Climber EP
Portland band Climber have created a very melodic bit of electro-pop with their self-titled EP, one that swims around in your heart like a very…
Vressto
The world needs bands that push the boundaries of art and experience, of technique and progress, of melody and noise, of all the building blocks…
Trust Electricity
Over the last couple years, the Pacific Northwest has enjoyed a nice little movement, one that's taken the droney and psychedelic territories like the Brian…
Burned Mind
There is a context in which lies a fine line between discriminating between music that tries to define itself for the sake of being cathartic…
Love Lights The Way
Every so often there comes a band that is so in love with a particular sound that it flows out of them as effortlessly as…
Blue Cathedral
As a fan of psychedelic rock, I was expecting to have my head blown off by Blue Cathedral, the latest release by Comets on Fire.…
Faded Seaside Glamour
At first listen to the Delays record Faded Seaside Glamour, I thought that the singer sounded just like Stevie Nicks*. Imagine my surprise when checking…
We Are All Waiting for Hope
The construction of minimalism is a tricky task. Too little space filled, and then you lose the listener's attention. Too much and you crowd out…
Sparkler Cliché
So I want start off by saying that I sympathize with the struggling musician. It's damn hard to find the line between writing a song…
Get Off the Ground if You're Scared
As those close to me know, I am not a Death Cab For Cutie fan. So my initial impression when I heard Some by Sea…