From the opening strains of “Kazakhstan,” Future Lives‘ forthcoming Mansions will hook you, awash as it is in sumptuous melodies and Americana hooks. It’s no surprise, given the band features among its members Brandon Taj Hanick (King of Prussia) singing and playing guitar, along...
Portland’s Benjamin Ward and Dustin Hayes released their first record as Hemingway, titled Pretend to Care, in 2014, smack dab in the middle of crunched guitar worship and the more granular strains of ’90s alternative rock. Their follow-up LP, You Will Never Be Happy, strips bare the washed-out...
Kevin Nichols joins the ranks of other beach-ready self-producers with his latest fuzzy output. “Catch Over,” premiering below with its accompanying video, finds the Orange County artist proudly donning a bright green shirt and wandering his California streets, bumping into pedestrians, interrupting...
Shortly after “When the Sun Hit” — the second single from Tempest le Mans’ Apology EP — begins it seems to stop entirely. Before this pause, the track grows sleepy and hazy, aided by vocalist Nathan Castiel’s soporific delivery, with stringy guitar coloring in the reverie. After the break,...
CryFace has been around for about two years now as a self-described “slacker/DIY/indie rock” band, but they’re starting to make waves with their latest single, “Confusing Time.” The song is off their debut LP, “Suds,” which comes out on June 16th through Big Love...
Montreal’s Laureate takes many cues from its southern neighbor’s pop-punk history: bass that bounces over doubled guitars, call-and-response harmonies, and a post-chorus confession of twenty-something dread. That being said, the instrumental muscle exposed in this Canadian quartet, fully...
