The Who: Dawns (New York City, NY) The What: It’s hard work being cool these days, just ask Joshua Perna (vox), Aaron Brown (guitar), and Matt Carpenter (drums) of the brand new indie rock outfit, Dawns. And nothing screams “cool” like a video where a front lawn and an ice cream truck are your backdrop choices. Perna describes the song as […]
The Who: Armors (Southern California) The What: The best thing about acoustic song versions is that they strip away the sonic ornamentation, the remains being a song’s purity. It also results in exposing a song’s basic beauty. SoCal band Armors (Olen Kittelsen, Kody Buxton and Sam Beresford) go that route with their latest single, “Genesis,” and fittingly so. There’s a […]
The Who: Wrabel (Los Angeles, CA) The What: It’s safe to say that a song is real and real deep when that song’s writer tattoos the song’s motif on his flesh as Stephen Wrabel did with “11 Blocks.” That’s because the song is an emotional bullet as Wrabel peels back his guard and exposes how his heart works in true singer/songwriter fashion: painfully […]
“‘Come Up For Air’ is a break up song about loving the other person so much, you’ll wait forever for them to return… Even if that means you’ll die alone.” – Skylar Grey The Who: Skylar Grey The What: The last time we saw Grammy-nominated Skylar Grey was in April at the El Rey Theater in Los Angeles where she […]
The Who: The Virginmarys (Macclesfield, UK) The What: It’s safe to say that Ally Dickaty (vox/guitar), Danny Dolan (drums), and Matt Rose (bass) aka The Virginmarys understand the communicative power of music. Their sophomore album, Divides, is fueled by their pure punk rock need to scathingly express, dissent and indict what ails the society that they – that we all – exist […]
The Who: Bad Suns (Los Angeles, CA) The What: “We wanted to capture the emotion of a crossroads in life being suddenly interrupted by the ground collapsing beneath your feet,” says Bad Suns frontman, Christo Bowman, of their current single, “Disappear Here.” It’s the propulsive title track of the LA foursome’s forthcoming sophomore album (due out September 16th on Vagrant Records) […]
The Who: Crocodiles (San Diego, CA) The What: Crocodiles (Brandon Welchez and Charles Rowell) have always been a bit experimental and that tendency continues through their sixth album, Dreamless, set for release on October 21st. See the synthy, lush and dreamy lead single, “Telepathic Lover”: “We’ve always been a guitar band and I think we just wanted to challenge ourselves and our aesthetic. It […]
