Single Serving: Hanni El Khatib – Penny
April 5th, 2013
Produced by The Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach, Hanni El Khatib’s single “Penny” from his forthcoming sophomore album is anchored with a catchy, rubbery bassline and a steady beat. It’s high-energy and sunshine. Put another way, it’s a perfect Spring indie pop jam. Want more? Stop by Innovative Leisure.
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TK019: Port Isla – Sinking Ship / Adventurers & Moment Of Trouble
April 4th, 2013
If you haven’t already, I think it’s about time you get acquainted with this month’s featured Pairings Box artist Port Isla. After all, the quickly rising Norwich, England four-piece indie folk band has already been featured in over 30 music blogs; promoted by the BBC; their debut single (this month’s a-side “Sinking Ship”) ranked highly [...]
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Guest Post: Shovels & Rope – O’ Be Joyful
April 3rd, 2013
I was never a huge fan of The White Stripes, but my wife loves them and she has impeccable taste in music, so thanks to my better-half over time I’ve come to consider myself at the very least a fan. It goes without saying that Jack White was the better-half of the White Stripes [...]
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Single Serving: Phoria – Red
April 2nd, 2013
With a slow groove and a quiet shuffle, Brighton’s Phoria turn a subtle piano melody, hand claps and hushed vocals into a gripping ballad. It’s their debut single and a great introduction. I can’t wait to hear more. Thankfully, I won’t have to wait too long since their debut EP is scheduled for release on [...]
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TKR01: Turtle Giant – All Hidden Places EP
April 1st, 2013
Last year I called Turtle Giant’s All Hidden Places EP “one of the best releases I’ve heard this year of any length.” Now that 2012 is well over, I’m happy to say that I still believe All Hidden Places EP was one of the year’s best releases. As an avid vinyl collector, it felt like [...]
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Single Serving: Chrome Pony – Ciggy Stardust
March 26th, 2013
As the name implies, “Ciggy Stardust” by Nashville’s Chrome Pony is an energetic and gritty Bowie-esque rocker built upon crashing percussion and snarling garage rock guitar chops. In other words, it’s a whole bunch of fun. You can purchase Lazy Bones from Bandcamp.
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Single Serving: Free Time – Nothin But Nice
March 25th, 2013
I haven’t always thought of Australia as a hot bed for awesome music, but the sheer number of rad bands emerging from Melbourne and Sydney these days have me thinking differently. In fact, if you can’t name your favorite contemporary Australian band then you aren’t listening to nearly enough new music. Melbourne-based Free Time, led [...]
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Single Serving: Salt Cathedral – Dirty Me
March 22nd, 2013
Brooklyn-by-way-of-Bogota band Salt Cathedral are back with a totally sick brand new single. Whereas their debut cut “Take Me To The See” was a skittering, explosive math-rock anthem, “Dirty Me” flaunts a smoother build and a gentler release. It is, however, just as pensive and simmering with it’s delicious polyphonic rhythms and textured grooves. It [...]
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Musical Pairings: Psychic Ills – One Track Mind
March 21st, 2013
Kasey’s featuring a bourbon-filled Muddled Blackberry Mint Julep recipe today in the Kitchen. Just one taste and I pretty much immediately knew I had to pair it with Psychic Ills‘ latest LP One Track Mind. Partly that’s a reflection of the bourbon that builds the backbone of the drink, but it’s also because the muddled blackberry [...]
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Single Serving: John Vanderslice – Raw Wood
March 20th, 2013
San Francisco’s John Vanderslice has been a busy man recently. After lots and lots of touring in support of his album White Wilderness in 2011, he returned to his Tiny Telephone studio and recorded two full length albums. First, there is Dagger Beach. It’s thirteen tracks that John’s described as simultaneously fussy and loose (with [...]
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