Starting 2020 with the end of an era: Project She Makes War ends. Time for new beginnings with new music…
Her music has been described as blending “the emotional resonance of Elliott Smith with the barbed vigour of Sleater-Kinney.” She Makes War is the gloom-pop solo project of multi-instrumentalist and visual artist Laura Kidd and it ended in the winter of 2019. Between 2009 and 2019 Kidd released with She Makes War an incredible amount […]
The sound of the evil mechanical man. Earthset with the soundtrack for 1921 silent movie “L’Uomo Meccanico”
Italian alt-rock/psychedelic band Earthset released “L’Uomo Meccanico”, the soundtrack written for the silent movie “L’Uomo Meccanico” (Italy-France 1921).
Tired Of Your Smile
Silent Neighbor
Daneshevskaya: A small sparkle among the big sensations, great expectations and endless winter greyness.
Sometimes the gray of the winter seems endless and everywhere. The entertainment industry tries to satisfy desire for the sensational with super acts that are just more of the same. This results in a soundscape with 50 shades of the same shitty grey. But there are always small hopeful sparkles between the new arrivals and […]
Leah Lane from Rosegarden Funeral Party
Rising from the inferno of heartbreak with a determination towards gentility, humility, graciousness, and kindness, Rosegarden Funeral Party takes influence from life’s tragedies and spins chaos into beauty. Leah Lane fronts the band with a voice like that of the lovechild between Morrissey and Siouxsie Sioux and her guitar playing has been compared to that of Daniel Ash. Wil Farrier’s bass playing takes obvious inspiration from Peter Hook.
Contrast is not a sin. Tyler Burkhart with “No Cigar”
Tyler Burkhart is a DIY musician living in Lancaster. He has been writing, performing, and recording his songs since 2012 and plays in a band with a few close friends.
Short, breezy and dreamy manifestations of sound: The music of Nutrients
Nutrients is a 5-person group from Toronto that likes to play short, jangly songs. When described by others, Nutrients can be called anything from slacker rock to psychedelic pop. One time a guy at an ATM was heard saying, “they dress preppy, but they sound punk”.
Trying to fill the gap between Black Sabbath & Franz Ferdinand: Page Turners
Page Turners try to capture the energetic flow that is created as a result of merging 70’s rock with Britpop/indie of the 21st century with guitar-driven original music. This basically means that the young Czech-Russian band loves Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple and Black Sabbath as much as they love Arctic Monkeys, The Vaccines and Franz Ferdinand.
Music inspired by the Nacho Libre soundtrack and powered by avocado tacos: Gabacho
Based out of Chicago, sentimental singer-songwriter Gabacho employs a nostalgic blend of psychedelic latin rock. In the end, his sentimental lyrics all communicate Gabacho’s fascination with antiquity and the past.
Boy Scouts. Music that hits like good advice from a beloved friend
As Boy Scouts, Oakland-based songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Taylor Vick makes the kind of music that hits like good advice from a beloved friend. It’s generously warm and inviting, built atop her open, searching voice, but it doesn’t shy away from tough emotional truths. Like Lomelda’s secular hymns and Hop Along’s energetic kiss-offs, Vick’s songs survey […]