eva Lawitts (bass), Alex Pulakos (guitar), Damian Sim (keyboard) and [...]
Billed as “one-half nightmarish-circus, one-half band,” the NJ-based Will Wood & the Tapeworms have been making a lot of noise since releasing their record SELF-iSH last year. Now, the group’s eccentric, undeniable energy has been put on full display in [...]
According to Men in Black: the universe lies inside of Orion’s belt. Inside that universe is El Silver Cabs’ new self-titled EP, and inside of that album is a little bubble of 90s nostalgia that I’d like to climb into. [...]
