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Thanks to his acclaimed first few records, Toro y Moi became known as a pioneer of the chillwave genre. Toro y Moi’s newest album, What For?, with its vintage, ’70s rock feel represents a stylistic departure for singer-gu...
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Folk rockers the Avett Brothers formed just over a decade ago in North Carolina. Early on, the group combined bluegrass, country, punk, pop, folk and rock to produce a distinctive sound. Over time, the guys have refined their s...
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Last year, Sonic Youth guitarist Thurston Moore released The Best Day, his first solo album since 2010’s Demolished Thoughts. It retains his signature distorted guitar tones but features a more direct approach in terms of the s...
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Formed in the wake of the dissolution of the Sex Pistols, the UK group Public Image Ltd reformed in 2008 and went back to the studio to issue This is PiL in 2012. The follow-up album, What the World Needs Now…, features more sn...
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Along with the British group Ride, Swervedriver typified the English shoegazer movement of the early ’90s. Although the band dissolved back in 1998, it reconvened in 2008 and has been touring ever since. Earlier this year, the ...
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Born in Dalarna, Sweden, singer-songwriter Kristian Matsson, who performs under the stage name The Tallest Man on Earth, has just issued a set of introspective songs characterized by his quivering vocals. Dark Bird Is Home’s fr...
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Most famous as the guitarist in the Strokes, the New York band that was rock’s great hope for a minute in the early 2000s, Albert Hammond Jr. embarked on a solo career back in 2006 when he released his debut album Yours to Keep...
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Born and raised in the tiny town of Pinetop, Arizona, pop singer Zella Day developed her raw talent from early age. She regularly performed at her grandmother’s coffee shop before she and her mother set off to L.A. in search of...
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Nick Thomas, guitarist and backup vocalist for the metalcore outfit Nodes of Ranvier, started the Spill Canvas up back in 2002 and shifted into a more post-punk/emo direction. The band caught on, despite the fact that it hailed...
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Falling To Rise, the new album from indie rockers Plastic Ants, starts with a piano-based power ballad “Hang On To The Good That You Got” that sets the mood for the album. It’s a somber number that has overtones of all the grea...