Knifight Bathed Cheer Up Charlies with Waves of Dark Pop: Live Review
Many of argued the importance and influence of both New Order and Joy Division on contemporary independent music. Friday night at Cheer Up Charlie’s provided some undeniable evidence as the venue showcased two…
Dark Pop Band Bouquet Shares “Stacks on Stacks” From Upcoming EP
We’ve followed the career of California band Bouquet since before the existed. After her project The Finches came to a halt, Carolyn Pennypacker Riggs took some time gathering her thoughts and forging a…
Nightblooms Plot Theatrical Album Release Show
Nightblooms is the project of Karla Manzur. You may know Manzur as the keys player and backup vocalist for Dana Falconberry, or you may have recognized her lending her incredible talents to Alejandro…
Nadine Shah Shares Video for “Aching Bones”
We’re big fans of Nadine Shah’s austere songwriting, as evidenced by our review or her excellent new album. This week, the songstress shared a new video for album track “Aching Bones” featuring visceral…
Chelsea Wolf Shares New Track, Plays Mohawk September 6th
Chelsea Wolfe’s Pain is Beauty is less than two weeks from being released by Sargent House. Even so, this week we were given another new song from the forthcoming LP. “The Waves Have…
CocoRosie Shares Video for “Child Bride”
After being somewhat lukewarm on CocoRosie’s debut album years ago, the group won me over with the haunting and infectious song “Werewolf.” Increasingly, the duo proves able to create thematically rich, beautiful yet…
Bouquet Shares Video for “Falling”
With every post we write about Bouquet, we have to say from the start that we’re superfans plain and simple. We first saw the band under the most perfect conditions imaginable, splayed out…
New Track: Mood Rings – “Pathos y Lagrimas”
“Pathos y Lagrimas,” the new song from Atlanta-based band Mood Rings reflects appropriately moody pop. The track will be on VPI Harmony, the band’s forthcoming full-length out June 25th on Mexican Summer. Faraway percussion…
Video: Carmen Villain – “Easy”
Carmen Villain has released a video for the swirling, dissonant pop track “Easy” from her cold, stark indie-rock album Sleeper, which dropped earlier this year on Smalltown Supersound. The video is comprised mostly of…
Pure X Shares New Song, Announces Tour
Those enigmatic and reclusive boys Pure X have shared “Someone Else,” another song from their forthcoming LP Crawling Up the Stairs, which is due out May 14th on Acephale Records. As ever, the track…
New Track: Sonny and the Sunsets – “Dark Corners”
Culled from the forthcoming LP Antenna to the Afterworld, out in June on Polyvinyl, Sonny and the Sunsets’ new song “Dark Corners” is an aptly titled tune. Stretching out over five minutes, the song…
Bouquet Live at the Smell in LA
The Smell is a venue that looks like it sounds—a grimy, back alleyway hole-in-wall place in the middle of Downtown Los Angeles, not too far off from the infamous Skid Row. With its…
Exclusive New Music from Bouquet – “Drifted”
Bouquet is a new project fronted by Carolyn Pennypacker Riggs, who released several collections of beautiful, sparse indie folk songs under the name the Finches. The band also includes songwriter Tom Filardo of…
