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NEW ALBUM: Foals - What Went Down

With its uncompromising urgency, high tempo moving forward, pronounced bass lines and underlying menace cumulating in great suspense, What Went Down is easily among the best rock-pop songs of the year! Yet when first listening to What Went Down the fourth studio album of The Foals, one is inclined to

Song Pick of the Day: Some Type Of Stereo - I Don't Remember

Where have all the classic rock bands gone? Is this type of sound truly passé? Well, let’s wander out West, way West to Los Angeles and collect some members along the way: a bassist from Florida, a guitarist and a drummer from North Carolina and a singer from L.

Shopping brought Joy and Modern UK Punk to Palisades

Shopping brought Joy and Modern UK Punk to Palisades

“Billy Easter, she’s so rad. Don’t know how she’s doing it but she’s awesome! And I am a bass player too. Loved the show!” the woman next to me at Sky Town bar enthusiastically explained when I asked her about her favorite moment of the show

Music Quotes: Good Rock Music

Empires live @ Pianos, May 2015

Song Pick of the Day: Thyla - Us And Them

From the first few bars into “Us And Them” we’re already drawn in by the song’s uncompromising urgency, and when Millie Duthie’s pure yet also strong and occasionally gritty vocals kick in, we’re completely hocked! Our Song Pick of the Day “Us And them” is the

Song Pick of the Day: Bad Sounds - Avalanche

Song Pick of the Day: Bad Sounds - Avalanche

Despite the chaos a song titled Avalanche would imply, the track is decisively lo-fi, with a relaxed and 70s groovy vibe to it. Avalanche flows beautifully along and wiggles its way into your ears and stays right there, because it is that catchy yet in quite a subtle way! It’

Song Pick of the Day: Hidden Charms - Love You Cause You're There

Unsure what to make with the song title Love You Cause You’re There, but then again, it probably fits right in with the band’s name Hidden Charms (nice ambiguity). The four young Londoners expand their usual rock tunes into the blues rock genre and successfully so. Our Song

NEW ALBUM: Painted Zeros - Floriography

Floriography, the full length debut album of Painted Zeros starts right of with lush, woozy guitars on (X) Flatline reminiscent of the best songs of the Silversun Pickups or Smashing Pumpkins, when Katie Lau asks: Which worries you more: that I’ll leave you, or that I won’t? I

Music Quotes: Breaking Through Fear

Song Pick of the Day: Hank Mittnacht - Loosing Sleep

Mondays break the waves of the weekend sings Brooklyn based Hank Mittnacht in Loosing Sleep, the perfect song for easing into this Monday with its overall softness and sweet, comforting melody. Hank Mittnacht’s mellow vocals and playful guitar picks help Loosing Sleep truly shine, hence our Song Pick of

PHOTOS: Methyl Ethel played the perfect low-key show at Pianos (CMJ)

PHOTOS: Methyl Ethel played the perfect low-key show at Pianos (CMJ)

With having played six or more shows during CMJ 2015, Methyl Ethel were hard to miss and yet I only made it to one of their shows, the one at Pianos. Before Jake Webb (vocals, guitar), Thom Stewart (bass) and Chris Wright (drums) took the stage, I ran into Thom

Reflections

As Europeans, having grown up in the 70s in West-Germany with terrorism bringing the country almost to its knees, having moved to New York across the World Trade Center only several days before the terror events on September 11th 2001, and as avid music lovers and frequent concert goers, we

Song Pick of the Day: St. Tropez - Son Of God

Before you even had a chance to further think about Son Of God and what’s really going on here, the track’s already over with only 2 minutes and 17 seconds yet this was plenty of time to make you crave more. Just hit the play-button again, and start

3 Is A Band: XY&O (xyando)

3 Is A Band: XY&O (xyando)

Always on the look-out for cool trios, I came across XY&O (also spelled xyando) last week, and was immediately hooked! Couldn’t believe my luck. It was one of these accidental stumbles -my favorite- me just browsing around SoundCloud and picking up on songs. Fahrenheit got released less

VIDEO: Nicky Venus - Legacy

VIDEO: Nicky Venus - Legacy

How about a video for Wednesday and making this our very own #VideoWednesday?! We have something brand new and smokin’ hot for you with the beautifully haunting “Legacy” by San Diego resident Nicky Venus. “Legacy” is electro-pop at its best, think mid-80s Depeche Mode and then some. The video itself

PHOTOS: DF3 brought joyful synth pop to Leftfield (CMJ)

PHOTOS: DF3 brought joyful synth pop to Leftfield (CMJ)

DF3, a synth pop trio from California via Mexico and Brooklyn, were scheduled to play two shows for CMJ 2015, both at equally intimate dance clubs on the Lower East Side. First up was their show at Leftfield, which I decided to catch. Two days later, a show at Fat

Song Pick of the Day: Rare Monk - California

Casually letting SoundCloud run, I came across a one year old track by Portland’s (Oregon) Rare Monk and checked to see if there’s by any chance a newer, equally cool song and holy cow – there’s the yesterday released California! What. A. Song. The chorus goes California will

PHOTOS: Courtesy Tier celebrate their EP release aptly at Rough Trade NYC

PHOTOS: Courtesy Tier celebrate their EP release aptly at Rough Trade NYC

As mentioned in my CMJ review of Courtesy Tier‘s show at Arlene’s Grocery, I was determined to join lots of other fans to celebrate the band’s EP release last Tuesday. Many came out to see Courtesy Tier as well as the opening bands Yankee Longstraw, Spritzer and

Song Pick of the Day: Society - Protocol

Song Pick of the Day: Society - Protocol

Protocol starts right of with such a feel of urgency and importance which makes it hard to escape its allure. Once the vocals set in, I was hooked and didn’t want to let go anymore. There are big orchestra violins and trumpets too and Protocol, our Song Pick of

Great CMJ2015 Shows by these Fantastic Trios: Caveboy // Heaters // New Myths // Samantha // Vundabar

We saw plenty of excellent bands and took hundreds of photos and suddenly, it’s already November and we still haven’t put out all of it yet! So, rather then taking even more time, I do what I love doing and combine some of the super cool trios (aka

Song Pick of the Day: The Rungs - Whispers

November shows its grey and rainy face this afternoon, yet our Song Pick of the Day Whispers by the Brooklyn-based duo The Rungs, will sweep away any gloomy thoughts. Instantly! It’s an upbeat and playful little gem of a song with just the right dose of sunshine and a

3 Is A Band: A R I Z O N A

3 Is A Band: A R I Z O N A

“The good is often surprisingly close, especially when living in a cultural metropolis”, is what came to my mind immediately upon learning that A R I Z O N A is a three piece from well, New Jersey. They do however divide their time between East Coast, West Coast aka

Song Pick of the Day: Get Tryin - Something's Wrong With My Mind

Something’s Wrong With My Mind shred GT \// and while I am pretty sure my mind works just fine, I am also certain to make this intense, pulsating psychedelic track our Song Pick of the Day. Get Trying aka GT V/ are a power trio from Birmingham, AL currently touring

Music Quotes: Pop Music

Music Quotes: Pop Music

Kimbra, Music Hall of Williamsburg for Steve Madden Music, Fall 2014

Song Pick of the Day: The Coa† - Knowledge

We want to know // We want to know sing The Coa† (yep, that’s the desired spelling) in their just released, pretty cool Knowledge. While we would like to know more about this band, all there is for now, is their music. Okay then, listen to our Song Pick of