Bashful Hips
Bashful Hips is the vehicle for the Aspen, USA based musician Ian Fellerman to get his inner creative soul out in to the world and over a fourteen month period concluding in August 2013 he is releasing a monthly LP. This month saw Volume XI see the light of day. I regularly receive introductions from [...]
Bedfellows
Bedfellows is the alt-pop trio of Justin Vassallo, Jack Glenn and Garrett Cook from New York in The USA. One of the pleasures of synth driven alt-pop is the ease with which it settles in the ears. One of the turn-offs of synth driven alt-pop is the ease with which is settles in the ears. Bedfellows [...]
Beijing
Beijing is a ghost rock band from New Haven in the USA comprising Eric Thornberg (Vocals / Guitar), Thom Smith (Guitar / Keys), Jack Hoopingarner ( Bass) and Bill Pruchnicki (Drums). You know how sometimes you just have one of those days when nothing fills the craving. Well I have had a few of those back [...]
EndAnd
EndAnd is a noise-punk/post-hardcore trio from Brooklyn, New York, featuring Daniel Fern (guitars, vocals), Mike Morales (drums, percussion) and Bill Fitzgerald (bass, vocals). The first thing to hit me about EndAnd was the technicality of the drumming and inventive melodies. Their latest release, Mechanics & Energetics of Stilt-Running, opens with At Fault’s End, a song [...]
Wooly Mammoth
Wooly Mammoth is an indie band from Ontario in Canada comprising Jessiah Devine and Paul Vroom. I can only really say that it is the earthy realism of Wooly Mammoth that I enjoy. They are one of those bands I had to take on a second listening to get to grips with and the reason I took [...]
Pet Tigers
Pet Tigers is a synth alt rock band from Las Vegas in the USA. Ryan Arcoraci (bass/ vocals), Liz Ofte (Keyboards/vocals) and Jesse Moran (drums) set out with the clear intention to form a new wave rock band with no guitar. Pet Tigers challenge preconceptions and the ‘Keytar’ used by Liz, let’s her wander round the [...]
Little Dove
Little Dove is the indie rock duo of Vanja James (Guitar Vocals) and Dylan Cooper (Drums) from Los Angeles in the USA. I was keen to introduce Little Dove for a few reasons, predominately of course for the music – but also… Their first gig was only 8 days ago (4th April 2013) at The Viper Room, [...]
4th Ward Afro Klezmer Orchestra
4th Ward Afro Klezmer Orchestra is a nine-piece ensemble comprised of Edim Baho (acoustic guitar), Colin Bragg (electric guitar), Jeff Crompton (reeds), Tony Staffiero (tenor sax), Noah Kess (drums), Chris Riggenbach (bass guitar), Bill Nittler (reeds), Roger Rusow (trumpet) and finally Nick Dixon (trombone). Hailing from Atlanta, Georgia, these fellows play what can only be [...]
The Wired Era
The Wired Era an alternative indie duo from New York in the USA is - Steve Winiarski and Nick Winiarski. Having undergone a shrinkage in line-up and a new band name to mark the new project The Wired Era seem have settled with a sound that belies there are only two players. The music has more than a [...]
A Primitive Evolution
A Primitive Evolution is the alternative rock trio of Brett Carruthers (Vocals / Guitar), Stu Dead (Drums) and Stephany Seki (Bass / Vocals) from Toronto in Canada. Rolling peels of bass rattle through the speakers as A Primitive Evolution play the darker side of rock. There is in earthy tinge to the music which is delivered with precision. The [...]
