Listen: Black Mount Rise – Dilemma

BBC here, giving you a big heaping dose of rock and roll courtesy of Swiss Alt-Rock trio, Black Mount Rise. Hailing from the Fribourg area of Switzerland, the trio combines mighty rock power with catchy melodies and addictive hooks influenced by alternative rock, prog sounds, grunge and raw metal. They sent us over their first […]



Video: A BANQUET – Too Young

Czech trio, A BANQUET, just sent us over there video to their latest single, ‘Too Young.’ The tune definitely intertwines many genres of rock, but with a nice polished pop sound. Think of QOTS mixed with some We Are Scientists. From the very first seconds you know you have to listen to the rest of […]



Blind Benny (@blindbenny) – No Honor

Here is the latest single from Blind Benny, aka Jade + Jonathan Carmelli. “No Honor”, off of their forthcoming No Honor EP. The hauntingly beautiful track features Jade at her most nuanced and its an overall very well done track. “No Honor” is available for free download below:



Wolf Gang / The Debut Album ‘Suego Faults’

Wolf Gang is a project of  Max McElligott. (photo) This British Band is going to release the debut album “Suego Faults” on Monday 25th July. And someone already says that it should be on of the best Indie Pop Album of  2011. You can pre order the LP on their  website. Prelisten here: Suego Faults […]



Visit “The English Riviera” with Metronomy

After three years Metronomy are back with a new LP. “The English Riviera” is already considered by critics to be one of the best albums of the year. Here’s the video of their new single “The Bay” + bonus a Live Session.



Introducing Jirapah (@jirapah)

                          I recently came across Jirapah after seeing the band’s bassist, Mar Galo, in the short film “Hujan Panas“. Made up of New York City transplants Mar Galo and Ken Jenie, the band, currently based out of Galo and Jenie’s native Indonesia, has […]



Joy (@joyforthepeople) – The Storm Mixtape

A brand new mixtape from Boston-bases singer-songwriter Joy was certainly not what I was expecting on a dreary Tuesday afternoon in New York City. This time last year, Joy released her follow up release, Electric Soul Music. It was not the follow up to 2006’s fresh and unapologetically catchy debut, Set Free, that I was […]



Señor Loop (@senorloop) – Insensato

Just three days into my trip to Panama, my Panamanian friends have introduced me to a well-respected local band called Señor Loop. Their song “Insensato” became an anthem among the youth in Panama a few years back and remains a crowd favorite to this day. It’s accent of folk instruments over a chill, rock beat […]



Dave Matthews Joins Blue Man Group Founders in Fundraiser for NYC Blue School

The ever-innovated Blue Man Group will be celebrating their 20th Anniversary Reunion this coming April 13th by performing at a benefit gala they’ve organized in support of the New York City Blue School, a trailblazing pre-K and early elementary lab school currently located on the Lower East Side is building a permanent home near the […]



Guba (@gubamusic) – You & Me

And yet more goodness coming at you from Malaysia, this time singer-songwriter Gabriel Robert aka GUBA who hails from Kota Kinabalu, Sabah in Borneo. Check out this video of his song, “You & Me”. Absolutely gorgeous.



Introducing: Implosion Quintet

I first came across the musician James Baker of the one-man band Implosion Quintet when checking out the site of super overpriced Chinese worker shoes, where some of his music was streaming. “Dope”, I thought; the instrumental hip-hop inspired track mixed in with Asian string instruments (which one, specifically, I don’t know) was perfect, mellow. […]



Yuna (@yunamusic) Releases Debut US EP, “Decorate”

And so it is, the moment has come: Malaysian chanteuse Yuna released her debut US EP, Decorate (FADER Label) on iTunes yesterday. The EP includes five songs, featuring title track “Decorate”. For Malaysian fans who purchased her debut album, Decorate, back in Malaysia, you’ll notice brand new tracks like “Coffee”, “Fears and Frustrations” and “Someone […]



Utada (@utadahikaru) – Sanctuary

Japanese-American singer/songwriter and pop megastar Utada may mean nothing to you, but in her home country she’s the equivalent of Britney Spears circa 2000 plus every other pop star rolled into one. Born in New York City to musician parents, Utada quickly made a name for herself in the J-pop (Japanese pop) scene, releasing five […]



Yuna (@yunamusic) NYC Debut Performance at Mercury Lounge 2/22

Malaysian singer-songwriter Yuna will give her debut New York City performance this Tuesday, February 22nd at Mercury Lounge in the East Village. No stranger to the US, Yuna performed at last year’s SXSW and is a hit in her home country. She recently signed a record deal with the Fader Label and will release her […]



Introducing Reza Salleh (@rezasalleh)

For Malaysian audiences, there’s no introduction needed here. Singer-songwriter Reza Salleh has been charming the country’s music lovers for close to ten years, 2010  finally saw the release debut album Realize, a collection of songs he’s written in the past ten years. After graduating from Monash University in Australia, Reza returned to Malaysia and founded […]



Video: Mogwai – How to be a Werewolf

Chill out to this made-for-the-big-screen version of Mogwai‘s How to be a Werewolf, a track off their upcoming album, Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will. The video is from a short film from Antony Crook, Thirty Century Man, about James Bowthorpe, the “round-the-world champion cyclist who beat the previous record by an epic 20 days”. […]



Stream The Smashing Pumpkins’ New EP

You can stream The Smashing Pumpkins’ new 4 song EP, Teargarden by Kaleidyscope Vol. 2 – The Solstice Bare, over at Spinner.com. The band is selling a “very limited quantity” of physical copies which includes a picture disk and a bonus, unreleased B-side. Smashing Pumpkins – Astral Planes



Welcome: Útidúr

Útidúr, a self-described “dirty dozen indie pop orchestra” from Iceland, will be releasing their debut album, The Mess We’ve Made, in Iceland this month. So far, the two songs featured on their Bandcamp page are quite delightful; while they are talented musicians, they don’t seem to take themselves or their music awfully serious, and that’s […]