Listen Before You Buy

Niteflights have released a new video channeled via analog VHS edits.

Their sound could start to be described as a hybrid of neo-soul and concrete folk-pop, but when bands as unique as Ava Luna come around, labels really are superfluous.

Just recently wrapping up their Austrailian tour supporting Austra, Kool Thing have debuted their latest video for “Light Games”, directed by Claire Kurylowski.

Based in Austin, Texas, and specializing in their own unique blend of cosmic surf rock, get to know Tiger Waves.

Specializing in a heady gumbo of experimental Alt-Folk with psychedelic leanings, Ryan conjures a world that has become a sort of deranged, dark circus.

Frànçois And The Atlas Mountains have a rootsy, primal, pop aesthetic as well as a penchant for romantic, dreamy musings tinged with a hint of melancholy.

With a fresh, exhuberant sound, Niteflights are guaranteed to get your 2012 kicking right into gear.

Alabama Shakes from Athens, Alabama are poised to knock you for a loop like a Mint Julep going straight to your head on a sweltering summer’s day.

With elements of ambient chillwave as well as a nice dosage of shoegaze to be had, there is an intensity within the soundscapes allowing the imagination to roam free…

Teletextile have created an exciting, fresh, and inventive musical patchwork quilt with a decidedly tactile quality of sound.

From the first juicy, sparkling synth gems bursting from the speakers in album opener “Countdown”, Escapologists instantly hook you with their unexpected melodies and dreamy take on prog rock. There is something there in their musical structures that really brings to mind gazing out at rolling landscapes, allowing your mind to be ten thousand miles away, galloping around in a gauzy dreamworld.

Chosen by Austra as the official support act for their European tours as well as their upcoming Australia tour, Kool Thing are for lovers of: mood rings, lunar eclipses, ghost stories, cave paintings, good music. Count me in.

Philadelphia-based Benjamin Schurr (Br’er) creates singularly fearless, dark, and challenging soundscapes, welding the dark, industrial background of his city with the sublime.

With a pop hook and lilting crescendo lurking around every corner, Sparkadia offers a mixed bag of surprises in the guise of gorgeously executed, dreamy power pop.

Get to know (brilliantly named) Slothbear, specializing spacey, noisy, reverb-heavy folk pop reminiscent of ’90s era college radio staples such as Pavement and Sebadoh.

“Who is that anyway?” Answer: Kim Ki O! Ekin Sanaç and Berna Göl craft transcendent music ideal for nurturing flights of fancy.