The Drums
"Money" MP3from the album Portamento2011iTunesThe Drums' musical formula is fairly straightforward and yet artfully delivered: surf-tinged new-wave revival dosed with gobs of lush reverb, paired with the suburb...
The Drums
"It Will All End in Tears"from the album The Drums2010iTunesThe Drums have been on everyone's radar for a little under a year now, but their star has continued to shine all the way up to the release of their se...
The Go! Team
"Voice Yr Choice"from the album Rolling Blackouts2011iTunesAfter a four year interim, The Go! Team signals their much-awaited return to the long player format with, appropriately, a hilarious block of tape hiss...
Kisses
"Bermuda"from the album The Heart of the Nightlife2010iTunesIf chillwave is the sound of some non-existent beach paradise on a global isle where languor and self-indulgence are the lingua franca, then Kisses' c...
Greg Thomas
"Vested"from the EP Atlantic/Pacific2010iTunesCan you share a little information about yourself?Absolutely. I grew up in a suburb of Chicago called Arlington Heights. As a kid, I spent a lot of time in my room,...
The Morning Benders
"Excuses"from the album Big Echo2010iTunesBig Echo is Berkeley, California quartet The Morning Benders' second full-length, following a string of EPs and a debut album, Talking Through Tin Cans, which, despite ...
The National
"Afraid of Everyone"from the album High Violet2010iTunesIt is something of a shock to look at the liner notes for The National's fifth album and see the long list of instrumental contributors. Somehow this crow...
The National
"Bloodbuzz Ohio"from the album High Violet2010iTunesThe National's superlative fifth album, High Violet, is arriving at just the right moment. After starting out as a gloomy mood-rock quintet in 2001, The Natio...
The Cave Singers
"Beach House"from the album Welcome Joy2009iTunesIt was something of a disappointment when Pretty Girls Make Graves split up. Not only were they a bright hope musically but they had such a great name, too. Stil...
Good Shoes
"The Way My Heart Beats"from the album No Hope, No Future2010iTunes"You only have to turn on the news or read the Daily Mail and you'll get pretty depressed straight away. You've got a disaster like Haiti and y...
The Raveonettes
"Last Dance"from the album In and Out of Control2009iTunesThe Raveonettes' fourth album, In and Out of Control, marks another change in direction for the band, though it's much less noticeable than the shift be...
Make Your Exit
"Kids"from the EP Remind Me the Reason I Came2009iTunesCan you share a little information about yourselves?Jeff Buckley (lead singer): We are called Make Your Exit. We are five (sometimes more) Toronto boys who...