Seattle’s THEEsatisfaction continues to contribute to the burgeoning hip-hop scene in Seattle. While we wait for their new album awE naturalE to drop on SubPop on March 27, they’ve given us another track to mellow to. “Enchantruss” is another spacey, funk-vibe track featuring Seattle’s Palaceer of Shabazz Palaces. If you’re headed to SXSW 2012, be sure […]
Whilst tides of recent tracks filled with reverb reservoirs, hidden vocals, buried guitars and ambient, DIY, bedroom ambience seem to dominate the blogosphere, a guy can celebrate when he hears some good ole, guitar-driven, cocksure Rock. And while many-a-critic (note: if I ever refer to myself as that, shut this shit down asap) may say the Strokes, White […]
Swedish electronic duo Korallreven are preparing for their ever US dates, including several at SXSW 2012. In anticipation, they’ve released a video for their single “Sa Sa Samoa” featuring Julianna Barwick. You can download the track right here, plus an extended version remix right here. Give the video and watch and see if Korallreven is […]
Cleveland’s Cloud Nothings rolled through Austin, Texas and Red 7 for a pre-SXSW show this weekend. Opener A Classic Education prepped things before Dylan Baldi and co shared live renditions of their new album Attack on Memory. A markedly differently direction than their prior work, Attack on Memory features much heavier, darker, noisier rock than Baldi’s […]
I’ve been hearing non-stop clamor of the goodness of Portland’s Radiation City for some time now. And to be honest, my brain held some weird “don’t touch” mechanism because we’re Apes on Tape and they put out cassette tapes on label Apes Tapes (#googleseorankingsbattle). Luckily, I’ve finally made it past that roadblock and enjoyed their beautiful, delicately […]