4 weeks ago BANKRUPT! is a synthed-up, technicolor hurricane and a romping good time, but you won't catch yourself singing along.
Phoenix has hit that delicate milestone in the musical career: Bankrupt! is their first post-success, post-international fame album, and it's a place where many other bands have fumbled. MGMT swung for t
Born and bred in Scotland, the music of the lush synthpop group, Chvrches, has been abuzz in the UK music publication scene, where they garnered fifth place in the BBC’s Sound of 2013 list. After great success with the two singles, “The Mother We Share” and “Lies,” Chvrches has recently released its latest extended play, Recover EP. On first l
To the uninitiated, it is easy to mistake the hypnotic bodily vibrations of Thom Yorke for the spiritual dance of a nouveau réligion. As prophetic as the Radiohead front man’s moves may seem in both the music videos for Lotus Flower and now super
After a two-year silence following the enormous popularity of “Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix”, Phoenix, the alt-rock giant from France, is returning to the scene in 2013.
Its fifth studio album “Bankrupt!” is being released in the U
On February 5th, The Eels new album, "Wonderful, Glorious" will be released! Here's the link for a free download of the single, "New Alphabet."
Good to hear something from Nyack, New York's very own Coheed and Cambria. Interestingly enough, all of the band's albums are concept albums that chronicle a science fiction series by Claudio Sanchez called The Amory Wars. Their u
Rock group Filter just announced their signing with Wind-Up Records, which'll help in the release of their new album this Spring. The band is working hard to release their sixth studio album Gurney and the Burning Books pretty soon, in May. They're
After the release of their self-titled debut album, it became apparent that The xx was a very special band. Singers Romy Madley Croft and Oliver Sim pioneered the way for hushed, intimate pop vocals intertwining with sleek guitar riffs and synthetic beats. The band has little social media presence and rarely interacts extensively with th
July 27, 2012 If you’ve heard “45” on WBRU anytime recently, you would assume that The Gaslight Anthem is a band that’s going to take you places. The album’s lead single, which also happens to be the lead track off of their most recent album Handwritten, kicks things off at a blistering pace with driving determination. But the places that “45” takes
July 24, 2012 I’ve been anticipating Passion Pit’s sophomore album, Gossamer, for a long time, and by that I mean after eating up every track on Manners and then looking around for more. Not to mention that frontman Michael Angelakos described the new stuff as a “fantastic, exciting, beautiful, gorgeous record,” further raising my expectations. And since the
