Shout Out Louds to release Work in Febru...
Shout Out Louds have completed their next album, Work. Their follow up to Our Ill Wills will land on February 23rd, 2010 on Merge Records. Phil Ek produced Work at Bear Creek Studio in Seattle. You might be familiar with Ek’s work with Fleet Foxes, Band of Horses, The Shins, Built To Spill, and... 
Native takes on Indiana music scene with...
South Bend based indie rockers Native will be releasing their new album Wrestling Moves on October 30 in a small cramped basement of Chicago called Summer Camp, and this will be a show for the ages. On a first listen to Native’s newest record, I was immediately impressed at (firstly) the quality of... 
On the Road with Chris Hickey...
The music industry is driven by the desire to make money. A decade ago, the most universal of the American music companies (including Universal itself) were controlled by the likes of Seagram. Today, the honor goes to Vivendi. Perhaps Monsanto will be in control tomorrow. “How does a music company... 
Thursday Common Existence Tour...
Common Existence Tour pushes Thursday to a whole new level. Not many bands can perform after 12 years the same way they did at their first show. Thursday hit the New Jersey scene in 1997 and released 6 full length albums since, including their most recent album Common Existence. Although the album has... 
Sleeping At Last: Green Screens video...
Sleeping At Last has released a new music video for Green Screens, their first video for their latest album, Storyboards. The video was created by Javen Ivey, and is a tremendous mixture of animation and stop-motion photography, fitting perfectly with the song. The video can be viewed on Vimeo and Youtube.  Read More →
Lowell Brams and Sufjan Stevens: Music F...
Sufjan Stevens‘ month of October could not be more impressive yet clandestine at the same time. While everyone is expecting Sufjan to continue his gimmick of writing an album for every state, he is instead releasing two instrumental albums in the month of October and a contributed heavily to a... 
Say Hi: One, Two … One video...
Kicking off Say Hi’s tour with David Bazan is a fresh new video for the song, One, Two… One. The song is from his Barsuk release, Oohs & Aahs, released earlier this year. Directed by Drew Norton, in the video, “Eric is hunted by the obsessive, beautiful, and cruel goddess Diana.” Say...