Sylvan Esso Bring Their Beats to Emo’s Sunday, August 17th
In case you missed our review, we are into Sylvan Esso’s debut record, which dropped earlier this year. We were also pretty enamored with the duo’s FPSF performance earlier in the summer. The pair employ buzzing,…
Letting Up Despite Great Faults Celebrates Neon Release Saturday at Holy Mountain
We already wrote a bit about the new, beautiful, pristine, and shimmering synth pop tracks from Austin band Letting Up Despite Great Faults. Over the years, the group has continued to expand an incredibly…
Generate Your Own Unique Video for Isaac Delusion’s “Pandora’s Box”
French electronic pop group Isaac Delusion will release a new self-titled album via Cracki Records later this year in the U.S., while the album is already out in Europe and available on French iTunes. The…
Jon Hopkins Shares Stunning New Track “We Disappear”
It seems like Jon Hopkins is always releasing great new music on a Friday, sending us off into our weekends with a healthy dose of beautiful electronic pop. Last time, the song featured…
Psych Fest Preview: Q&A with Roger Sellers
Austin’s own Roger Sellers is one of a few local bands that will perform this year’s annual Austin Psych Fest. I’m always inspired by how Psych Fest reaches out to local artists as…
Album Review: TEEN – The Way and the Color
TEEN’s second full-length LP, The Way and Color, strays far from the work of other all-girl bands. The eccentric and psychedelic tunes make TEEN’s music difficult to classify into a single genre. From…
Alex Cameron Shares Fantastic New Song “Mongrel”
Alex Cameron’s “Mongrel” is one of the most exciting we’ve heard in some months. The song, which channels great songwriters like Scott Walker and Jarvis Cocker, is simple and fresh both musically and…
Equals Celebrates Album Release April 11th at Empire Control Room, Hear “Glistener” Now
Instrumental rock band Equals will celebrate the release of their new album Tracts with a show on April 11th at Empire Control Room. The album is full of multi-layered, finely textured instrumental pop tunes…
Bagheera Shares Twin Shadow Produced Track “Say Anything”
Electronic musician and Red Bull Sound Select artist Bagheera has released a new track, “Say Anything,” which is a collaboration with Twin Shadow and features D’Angelo Lacy on vocals. On the track, upbeat…
Owen Pallett to Release New LP In Conflict, Shares Album Trailer
Multi-instrumentalist Owen Pallett is known for his intensely layered music that blends lush organic sounds with beautiful electronics. On May 13th, Domino will release his newest LP titled In Conflict. The record is purported…
Gems Share New Song “Ephemera,” Drop Medusa EP
We told you recently about Gems’ new EP Medusa, released this week. To accompany that release, the band has shared “Ephemera,” another new track from the EP. The song is lush and sparse, beautiful…
Love Inks Preps New Album, Shares Trailer, Single
We’ve written about Love Inks quite a bit on this blog, and they’re a band that continues to impress us as they get better and better. Today the trio announced that they’ll drop…
Royal Forest Shares “Everyone Who Knows You” Ahead of Full-length
Austin band Royal Forest is one of the city’s most under-talked-about bands on the scene. Frontman Cody Ground is something of an indie rock institution, having founded the band Loxly, who performed significant…
Video: Small Black – “Free at Dawn”
Small Black’s Limits of Desire will see release through Jagjaguwar on May 14th. In advance of that release, the band has a new video for the album’s first single, “Free at Dawn.” Directed by…
Video: Wild Nothing – “Only Heather”
In Wild Nothing’s video for Nocture album cut “Only Heather,” directed by Ryan Reichenfeld, an impaled man walks dimly lit streets as passersby seem not to notice. The video was impressively shot in one take. Watch…
