Aussie band Cloud Control shared another track from the forthcoming album “Dream Cave” last weekend. Their second full-length seems to be influenced by psych-pop and choral structures, as it’s easily identifiable from this brand new single. Starting with a spiral synth pattern, Scar is a clear reference to the 90s indiepop way of composing. In fact, the use of the […]

Austin’s Love Inks release new single, “Solar Diary”. Following up their acclaimed 2011 debut E.S.P., which included the insanely catchy “Blackeye“, Love Inks will return this September with new full-length Generation Club. But first up is lead track “Solar Diary”. The band seems to have progressed subtly from songs like “Skeleton Key” and “Leather Glove”. The atmospheric guitar melodies are dropped to […]

Filled with Caribbean beats and summertime happiness Out of Body Auto-Reply is the debut single from Jr. Sea – a musician with a ‘maximalist’ tag but minimal information. For now we know that he refers to himself as J.R.C. and apart from recording and producing the track himself he had producers Tom Morris and Tarek Musa (Spring King, Eye Emma […]

Los Angeles duo Flaamingos is on the verge of releasing their debut album, and if the first two released cuts are any indication, it’s going to be a good one. It’s hard not to compare them to artists like Joy Division, The Teardrop Explodes, and the Chameleons. In fact they seem to be heavily influenced by the psychedelic/post-punk sounds of […]

Currently just a small amount of national bands catch my attention, Mexican musician Julio Gudiño did it with I Can Chase Dragons! His solo project based in Boston is a mixture of dreamy pop with experimental and electronic elements. Tauro, a probable single of his next LP, appeared in the Arts & Crafts Mexico Youtube channel last week as a […]

Gritty garage rock infused with post-punk musings and fluid melodies. All that and more is encapsulated by three letters. Based in Melbourne, ESC are a new blip on the radar with the launch of their debut and self-titled EP last week. Recorded, mixed and mastered by Nick Hoar, the 5-track EP is an interesting concoction of raw post-punk laced with […]

Riding a fancy horse on a slow and spooky carousel: this is what the brand new single by Sons of Rico should evoke. This 5-piece band from Perth found the path to dreamy and foggy landscapes, paying attention to the merge of all the instruments with a 60s atmosphere. The band combined the most used dream pop stereotypes with an […]

Pure Bathing Culture releases second single, “Dream the Dare”, from upcoming debut Moon Tides. Not only do they have one of the greatest band names ever, but the Portland duo are also living up to the expectations built from last year’s self-titled EP with a string of singles off of their new full-length. “Dream the Dare” walks the same line […]

Todd Goldstein, the main songwriting force behind ARMS, has overcome his creative drought and returned to the music scene with five new songs. What once started as a solo project is now a collaboration with drummer Tlacael Esparza and the new EP2 is due out September 10 on Paper Garden Records. The first taste from the new record is the […]

The Blakes, Seattle’s gritty garage rock trio, is back with a new album, called Junko. This addictive record has all the energy and swagger you’d expect from old-school rock & roll, but taken to a new level. Listen to “Chernobyl”, the lead track on the album, for an example of their rough, distorted, swampy style of rock, elevated by an impossibly […]