Autodrone: ‘This Sea Is Killing Me’ (audio) (premiere)
Autodrone's This Sea Is Killing Me, paints in darker hues.
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The Yin Yangs – ‘Taste’ (album stream) (premiere)
Real-time intensity can be tricky to package, but the band’s new Time Castle Tapes release, Taste, has the pacing and magnetism of an ideal live set.
Bodega Bay: Our Brand Could Be Your Life
Despite lacking the entire picture, Our Brand Could Be Your Life is as packed with as much profundity, wit, and energy as any indie debut this year.
Chelsea Wolfe: Abyss
Although Abyss is most unnerving in its quieter moments, the album is Wolfe’s most well-paced and effective release to date.
Secret Crush – “KGB” (video) (premiere)
Like cyanide-laced Pepsi: Brooklyn newcomers release a garage pop song with enough sweet hooks to belie its theme of espionage and deception.
Shilpa Ray Continued Her Rise to Power at Northside Festival 2015 (Photos)
Shilpa Ray’s performance held sway in its largely minimal presentation, captivating many a weary festivalgoer on the Brooklyn-based Northside Festival's closing Sunday night.
Governors Ball Day 3: Fascinations with Lana Del Ray, Noel Gallagher, Tame Impala + More (Photos)
The final day of Governors Ball had some amazing sets including Noel Gallagher, Flying Lotus, Hot Chip and Royal Blood.
Governors Ball Day 2: The Distractions of Björk, Future Islands, Ryan Adams + More (Photos)
The end of Day 2 was a choice between Ryan Adams and Deadmau5, but before them Future Islands, Björk and many more provided welcome distractions.
FFS: FFS
Virtually every song on FFS unfolds with boundless energy and hooks aplenty. It could almost be called “zany”, but these songs are a little too poignant for that.
Weird Al Wins the Governors Ball Armed With a Fat Suit and an Accordion
"Weird Al" gave Governors Ball an outrageous and entertaining parody performance -- even the sound guy was singing along.
Talking “Method” Recording and Youthful Delusions with the Manic Street Preachers
For the first time in the band's history, Manic Street Preachers will bring the politically charged post-punk of their 1994 LP The Holy Bible in its entirety to American audiences.
The Pop Group Brings Funky Disco Social Criticism to Brooklyn – 16 March 2015
Hearing the Pop Group in action in the present day makes you wish bands that are half the Pop Group’s age would try harder.
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