Photos by Alonso Estaban Ayala / Words by Willa Rudolph Singer/songwriter Carl Nelson released his debut EP Dovish last week via Endonesia under the artist name Carl RN, […]
Classic indie / NYC / power trios / Punk
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Oberlin/Portland/NYC rock ‘n’ roll vets The Roulettes spin wheel of fortune and land on “release first new music in 20 years”
Worlds by Jason Lee. Cover image and other recent photos by Stephen Perry of the Planes. Ya gotta be grateful for a band that doesn’t over-saturate the airwaves […]
Classic indie / Dreampop / Electronic / Indie Pop / NYC / Uncategorized
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Abifrail’s Gonna Catch Ya With Twinkling, Indie-Pop Sonic the Hedgehog-Inspired Single “Runnin x2”
Cover photo by Marcus Maddox / Words by Willa Rudolph New York’s own Abifrail is announcing her first big single drop for “Runnin x2,” which is a sensual […]
Chicago / Classic indie
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Conrad Merced “A Sharp One”
Conrad Merced recently released the first single, “A Sharp One“, from his forthcoming sophomore album which is due out this Fall. This is the first new music from […]
Alt Rock / Classic indie / Grunge / NYC / power trios
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Digamy digs deep and releases first-ever single after a hiatus of over a decade, reclaiming muddy roots in the process
Words by Jason Lee; Photo by Dozen Fingers Photography From the Blues Brothers (1980) to the surprisingly well-executed reboot of The Muppets (2011) and beyond, the trope of […]
Alt Pop / Classic indie / Dreampop / Indie Rock / NYC
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Ilithios soars with avian grace on second LP “Every Bird Ever,” equal parts introspective & electrifying
We have this (former) friend who a few years back was fully on board with the Birds Aren’t Real conspiracy which claims birds as a species went extinct […]
Alt Pop / Classic indie / NYC
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Chris Wills contemplates the stakes of pulling up stakes on “Ready To Go”
“It gets hard to believe in / what you can’t explainBut I’m not running / I’m ready to go” Words by Jason Lee Like yacht rock on a […]
Alt Rock / Classic indie / Grunge / NYC
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Massachusetts-based band Twig extol “Nude Beaches” (& Sweden) on surfy banger w/undercurrents of longing, wry humor
“Born in SwedenI was almostA real European” — TWIG Words below by Jason Lee First, a geography lesson. Sweden is roughly the size of California. Yet its total […]
Alt Rock / Classic indie / Indie Rock / NYC / Psych Rock
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Marvelle Oaks new EP “Foggy City” cuts through the murk with jagged riffs and earworm melodies
Words by Jason Lee When it comes to rock ’n’ roll coupledom, Alex and Tess Demir, who together form the core of Marvelle Oaks—who last Friday released an […]
Alt Pop / Classic indie / Dreampop / Indie Rock / NYC
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NAVEL GRAZR’s new EP “Elegies” vibrates with maximum impact tension-and-release
Words by Jason Lee. Cover photo by Rita Iovine. READER’S NOTE #1: If you prefer interviews with Cool Brooklyn Musicians complete with song-by-song breakdowns of thier latest recorded […]
Alt Rock / Classic indie / Dreampop / Grunge / Noise Rock / NYC / Shoegaze
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Sophomore LP by Phantom Wave “Bonfire Secrets” sets high-water mark for oceanic shoegaze fusion
Words by Jason Lee On their second full-length release, namely Bonfire Secrets which came out this past Friday on Shore Dive Records, Brooklyn-based shoegazers Phantom Wave live up […]
Classic indie / extraterrestrial psych pop / NYC / riot grrrl
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Dylan Mars Greenberg drops “Glow in the Dark” single & vid from latest psychotronic feature film project, premiering at Museum of the Moving Image on 3/30/24
A neon-hued polka-dotted Slenderman type monster floats around stalking people in their homes. A log cabin explodes. Abductors wearing inflatable carrot heads menace the innocent. A young woman […]