Sides of Chaz: “Sweet Tea”
Fork and Spoon Records spork-feeds messy-haired hipsters a dose of Chaz Bundick's helium rock under the moniker Sides of Chaz. It takes a double-dose to digest, but the song settles somewhere between the eyebal...
Adult Jazz: “Springful”
First imagine Ben Stein's monotone, sluggish voice during his Clear Eyes spokesperson days. Now begin listening to today's featured song. Hear the resemblance?
Me neither. Adult Jazz's "Springful" is anythin...
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Toro y Moi with Classixx
Toro y Moi
He pours out his pineapple mango smoothie. Takes a sip. He pours out his chocolate banana milkshake. Takes a gulp. Chaz straps on his helmet, boards the Bundick Explorer, and blasts off to the potas...
Wet: “No Lie”
Cannot we freeze time for a moment? Brooklyn trio Wet lends us a hand, distancing listeners from fast-pace absurdities for a brief 4:01 in "No Lie."
In this spacey tune, the Wet-ness makes our palms sweaty a...
St. South: “Slacks”
Two logs of firewood birthed Olivia Gavranich not but 20 years ago, giving the world the warm, crackling sound it needed. Mom and Dad were confused when Olivia popped out with a muffin-top hairdo but were relie...
London Grammar: “Feelings”
Hannah Reid of London Grammar lures us in to her love affair with the group's new, mystifying sound in "Feelings," a B-side of their latest single, "Strong." Hailing from o'er the pond, London Grammar has their...
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The Wood Brothers
Public service announcement: The Wood Brothers to bring the groove to Majestic Theatre on Friday. Grab comfortable shoes. Leave the cannoli.
With meristems in Boulder, shoots in Atlanta and New York, and sou...
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El Valiente and Building on Buildings
Hump day forecast: shitty!
So ride the hump over to Spring Green this Wednesday, where you can anchor your camel on the lawn at The Shitty Barn. The music starts at 7:30, but you'll want to get there by 6:04...
Courtney Barnett: “Avant Gardener”
"It's a Monday. It's so mundane. What exciting things will happen today?"
The cryogenic freezing chamber will unfreeze yet another '60s psychedelic-folk rocker into this decade. Sources confirm the Aussie wi...
Jaymes Young: “One Last Time”
He puts the R&B in alt-pop, the y in James, and a sinking feeling in your soul. Jaymes Young's new Dark Star project mixes together enticing flavors of depression that you can download for free at jaymesyng...
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Grace Potter & the Nocturnals
It's a good thing James and Lily shipped Grace to Vermont before he-who-must-not-be-named swung by. Luckily for us, Potter found her magic with a Gibson Flying V guitar.
The event is loaded with muggles. Mud...
Mike Del Rio: “NY LA”
"NY LA" has a secret handshake with your subwoofers, inside jokes with your rear view camera, nicknames for your side-impact airbags, and a made up language with your windshield wipers. The track is merely conf...