Anytime we can share a little Spokane, WA hometown music love, it’s a good day. Recently while having drinks with a mutual friend, I was put on to Chicago-via-Spokane musician Darrick Thompson. While there’s sea of singer songwriters flooding the internet, Darrick’s Liar LP hooked me from the get go with the album’s ridiculously catchy “Lolita”. The track’s instantly […]
There’s been quite a bit of anticipation regarding Divine Fits and their debut album A Thing Called Divine Fits. The band–somewhat of a “supergroup”–features Dan Boeckner of Wolf Parade, Britt Daniel of Spoon and Sam Brown of New Bomb Turks. While “supergroups” don’t always pan out so well, the pieces of the Divine Fits puzzle “fit” (apologies, […]
Ben Gibbard’s new post-Zooey, solo album Former Lives arrives October 16 on Barsuk. The first track to stream off the album, “Teardrop Windows”, is available now. Ben stays pretty true to the Death Cab pop formula, it’s up-beat and introduced a hint of an alt-country vibe. Have a listen for yourself and also check out his “Ichiro’s Theme” […]
Band of Horses officially announced their new album Mirage Rock earlier this year. That album will be out September 18. We got a quick preview of the album’s “Knock Knock” track. Now the full video for that song is out. It’s a 70’s throwback style nature documentary type video filmed in Utah. Have a watch below, […]
DIIV’s album Oshin is about as perfect of a summer, driving album as you could ask for. But if their 13-track effort isn’t lasting for you, we’ve got another hazy, summer-time tune for you. Memory Tapes has remixed DIIV’s “Follow”. Stream it below or download it right here. Check out DIIV summer tour dates too. The full […]