One of the enduring forerunners of Indie Pop that combines Baroque elements and Modern Rock sensibilities, Scotland's Belle and Sebastian are at it again. Formed in 1996, the collective currently made up of Stuart Murdoch (vocals, guitars, keyboards), Stevie Jackson (guitar, vocals, piano), Sarah Martin...
Breaking into the music industry is hard. Staying in the conversation is even harder. That is why Kim Gordon’s first solo effort, No Home Record, is giving us something to talk about. Splashing onto the scene in the '80s with Sonic Youth, Gordon and her bandmates...
The Scottish group Belle and Sebastian are back with Days of the Bagnold Summer on Friday, September 13th through Matador Records. Their tenth overall LP, helmed by the steadfast Stuart Murdoch, Days of the Bagnold Summer serves as the soundtrack to the film of the...
During the resurgence of New Wave and Post-Punk music in the early 2000s, as spearheaded by bands such as The Libertines (“Can’t Stand Me Now”), The Strokes (“Reptilia”), Franz Ferdinand (“Take Me Out”), and The Killers (“Mr. Brightside”) among many others, Interpol effortlessly claimed the...
This past December, Belle and Sebastian released Part One of its promised trilogy of EPs, collectively titled How to Solve Our Human Problems. Its throwback to the Scottish Indie Pop band’s penchant for ’60s Baroque Pop and ’80s Indie Pop has definitely titillated the band’s...
The Scottish Indie Pop band Belle and Sebastian are back on Friday, December 8, 2017 with part 1 of a trilogy of EPs, collectively titled How to Solve Our Human Problems. Released through Matador Records, this immediately follows the heels of its predecessor, 2015’s Girls...
The names of an infamous '90s Grunge couple cast more than a few superstitious shadows over an experimental collaboration between good friends. While the real Courtney and Kurt preferred havok-ridden, history-making shenanigans, Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile might as well be sipping tea on opposite...
There are bands that everyone has heard of but few besides hardcore fans really actually known beyond the name. Queens of the Stone Age is one of those band who are in a sort of purgatory between being extremely famous, like the Foo Fighters, and being...
Out of London, England, the band known as HÆLOS is one that immediately provokes interest. Comprised as a trio, Arthur Delaney (vocals), Dom Goldsmith (vocals, keys), and Lotti Benardout (vocals), if someone has not heard of HÆLOS that may be because they have not existed very long....
Hailing from London, England, Post-Punk band Savages are a unique one. Forming back in 2011, this all-female band with France's Jehnny Beth on vocals, Gemma Thompson on guitar, Ayse Hassan on bass, and Fay Milton on drums, possess a style that is difficult to categorize,...
