June 7, 2010
The Bruce Peninsula is a peninsula (a piece of land surrounded by water) in Ontario that lies between Georgian Bay and Lake Huron. According to the bio on their website the band The Bruce Peninsula, from Toronto, “is a rock band, a folk troupe, a modernist choir, a collective, an army; songwriters who have learned from the past while looking to the future.”
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June 6, 2010
Cococoma are comprised of husband and wife, Bill and Lisa Roe and Mike Fitzpatrick and are joined onstage by a varying cast depending on the location of the gig. What is set in stone about the band is their ‘60s influenced garage pop they’ve been playing since 2005.
June 5, 2010
“Music any lighter than ours is only good for selling energy drinks or golf slacks,” says Tex Kerschen about his band Indian Jewelery’s music being called dark. Their most recent album entitled Totaled is hard to be described as anything but dark synthy brooding sounds that are at some parts mournful and at others disturbing.
June 4, 2010
Simon Petrovitch (guitar) and Akiko Matsuura (drums/vocals) formed Comanechi in East London and according to one of their bios, “the album cover and music all link through 2009 psychedelic grungy feelings. It’s not taking LSD in festivals, we take MDMA and ketamine in East End bars listening to friends DJing, hallucinating and having sex with the wrong people.”
June 3, 2010
Los Angeles band Mini Mansions consist of Zach Dawes, Michael Shuman and Tyler Parkford. Shuman is also known as the bassist for Queens of the Stone Age, however the band sound nothing like Queens. Their music drifts towards the more catchy melancholy sounds of Elliott Smith and in some instances The Beatles. There’s nothing complicated about the music and the band seems to know exactly what kind of tunes they want to play and don’t fail to deliver.
June 2, 2010
Displaying a black high-cut Chuck Taylor with a rainbow on the side and a huge piece of gum stuck on the sole for the cover of the album, Free Energy’s happy atmosphere is evident right away in their music. The opening track “Free Energy” off their debut Stuck Or Nothing is upbeat with guitar sounds that are very summery and Glam influenced.
June 1, 2010
Reportedly inspired by a novel by William Faulkner entitled Light In August, Rock Plaza Central’s latest album …At the Moment of our Most Needing is their fourth album, yet still they remain a ‘hidden gem.’
May 31, 2010
Musician Sebastian Krueger grew up in Wisconsin, but operates out of a Brooklyn apartment as Inlets and has recently released his first LP entitled Inter Arbiter.
May 30, 2010
The Box Elders named themselves after bugs that infested the house they grew up in and their debut album, Alice and Friends, after a vegan barbeque joint in Chicago.