Listen Before You Buy

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.

James Blake is back to his best, returning to his mastery of beats and bass and bringning it to a whole new kaleidoscope of sounds. It’s invigorating to hear.

Secret Colours follows up a full-length album with the EP “EP3,” from which we are premiering the song “Legends Of Love.”

Shoegaze lounge? Slow-tempo, jazz-infused melodrama? Whatever you want to call it, this EP grabs your attention and leaves you wanting more.

TweetShare You don’t see many bands with roots in traditional folk music making much of a stir these days. Even less often will you see them on major record labels with releases debuting at Billboard #1. If it isn’t Mumford & Sons that have sprung to mind by now, odds are worth betting it’s The [...]

TweetShare It’s been nearly a year since Listen Before You Buy‘s dream-pop darlings Silver Swans put out their “Secrets” EP. In September they gave us the sweet remix of Burning Hearts’  “Into The Wilderness” as a reminder that they are still playing the fantastic music that has made them so easy to love but also [...]

TweetShare Arks’ “Ontario” is an unorthodox song that finds a way to both draw us in and awe us at the same time. The Strongest aspect of “Ontario” is by far the emotionally driven lead guitar and how it practically takes the role traditionally held by lyrics. I’ve always had a soft spot for a [...]

TweetShare When it comes to rad stuff  Chazwick Bundick is the name, who’s better known as Toro Y Moi. The 24-old from Columbia, South Carolina is about to tour the States in the next couple of months, which is a good reason to get out from the cave, but I embrace solitude if this is its [...]

TweetShare From the first clap in you can tell “August” is going in a direction you want to follow. I’ve been listening to it on repeat for nearly a half hour now and it’s yet to lose the magnetism. Neighbors‘ entire EP of the same title is just as attention-demanding as this song, and you [...]

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TweetShare Chino Moreno and Far’s guitarist Shaun Lopez have teamed up to proliferate the internet-fueled subgenre of creepy electronic music that is witch house. Moreno is best known as frontman for the alterna-metal band Deftones, but he’s guested on a handful of other heavy bands’ releases also. His new project, †††, or “Crosses” in plain [...]

TweetShare It might seem odd that LBYB is just now doing an introducing piece on Alex Winston, but it’s long overdue.   So, may I formally introduce Alex Winston. At first glance, you might be surprised to hear that Alex Winston is classically trained in opera, but after listening to a few of her songs, it [...]

TweetShare Even though they’ve been lauded from wherever you are now, to your antipode, and even though they’re from same fair land as I, Mogwai were just never a band I spent much time with. Maybe in my formative years as a teenager I was more concerned with Blink-182, Bloodhound Gang, and the back catalogue [...]

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TweetShare With a childlike stubbornness, Alex Winston takes her love for the inanimate literally in her new single “Velvet Elvis”, off an upcoming EP with the same name. The lyrics are clever enough, the subject of objectum sexuality unexplored enough and her protesting girlish tone is serious enough to make even the most jaded music [...]

TweetShare While their names are phonetically similar, Jonwayne bears no resemblance to the John Wayne.  Just wanted to clear that up. Jonwayne, rapper/producer, recently released his new album, “Bowser”, which is a mind-wrecking glimpse into the future of beats,” so says his album label.  Agreed.  While his style is an obvious comparison to that of Dan Deacon’s, [...]