PURITY RING PURITY RING THE FELLOWSHIP MUSIC LABEL No, Purity Ring’s self-titled album is not the duo’s first, it is actually their fourth. There could be a variety of reasons why bands and artists come up with a self-titled album [...]
THE DREADNOUGHTS POLKA PIT PUNKERTON RECORDS Vancouver folk-punks The Dreadnoughts, now based in New York, are soaked in “blood, sweat, and beer” on their latest full-length, Polka Pit. On this wild ship ride of an album, the term folk-punk [...]
AFTERNOON BIKE RIDE RUNNING WITH SCISSORS FRIENDS OF FRIENDS MUSIC Another not so easy to define Montreal band, this time a trio that goes by the name of Afternoon Bike Ride. Their third full-length album, Running With Scissors, is more proof [...]
JOE NOLAN LUV IN THE NEW WORLD INDEPENDENT A skilled artist can create a great song by blending skilled musicianship with endearing melodies and setting catchy words to music. On the other hand, the ability to create lyrics which, when [...]
CUDDLE MAGIC UNDERWATER EGGHUNT RECORDS Is there such a thing as ambient folk or folky dream pop, or both? Of course, there is a resounding yes there, as bands and artists like Big Thief have amply shown, and now you can add Cuddle Magic to that [...]
WILDER MAKER THE STREETS LIKE BEDS STILL WARM WESTERN VINYL Brooklyn’s Gabriel Birnbaum seems to be all over the place these days, either as a music curator/PR man, solo artist, or as a member/principal songwriter of dark, jazzed-up folk [...]
MYSTERY ROMANCE ELECTRIC LOVE CURRENT RECORDS Mystery Romance released their debut album, Human Sexuality, in 1989 and did extremely well with that album. Since then, the band has split and reformed, with the core of the band being the duo Mike [...]
LOS STRAITJACKETS SOMOS LOS STRAITJACKETS YEP ROC RECORDS Those lucha libre mask-wearing surf rockers, Los Straitjackets, are back with another album of groovy instrumental fun. Lately known as the backing band for Yep Rock labelmate Nick Lowe, [...]
