Category: Artist Profiles

Palmyra

Palmyra: straight up grunge/jazz gold! Huh? Yeah, they’re a complete mesh of the two genres, and it’s pretty impressive. The five members from Brooklyn (In the future, we won’t list location if the band is from Brooklyn. It should just be the expected place unless we say otherwise. Only half-kidding.) mix up raw female vocals… Continue reading Palmyra

[MP3] Scenic Square: “I Don’t Want To Go”

Brought to my attention by Taylor over at Music For Kids Who Can’t Read Good, Scenic Square, four guys out of Chicago, make some intimately delicate electronica (imagine that in these days of hard hitting electropop!) and sound extraordinary in the process. “I Don’t Want To Go” is catchy from the get go with a simple,… Continue reading [MP3] Scenic Square: “I Don’t Want To Go”

José González’s band Junip announces tour dates, offers free MP3

It’s been a long time, hasn’t it? Junip‘s last album, an EP titled Black Refuge, came out in 2006, and since then there has been a single and little to nothing else. Label me a fan of anything José González participates in – the Swede (of Argentinian descent), one of my favorite singer/songwriters, is the… Continue reading José González’s band Junip announces tour dates, offers free MP3

Ted Wendler

Ted Wendler may indeed be the next great folk-pop singer/songwriter. Really, I’m floored listening to him; he’s emotionally devastating. And to think I’ve only heard unmastered versions of the tracks… Let the man-crush begin. Wendler is going places: Starting his professional career in Minnesota, he recently moved to Virginia Beach to finish an album with… Continue reading Ted Wendler

Mesita

There isn’t much known about Mesita, besides the fact that it’s the alibi of one “James Cooley”, a 22-year-old musician from Littleton, Colorado. He has a previous full-length and EP under his belt and he’s looking to release a new album this Summer. His entire catalogue of music is up for free on his Bandcamp,… Continue reading Mesita

Blastphumis

D.C. rapper/skateboarder/actor Blastphumis (aka Jason Wright) may not have a lot of records under his belt, but his debut EP, Smoke, proves he knows what he’s doing. After graduating from a D.C. arts high school, Wright worked with several area artists and founded his own production company, Phatal Industries. Although Phatal is comprised of a… Continue reading Blastphumis

Miss The Go! Team? Try Russia’s Cheese People

Stop the presses! I’m about to talk disco punk! Whaattt?? Don’t I just listen to like, soft and wimpy indie rock stuff? Usually. But sometimes a band comes around with a unique sound that begs for my attention (the sound, not the band – I’m not that cool) and I need to diversify. Cheese People, a… Continue reading Miss The Go! Team? Try Russia’s Cheese People

[MP3] Big Tree: “The Concurrence of All Things”

Big Tree, a quintet out of Brooklyn, stole my heart immediately with pop gem “The Concurrence of All Things” off their forthcoming EP, Home(here), set to drop June 1. Their debut full-length came out in 2008, but this is the first I’m hearing of them, and I’m glad they didn’t fall off my radar. “The… Continue reading [MP3] Big Tree: “The Concurrence of All Things”

Sam Billen covers The Postal Service, Sufjan, and more on Removers

Late night email for the ages. We were just sent a few tunes from Sam Billen off his Removers album, with remixes and covers that range from Sufjan Stevens to Deastro to The Postal Service. His voice has a fragile melancholic ting, and he adds a bit of dreaminess to the songs with airy crescendos… Continue reading Sam Billen covers The Postal Service, Sufjan, and more on Removers