The Oedipus Project
We last heard from electronic composer Dan Deacon in 2012 with his album about America.
On his new one, Glass Riffer, he manipulates sound to such an extent that on the song “Feel the Lightning” the female voice is actually Deacon himself.
Chastity Belt base themselves in Seattle.
4 women who rock as heard on their 2nd album Time To Go Home.
“Trapped” is one of my favorites.
JEFF the Brotherhood were briefly on Warner Brothers Records with “creative control” but are now back on their family label Infinity Cat Recordings.
Their new album Wasted on the Dream features the song “Black Cherry Pie” on which the brothers cleverly solicited the flute-playing of the great Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull.
The Prettiots, a New York female trio, consisting of ukulele, bass and drums, charm us with a most adorable song.
Enjoy “Boys (I Dated in High School)”.
Jacco Gardner is a young Dutch multi-instrumentalist.
On his 2nd album Hypnophobia he plays all of the instruments save the drums.
Hear hints of his 60s influences in the single “Find Yourself”.
Gang of Four, punk brethren from the 70s, have been off and on through the years with various and a sundry players.
Andy Gill is currently the only original member on the new album What Happens Next.
“Broken Talk” features Alison Mosshart of The Kills and Dead Weather on vocals.
One of our fave L.A. duos has a new album forthcoming.
California Nights is the title and the single from Best Coast.
Twin Shadow’s new album Eclipse is due shortly.
We loved “Five Seconds” from 2012’s Confess.
“Turn Me Up” is an early release from this soulful singer.
Josh Tillman’s 2nd album under the moniker Father John Misty is enticingly entitled I Love You, Honeybear.
Even more powerful than his debut Fear Fun, listen here to “Bored in the USA” as well as the title track.
“Bored in the USA”
“I Love You, Honeybear”
We’ve been waiting for new Lower Dens music for almost 3 years.
This band from Baltimore offers Escape from Evil at the end of March.
“To Die in L.A.” is the wondrous first single.
The fresh new voice of Courtney Barnett enthralled us last year with her brilliant debut The Double EP: A Sea of Split Peas.
Her new album, Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit, will be with us in March.
The song “Pedestrian At Best” leads the way.
