Listen Before You Buy

This post is a “QuickPick”.  QuickPicks are my attempt at getting all of the music that’s sent to me that I like (or just music I like but have no words for because it’s so awesome), out into the dubya dots. Any time I get sent music that I like I “star” it in Gmail [...]

When music makes you feel something then it’s done its job, right? Whether it’s happiness from listening to an album that reminds you of your best summer with your friends, the song you and your spouse had your first dance to, or that new Justin Bieber song that reminds you of that time where you [...]

Although not having the stereotypical “summer” sound that’s been synonymous with sunshine over the last year (think “chillwave”), Dominant Legs’ music is still by far sunny, upbeat, smiley, and dazzling. It might have something to do with Ryan Lynch (the guitarist for Girls) being the main dude and having Hannah Hunt complementing his vocals with [...]

Late night surprises are extremely rare (at least the good ones anyway), but I got one in the wee small hours of this morning. In my Direct Messages on Twitter was a message from the dude who runs The Leaving Scene linking me to a new Tennis track.  It’s the B-side to their just-released 7″ [...]

Chances are you’ve already heard this song from The Drums’ stunning debut album “The Drums”, but if you haven’t then you’re in for a treat. The dudes are from Brooklyn, but as is synonymous with any kind of summer, beach-themed music you’d think they were from California.  Not only does singer Jonathon Pierce look like [...]

Along with Tennis and Best Coast, Lights On are bringing sweet retro-influenced summer pop to brighten up everyone’s day, regardless of what the weather outside is actually like. The four-piece may hail from sunny San Diego, but their new single “Red Lights Flashing” abounds in nods to past Brit-indie acts, from The Wedding Present and [...]

I can’t get enough of this kinda music lately, it’s just so ethereal and relaxing (to me at least). Not usually associated with music like chillwave (please, can we get some confirmation on whether it’s an actual genre or not yet?), bitterTV is from Russia where it’s stereotypically freezing.  Maybe that’s why he makes music [...]

Although they’ve been around and being spoken about for a good few months now, it seems like only in the last couple of weeks or so that I’m starting to hear about New Jersey’s Alexander and Daniel, the guys behind Slow Animal.  They’ve been showing up on various different blogs and Twitter streams and it [...]

This guy never stops.  Never. Never ever. I’m pretty sure that he’s still making music when he’s sleeping.  He’s one busy guy, that’s for sure.  If he’s not working on new music of his own then he’s remixing someone else’s, or he’s guest-posting on other sites and blogs, or he’s being harassed by me about [...]

I gush, what can I say?  Sorry?  Ok, maybe sometimes a “sorry” is warranted, but most of the time it’s not because I’m not the only one gushing. The latter part of that sentence is definitely true for Cults.  I gushed back in March when they showed up unannounced out of nowhere and turned us all on. [...]

Tennis have been blowing up lately, in large part thanks to Weekly Tape Deck, Gorilla Vs Bear, and then Pitchfork.   Also in large part to them being just straight up fucking awesome and drowning in summer sun and warm winds. A couple of weeks ago I posted two of their songs, then another of [...]

You know you’re onto a winner when other people start stealing stuff from your site.  That’s exactly what I’ve done to Transparent, quite literally one of the best sources anywhere for amazing new music.  Their hit rate is insurmountable, maybe having one shite song in 20, and even then the song isn’t shite, it’s just [...]

I’m not sure what the weather’s like where you are but right here on the east coast of the U.S. it’s between “Hot” and “Hotter”.  That’s pretty hot, but I love the heat and gravitate towards as much of it as my body can handle.  When I was younger my parents brought my brother and [...]

No sooner had I made my post about Tennis than Patrick (from Tennis) had sent me a mastered version of “South Carolina”, a song that was previously only available as a demo.  He sent it to me yesterday, so I apologise for the delay, but it’ll be worth it. Well now you have three excellent, [...]

There are three, maybe four songs from Alaina Moore and Patrick Riley, this husband and wife duo from Denver, Colorado floating around t’internet. That’s a shame because I’ve been doing nothing but listening to those songs over the last three days, especially with the onslaught of gorgeous weather and a summer breeze, they accompanied my [...]

By the time you’ve finished listening to the Dead Models’ three 60s surf-inspired pop gems you’re going to wish three things. That they had more than just three songs That it was summer every day That they’d be the soundtrack to your life At least that’s how it was for me, and I’m just like [...]