Listen Before You Buy

The members of WALK have more than demonstrated they can write a killer rock tune without ignoring catchiness and pop sensibilities.

“Ester” may not bowl you over completely, but it is definitely a winner for hazed out nights and early morning monologues.

“Let’s Go Eat The Factory” is an uneven album for sure, but it should please GBV fans with a retro hankering and suggests good things for them in future, especially if the whole band starts having as much fun as the returning Tobin Sprout clearly is.

With a range of influences from The Beatles to Radiohead, Emma Grace are the kind of pair us non-musical types look at in envy as they both play multiple instruments and sing. Oh, and create great indie songs like “Stuck In The Air”.

TweetShare Listen to a stream of Blondes debut self-titled album, due out February 7th on RVNG Intl. We haven’t really featured Blondes on the site, so here’s a short bio: Blondes is a collaboration between Sam Haar and Zach Steinman, who met in college and began making music together, eventually deciding to set up camp in Brooklyn after a bit in [...]

Perhaps duo Whitehorse owe their lyrical passion and musical complementariness to the fact that they are partners on and off the stage – a connection that I personally think always shines through in art.

Band Of Skulls will release their second album on February 7th, but until then you can listen to the whole thing!

Watch Active Child take on the Eurythmics classic song, “Sweet Dreams”.

No need to beat around the bush with this one: “We Don’t Need” is an almightily good EP. It’s tempting to call Cheyenne Marie Mize promising because her career is so young, but that’s underselling it: this is a compelling record, equal parts fascinating experimentation and plain fun, and as exciting as Mize’s future will no doubt be, she deserves your attention right here, right now.

Maynard James Keenan’s continued evolution on “Conditions of my parole” is remarkable and well worth highlighting, albeit a little late!

Beach Fossils are releasing a new 7″ single towards the end of February but you can download an MP3 of it today.

Colour Coding’s “Perfect” is my candidate for best 2012 summer anthem. If your weather has been anything like mine, most days you could put this on and it wouldn’t even seem out of place. Otherwise, just put “Perfect” in your music folder and sit on it for a few months. You will look like a musical genius at your next party.

Big K.R.I.T.’s first track from his new mixtape is a smooth piece of ass.

It’s physically impossible to listen to this group and remain standing still.

Superhumanoids go from strength to strength with every new track we hear.

Watch the video for M. Ward’s new song!