Races
The six piece alternative indie band from Los Angeles in the USA, Races, came about from the disillusionment of Wade Ryff (Guitar / vocals) who got together with Garth Herberg (Guitar), Devon Lee (Vocals / Percussion), Breanna Wood (Piano / vocals) Oliver Hild (Bass / Moog) and Lucas Ventura (Drums / Percussion) and they set out to purvey their take on how music should sound. [...]
A Thief at Heart
A Thief at Heart emerged in Portland in the USA in early 2011 and after something of a Road to Damascus moment Talon Bronson, Trevor Scott, Jacob Duffey and Kade Schagunn decided to self manage and have a new rock album, Good Company, due out in June 2012 to follow up the single Castle in the Sky and 2011 debut [...]
Shark Tape
Shark Tape is a three piece indie-rock band with more than a hint of shoegaze, from Philadelphia in the USA, made up of the trio of Stephen Lorek, Niles Weiss and Dylan Mulcahy who emerged from the embers of a previous entity with the aim if delivering a more mellow sound. Lilting sounds wander in to the hearing [...]
The Ugly Club
The Ugly Club is a psychedelic indie band from New Jersey in the USA. With a couple of EPs behind them, most recently Visions of Tall Girl, Ryan Egan, Taylor Mandel, Rick Sue-Poi, Ryan McNulty and Joey Stasio are currently working on a debut LP scheduled for release in the summer of 2012. (that’ll be a Northern Hemisphere Summer [...]
Budget
Budget from Monterrey in Mexico is a four piece jazz funk indie quartet of Théo Zorg (Vocals, & Piano), Alex García (Vocals, & Guitar), Diego Rodríguez (Bass) and Santiago Valdés (Drums) have since 2010 been enlivening audiences in live performance. Reflecting on a declining Society and Drug wars, Budget manage to lift the spirit with a sense of hope. Let’s be [...]
Shelley Miller and the Salt Trucks
Shelley Miller and the Salt Trucks is from Chicago in the USA. This is one of those reviews which will focus specifically on the singer songwriter as Shelley Miller (vocal / guitar / banjo / keys) is known both as a solo artist and as part of the band which was originally called The Shelley [...]
Trabajo
Trabajo formed in March 2011 is from Brooklyn in the USA and comprises TJ Richards and Yuchen Lin. Electronic pulses of experimental sounds slosh out of the speakers and cavort in the open air bouncing against each other in a lazy loop. This is a great way to start the week. It is Monday as I write [...]
Mr. Meeble
Mr. Meeble from Phoenix in the USA is the trio of Devin Fleenor, Michael Plaster and Rick Heins together with a plethora of technology. If you ever wondered what Jean Michel Jarre would have sounded like were he now at the early stage of his career, Mr. Meeble provide the answer. They scoop up refrains from ’70s psychedelia [...]
Underwater Tiger
Underwater Tiger is an alternative rock band from New York in the USA. Two sets of brothers Matt Furstoss (Vocal / Drums), Nate Miner (Vocals / Piano / Guitar), Ron Furstoss (Bass), Andy Miner (Guitar) and Anthony Furstoss (Guitar) got together in 2010 and decided to unveil their take on the world. With little time for sibling rivalry they have [...]
