Did you catch these gems last year? Well I have just discovered them and I’m loving it. Check out It’s Real below from their Album ‘Days’ released under Domino Records. http://www.dominorecordco.us/artists/real-estate

The sunny Southern Californian septet The Mowgli’s just released a digital 7-inch (with vinyl to come) entitled San Francisco, named for the first track on the release, which you can check out below. Catch them (along with every other band that ever existed) at SXSW with their debut LP to be released in Spring 2012. [...]

From the Beatles to Winehouse, Adele and Nutini, US rock and the Motown greats have long resonated with the Brits. Americans learnt a thing or two from us as well. Cultures and styles go back and forth, but what drives that deep, hair raising soulful sound is an (un)healthy mix of personal/social troubles, a ‘heavy [...]

Remember this Brit indie classic? Well keep your ears to the ground, as they plan to release their second LP ahead of their festival appearances this year, “The majority of stuff I’m working on now is The xx stuff. We’re just about to start recording. Hopefully we’ll get it done in time for most festivals [...]

The Lights, hailing from a small town just below London, have released a new track with a video of the boys to match. Formed in 2007, the band have continued to go from strength to strength with a combination of melody infused with some darker and more contemplative moments. Chiming guitars and uplifting bass, fuelled [...]

Polly Jean Harvey has become the first person ever to win The Mercury Music prize twice.  Beginning in 1992, The Mercury Music prize honours celebrates music by British or Irish artists, assessed soley on one album.  Despite being the bookmakers’ favourite, the record beat of tough competition from the likes of Adele, Tinie Tempah, and [...]

Parlovr are making the trip from Montreal – the land of many great bands – to New York on August 19th to play a show at Glasslands Gallery with the headliners Yellow Ostrich. You can get $10 adv tickets here, and check out their great video of Pen to the Paper to show you why [...]

Straight off the back of her concert last night, and an early CBS appearance this morning, Ellie Goulding came to BestBuy to give a free acoustic show. The setlist was as follows: Guns and Horses, Lights, Your Song, Salt Skin, Wish I Stayed and Starry Eyed. See below for a video of her amazing performance [...]

If you didn’t get to catch Dastardly when they passed by New York in June, here is an excellent sample of their music, recorded by Kitchen Sessions. I’m a sucker for harmonies…… DASTARDLY – Freight Train from Kitchen Sessions on Vimeo. And check out this great band shot: