OMG it’s Oh My God.
From the press release: Fools Want Noise was slated for release in 2007, when a head on car collision in the tour van sent the band into nearly a full year of physical therapy. One year after the broken and displaced hands and fingers, the bionic knee installation, the cracked vertebrae […]

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It’s no secret I love unique, odd and intricate music. I find it extremely compelling when a musician balks the AABA, chorus, verse format or goes all Philip Glass on the layers.
Japanese singer-songwriter Shugo Tokumaru’s new release today, Exit (Almost Gold Records), is exactly all this and more. Animal Collective are a big fan of […]

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elodieO is a big name in the New York City LES/Nublu electro scene that nurtured Kudu and The Brazilian Girls. Her debut LP, Stubborn, has echoes of Nico, Bjork and Stardust.
Here’s the video for “Milk & Honey.”

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NYC based singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Andy Mullen writes catchy, quirky songs about everyday life. His new album, The Toenail Jar, is available for free online.
Try these tracks, and if you dig, check out the whole thing (and don’t forget to toss him a few bucks if you like it).
Andy Mullen : “Sun Goes […]

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We first told you about Phoenix band What Laura Says back in May, when the Terpsikhore label collective announced its first projects. Well, it’s been a long summer and today is finally Laura’s big day.
For a band from the desert, Thinks and Feels often comes off as a Beach Boys-influenced stoner album rife with jaunty […]

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Brookings, South Dakota band Welcome to the Cinema are coming to Minneapolis’ 400 Bar this Saturday, August 23 for a CD Release gig with The Hopefuls.
I’ve been poking through their album, Blocks and Hills, and can attest it’s really tight, super intricate and definitely worth checking out.
Welcome to the Cinema : “Tasty Taste” (mp3)
Welcome […]

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This was out last week but I forgot to post something — mainly because I was so underwhelmed after reading the 15 pages of hype the label mailed me.
It’s a collaboration between Inara George (The Bird and the Bee) and legendary arranger Van Dyke Parks. Check out these mp3s and decide for yourself.
Inara […]

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A few months ago I was sitting at the dining room table listening to new albums wearing my tony Bose headphones to tune out the Guitar Hero championships in the living room.
Between songs the faint chords of “Possum Kingdom” by the Toadies permeated my cone of silence, and I found myself drifting into 1994 […]

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Unless you told me The Pack A.D. was a female duo from British Columbia, I would have sworn it was two grimy factory workers from Detroit sludging their way through devil-kissed bluesy garage rock.
The Pack A.D. : “Making Gestures” (mp3)
Funeral Mixtape, out today on Mint Records, is easily one of my favorite albums of […]

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The cello as an instrument gets a bad rap. It’s like a big violin you can’t hold up to your chin. It’s somehow different than a viola, isn’t usually found south of the mason-dixon line, and typically plays music written by men who’ve been dead for centuries.
Enter The Portland Cello Project, a collaborative cohort widely […]

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