The Who: Caligula’s Horse (Brisbane, Australia) The What: We don’t know what’s going on down under, but Australia has had an abundance of quality musical output in 2015. Cue the unusual, yet impressive, turn of “Firelight” from Brisbane’s heavy and progressive rock outfit, Caligula’s Horse. The video: picturesque, soothing and honest. The song: from their forthcoming third album, Bloom (set for […]
The Who: X Ambassadors (Ithaca, NY) The What: Sometimes you just have to go there and that’s exactly what X Ambassadors’ frontman, Sam Harris, did when fleshing out the lyrics for the painful beauty of the song “Unsteady.” Along with Sam’s brother, Casey Harris, and longtime friends Noah Feldshuh and Adam Levin, “Unsteady” gives a wounded son’s voice to the very real […]
The Who: Algiers (Atlanta, GA) The What: That tight and dangerously combustible juncture where gospel, punk rock and R&B meet, collide and duke it out to be heard above the oppressive din is where you’ll find Franklin James Fisher, Ryan Mahan and Lee Tesche: the trio of Algiers. Borne of the American South, Algiers are more like global citizens more interested and […]
The Who: Raw Fabrics (Los Angeles, CA) The What: For a band that is so young in years (2 1/2 years as a band and 21 years as humans) and specializes in defiant, punked-up dance/rock with a fashion fondness for patterns and pastels, Jack b. Franco (vox, guitar), Jon Fredrik (drums) and Justus Dixon (bass, synths) are not thematic lightweights. While […]
The Who: Steven Roth (Los Angeles, CA) The What: If there’s one thing, one emotion that any singer/songwriter worth their salt should be able to evoke from the listener, it’s yearning. You know, that ache of want along the lines of bitter-laced sweet that we all love and hate (but probably love more). So by the end of his video for […]
The Who: How To Dress Well The What: Considering the inherent sexy-time nature of Tom Krell’s (aka How To Dress Well) potent R&B/pop/electronic music fusion, that he should have a sentimental bone or two in his lanky body is no-brainer territory. As the first birthday of his third studio album, “What Is This Heart?” approached (an album we crushed on hard, as you can […]
The Who: Secret Someones (New York, NY) The What: Bess Rogers, Hannah Winkler, Lelia Broussard, and Zach Jones are operating under the name of Secret Someones. Based in New York, the video for the melodic alt-rockers new single, “Headfirst,” is directed by Mike Irving. Shot in New York City, the video features the band playing black-eyed aliens who are observing a fellow alien girl as […]
