May
23

DENTADA - WAR BABY

DENTADA

by WAR BABY
album JESUS HORSE

Between the feral cries and fuzzed-out feedback attack of War Baby’s Jon Redditt, Brock Allen’s wriggling bass groove and the giddy drum pummeling of Kirby Fisher, comparisons to Nirvana are inevitable. Jesus Horse’s first catchy aggro-pop single “Dentada,” for instance, navigates a Bleach-soaked loud-quiet-loud arrangement that proves the young Vancouver act have definitely been paying attention in “School.”

Dentada also received recent visuals directed by Odonis Odonis’ Dean Tzenos, which you can watch below.

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UndergroundMusic.fm Offers Community Outlet For Free Streaming Music With Monetization Options - hypebot

UndergroundMusic.fm is a new free streaming music platform for “underground” musicians designed to build community and spread music. Streaming is free but there’s also a store aspect and an option to tip for each song. It’s a nice idea that is ultimately dependent on who gets involved and whether or not an audience is drawn. UndergroundMusic.fm is in many ways a simple idea that’s hard to pull off. Create a solid, straightforward platform for streaming music, include monetization and community elements and build an outpost for great music via any web-connected device. UndergroundMusic.fm offers enough music to be browsable, options…

May
22

Novelist - Mutant League

Novelist

by Mutant League
album Mood Swings

While taking shape in Greensboro, North Carolina in early 2009, Mutant League has grown into a raucous quintet with a knack for making abrasive rock and roll catchy and endearing. Their latest Mood Swings EP, now available on cassette in the UM.fm store, proves just that as the band features four new fuzzy and noisy tracks full of pounding drums and heavily distorted guitars.

“…Euphonious pop melodies meet blissed-out feedback, distortion and reverb…But its noise isn’t the thin, trebly wash of their noise pop forbearers. Mutant League’s sound is thick and tactile…what truly impresses is the way the songs, from the hypnotically droning instrumental to tightly wound and catchy pop passages, hold together in a single sitting.” Ryan Snyder - Yes! Weekly

May
21

Good Morning Spider is a cosmic music constellation created by Viktor Rinneby. After the release of GMS’ debut A Peg in the Hole EP, critical acclaim followed which made the band grow into the quintet it is known as today. Singer and visual artist Valentina Mazzarelli is the band’s backbone with her woozy yet engaging vocals and trippy visuals that give Good Morning Spider its signature psychedelic ethos. 

Tulips - The Bilinda Butchers

Tulips

by The Bilinda Butchers
album regret love guilt dreams

The Bilinda Butchers are a dream pop duo from San Francisco who take their name from Bilinda Butcher of My Bloody Valentine. Comprised of multi-instrumentalists Michal and Adam, the group writes songs that contrast idealistic nostalgia with romantic uncertainty and sorrow.

Tulips comes from their touted album, regret, love, guilt, dreams, an album that is said is “like watching watercolors spread slowly, soaking into rough paper…a record to fall in love to.”

You might also like: Dark Furs, Sun Glitters, and Plumerai

May
17

Top 5 Trending Songs of the Week

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Did you know that you can filter the site by most popular overall and by most popular in each genre?

Some new, some old, but always damn good. Check out this week’s top 5 below!

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5. Envoi- What Happened in Wyoming

Envoi is a female fronted Pop/Rock band based out of Cleveland, OH. What Happened in Wyoming is a propulsive Paramore-esque pop song from their latest album,Changes.

4. Geometrist- Modest Mouse

Often categorized as indie or alternative rock, Geometrist’s folk influence is also undeniable in its appreciation for melody and storytelling. The band’s sound is the product of diverse musical tastes, infused along each step in its recipe for song creation. Each song on the band’s debut Geometrist EP - released April, 2013 - is the fully-fleshed version of a singer-songwriter style tune first strummed in 2012.

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3. Plaid Dragon- Dog Physics

Dog Physics is a beautiful song from Plaid Dragon’s debut EP of the same name. Over ethereal orchestral noise and delicate acoustic guitar plucks, Inge Chiles lets out a poetic gasp that drifts and lulls like a lullaby. 

With a voice like that, I’m sure we’ll be hearing from Plaid Dragon more in the future. Until then, get familiar with their bright beginnings. 

Grab the full free EP download here.

2. Miracles of Modern Science- Dear Pressure

Miracles of Modern Science are a string section in mutiny: guitars overboard! The Brooklyn, NY band squeezes together classical textures, disco kinetics, and explosive dynamics you might file under “post-rock” if their instruments weren’t decidedly pre-rock.

Dear Pressure is from their new EP, MEEMS, where the band pushes the limits of their acoustic instruments even further. The result resembles pop music, but you can sense the band ripping apart and rearranging its underlying mechanics like mad scientists.

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1. The Vandies- Away

The Vandies are an all-female alternative rock band from Portland, Oregon. Bursting onto the scene in 2011, The Vandies developed their sound where they are most comfortable: on stage. Pulling from a variety of influences, these ladies combine melodic lyrics, driving rhythms and feisty guitar shreds into catchy songs that get audiences on their feet.

On their debut EP that was released last month, The Vandies grab influences from Yeah Yeah Yeah’s, The Raincoats, and Elastica as they bounce between the sugar (Bright Lights, Away) and spice (Fine Line, Chinatown) in alternative pop music.