This band could be your life.
May 4th, 2007 12 Comments
Seems like all our friends with tickets to ride across the Atlantic and back return buzzing about Cajun Dance Party, a band of five teenagers (ages 16-17) from London, gaining a name for packing in… Read Story »
Apr 23rd, 2007 14 Comments
Alberta Cross is a dichotomous band front to back: the group comprises two permanent members, Petter Ericson Stakee and Terry Wolfers (best described as Anglo-Swedish); their sound flips between the… Read Story »
Apr 13th, 2007 47 Comments
Brooklyn's Vampire Weekend sent Stereogum a blue CD-R, which popped up in our iTunes as Vampire Weekend: Blue CD-R. Fair enough. The demo's sound quality matches the title's DIY promise, but these… Read Story »
Mar 5th, 2007 9 Comments
This could be the first you're hearing of Denmark's Slaraffenland. Or maybe you've been hip to their experimental art-rock surges since their rare NYC appearances over the past two years. Regardless,… Read Story »
Feb 21st, 2007 4 Comments
New Violators don't have an album out just yet, but the Norwegian quintet -- sextet, if you count the phenomenal female back-up singer accompanying them last time out -- should be a hit when they set… Read Story »
Feb 14th, 2007 8 Comments
Our first introduction to John Hancock came via his jammy, dystopian art-rock group Empirical Mile, born in the bowels of the University of Miami School Of Music and gone as quickly as the buzz they… Read Story »
Feb 6th, 2007 8 Comments
When we tell you that My Latest Novel is from Glasgow, you have permission to start thinking Arab Strap, Delgados, and Belle & Sebastian. They're all fair reference points for the open-hearted,… Read Story »
Jan 16th, 2007 8 Comments
Glascow's National Pop League is the sort of monthly art and music party that becomes a scene in itself, and for five years, lead Butcher Boy John Blain Hunt's DJ sessions were the reason to go. And… Read Story »
Jan 3rd, 2007 25 Comments
A handful of bloggers picked up on this 22-year-old Chicagoan when he released the single "Jacket" as a welcome-to-my-world ice breaker, but there will be much more movement around the kid and his… Read Story »
Dec 13th, 2006 26 Comments
Three lovely ladies from Tampa collaborated with London-based punk-funk producers HardFeelingsUK and put a banging EP of party hip-hop, mixing old-school flow and real-deal singing with booty-shaking… Read Story »
