Young Empires The Gates Pirates Blend Records It’s been three years since its debut EP Wake All My Youth, and Young Empires returns to us with its anthemic electro-pop in a full-length album, The Gates. However, Young Empires’ experimental synth [...]
Caribou Our Love Sleepless Records I first heard Caribou a couple years back with his 2010 album Swim. I was immediately obsessed with the dreaminess of his deep house and techno beats. The man behind Caribou is Dan Snaith, and this is his sixth [...]
Errors Have Some Faith in Magic Rock Action Records The Scottish quartet that is Errors has returned with a well-thought-out album of dreamy, Electro-pop. Errors have defined their sound, moving from the Post-rock genre into experimental [...]
Expensive Looks Dark Matters Group Tightener Like the ever-expanding universe, Alex Feld (aka Expensive Looks) knows music and creativity have no boundaries. His debut LP, Dark Matters, encompasses nine tracks of experimental Electro-house, [...]
Guided By Voices Let’s Go Eat The Factory Guided by Voices Inc./ Fire Records You may have missed the charming Indie Rock with the absurd lyrics and psychedelic feelings of Guided By Voices from long ago, but they are back and fans will not be [...]
Charlotte Gainsbourg Stage Whisper Because Music Charlotte Gainsbourg’s Stage Whisper, her third album (or fourth, depending if you include Charlotte Forever from her adolescence) is a continuation of her second album, IRM (2010). The first part [...]
Gringo Star Count Yer Lucky Stars Gigantic Music The oddly-named Gringo Star have returned with their second album, Count Yer Lucky Stars, a distinctive and fun Rock ‘n’ Roll album. It is comprised of a blend of Classic Rock, 1950-60’s Pop and [...]
Spectrals Bad Penny Slumberland Records/Wichita On listening to the first track, “Get A Grip,” I was sent back in time to the 1950’, to a beach (or perhaps you imagine a poolside) in California. The Spectrals’ debut LP, Bad Penny, is a return of [...]