Nick Jaina previews sixth LP with ‘Don’t Come to Me’ mp3
When Nick Jaina isn’t busy composing ballets — three of them so far — or writing music for film and the dramatic stage, he’s making deft albums full of smart, catchy chamber-pop songs like “Don’t Come to Me.” It’s from…
Y La Bamba Returns With Free Song From New EP, ‘Oh February’
NPR says Y La Bamba singer Luzelena Mendoza has a “pre-legendary” voice, and while the attention is great, that’s a term that actually mean anything at all. So we’ll go one further and say she’s a singer you should be…
Leonard Friend Gives New Jack Swing Treatment to ‘Suit & Tie’
While Pitchfork goes trolling for web hits with out-of-character coverage of Justin Timberlake’s new song “Suit & Tie,” we’d rather spotlight Leonard Friend’s deft (and swiftly done) cover of the tune, done in new jack swing style.
Brooklyn’s Bear Ceuse Previews New Album With Catchy ‘Entertain Me’
One of the most frequent attempts at a diss that music writers hear is that any negative review is just a product of jealousy because they’re no good at songwriting. Well suck it, haters: Bear Ceuse sure has a knack for it….
Irish garage-rockers So Cow preview split LP with free song ‘I Hardly Know You’
Obviously not every Irish band uses a tin whistle and uilleann pipes, so it’s hard to say what an Irish band sounds like. That said, So Cow doesn’t sound like an Irish band — more like a group of greasy…
Your Youth updates grunge song template on ‘Thick Gold (Bodied)’
Nobody’s saying Brooklyn’s Your Youth has listened to a lot of Nirvana, but c’mon: they probably did. It’s all right there on “Thick Gold (Bodied),” the free song from the band’s new EP “Battery.” There’s the quiet-loud-quiet dynamic Nirvana got…
The Pharmacy is back again with the new song ‘Baby Be’
Earlier this year we reveled in the trashy garage rock of the Pharmacy on the song “Dig Your Grave,” and like all good trashy garage-rock bands, the Seattle trio didn’t take too long to resupply us with, well, trashy garage…
Wisconsin’s Blessed Feathers have a message for Florida on new free song
Relocating from Florida to Wisconsin in the middle of winter requires a hardy soul, which Blessed Feathers frontman Donivan Berube seems to possess. Not only did he drive from the Sunshine State into the middle of a Wisconsin blizzard, he…
Lonely Drifter Karen gives away ‘Comet’ from new LP, ‘Poles’
There’s a good chance if you’re an American that Lonely Drifter Karen has escaped your notice so far, but not to worry: the pan-European band’s new album seems like an excellent introduction. “Poles” is the third album from the band,…
Lavender Diamond streams wrenching new song ‘Everybody’s Heart’s Breaking Now’
And we thought “Oh My Beautiful World” was good. Actually, it is good. Really good. But Lavender Diamond’s new song, “Everybody’s Heart’s Breaking Now,” is, well, heartbreaking, in a way that makes your breath catch in your throat. Becky Stark…
