Kspill's Couch Ep. 7 - California X

Kspill is back with another episode of Kspill's Couch! This time he hangs out with California X!

GRIZZLOR,The Vultures, Spectral Fangs at Cafe Nine Thursday

Crazy show on Thursday @ Cafe Nine. Grizzlor, The Vultures and Spectral Fangs are gonna rip it up something NASTY!

Kspill's Couch Episode 6 - Blessed State

Kspill is back with another episode of Kspill's Couch! This time he hangs out with Blessed State!

Kspill's Couch Episode 5

Another awesome episode of Kspill's Couch is online now featuring the band Lea

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Palehound - Kitchens 7"

Palehound aren't stopping anytime soon. Here's a look at their new 7 inch "Kitchens" on Exploding In Sound Records, reviewed by Nicole Barnhart.

the Arsonaut - The Blue Pill & Black Draught VIDEO

The Arsonaut are a new band out of Danbury. They have a new music video for their track "The Blue Pill & Black Draught" which they filmed inside, around and underneath one of our favorite places: The Heirloom Arts Theatre!
Check it out!

Dead Wives - Buzzy Fuzzy

Lip Keebler's Dead Wives are back with Buzzy Fuzzy, part 1 of their "Basement Trilogy".

KSpill's Couch EP 1 -- FINS

Welcome Kspill's Couch, a new feature on CTIndie where awesome bands are interviewed and play for you! Enjoy!

"FINS was chosen to be first band to be featured on "Kspills Couch". So naturally we hung out and drank beers. Keep an eye out for more episodes with more cool bands."

Bowen Arrow : A band to keep on your radar.

Shaun Bowen has done it again. First he had it with grunge punks Murdervan before flying solo after Murdervan took a hiatus a year or so ago. Now he is back in another powerful three piece band known as Bowen Arrow.

ovlov - am

Well-loved Ovlov of Newtown, Conn. deliver fully on the strong promise of their first EP's with their debut album am. 10 tracks of blown out, fuzzy haze dominate this solid LP. Clearly it will be ruining speakers everywhere for years to come.

The Human Fly - Everything II: Variations on a Theme

Robert Mathis is another man in black, who wields his acoustic only to warn and illuminate. Not entertain you with infectious little numbers. His baritone pipes call to mind other darkly dressed gentlemen, from the likes of Nick Cave to Adam Turla. Mathis has been recording his brand of muddy doom-folk under the Human Fly handle up and down the eastern seaboard for the past couple years, while this is the first full recording to feature a full band. Everything II: Variations on a Theme is simply a different rendition of the bare boned Everything Feels Bad At Once. This re-imagined take on the low key original, unplugged version is more of a companion piece, meant to complete a sonic puzzle. But don't worry - it still sounds like lonely drives down desert highways, and soaking in the blood of haunted motel rooms. Where the comfort of city lights are reminisced upon via barren toned licks that teeter between The Damned and Alice in Chains.

Everything II was recorded in a modern studio on a whim, to reinvent sooty folk as sprawlingly evil grunge. It was all done in one fell swoop, so all the darkness you hear is natural, and not produced by robots. Clarity ups the stakes, giving The Human Fly a greater sense of immediacy. Tracks like The Fine Line and Severed Head come alive with blaring distortion and words that break on Mathis' demented hollering. The electricity in the strings still allow for opportunities to create foreboding atmosphere, while bass creeps around like carnivorous ivy. Climactic, surging guitar payoffs are the fire and brimstone behind backwoods preacher sermons.

Gritty ballad You Remind Me of Martha, is plain theatrical, adding emotive muscle to exposed bones. Primitive Ways is like a more treacherous depiction of a Cramps single, that one might hear over the opening credits of an Italian 60s horror film. The latter, along with Moth are grunge bliss. Driving backbeats bring Mathis' excellent songwriting up from the cellar. The upbeat ADHD is miles away from atmospheric bleakness, yet is a reminder of of how The Human Fly can take a new form, with his knack for many faces. An anti-super hero, who when stripped away of a backing band is still prolific.

Everything II: Variations on a Theme is perfect if you ever wanted to know what it would sound like if Danzig teamed up with Cobain circa 1992. Madness and nihilism have never sounded so heart warming. If having two versions of a release is worth doing at all, than its worth doing right. And this is done so, so goddamn right. 

OLD MONK / DEAD WIVES @ The Space 9/9

Brooklyn trio Old Monk are playing The Space on 9/9 with Dead Wives, one of CT's best bands! Do yourself a solid and treat yourself to a nice night of indie rock loud licks!

Sidewalk Dave - Hard On Romance

Sidewalk Dave is a New Haven icon. His albums keep getting progressively better.  No wonder New London's The Telegraph Recording Company was quick to sign him! New Haven's Mandee Potter reviews his new LP "Hard On Romance" after the break.

Everything Feels Bad All At Once - an album by The Human Fly

"Everything Feels Bad All At Once" by The Human Fly is like a dark stormy dream of the mind. Mainly just guitar and vocals with occasional bass guitar, the minimalist sound does not detract from the deep musical sorrow that bleeds through each track.

New SPACE ORPHANS 7" - Shoegazy Giuseppi and Ricky Ritardo

Space Orphans have a new 7 inch coming your way, so ready your turntable for some new waxy goodness!

Review: Ovlov “Not the Same Without You EP”

Ovlov is a talented four-piece band, half from Connecticut, the other half from Boston. Ovlov’s EP titled, “Not the Same Without You” showcases two songs. Don’t be deceived by the lack of songs, these two tracks are filled with pop punk goodness. The songs were produced by Julian Fader and Carlos Hernandez at Trinity Korean Methodist Church Studio.

Ovlov is on their first tour! Be sure to support them and come out!

Speedy Ortiz - Sports EP

Sports EP finds Speedy Ortiz expanding on the intricacies of songwriting that was being hinted at in the Taylor Swift b/w Swim Fan single that came out in march. Their instrument tones and mixing is still at an all time high and this clarity allows all of the lush details each member expertly adds to be noticed.

BRICON 2012: Farewell to King Weekend 6/1 @ Heirloom Arts Theatre

Brian Conner (aka King Weekend, Bricon) is a CTIndie contributor and Western Connecticut hero. He has been a bunch of bands (White Mountain, Guilty Faces, Debachery) and knows pretty much everyone in this part of the state. Brian Connor Convention (or BriCon for short) is a quasi-yearly show put on by Brian Connor featuring friends bands. This BriCon will be the last in CT for some time (possibly ever) as Brian is moving to Texas to fulfill his destiny.

Speedy Ortiz - "Taylor Swift" b/w "Swm Fan"

From the ashes of old bands comes new ones. When the members of Speedy Ortiz's other bands split up (the sadly missed: Quilty, Graph and Ovlov) members of these bands got together to explore their tastes in a new setting: SPEEDY ORTIZ.

Murdervan Sends Off Guitarist In Style This Saturday

Photo: Sharon Vine

Murdervan
The Vultures
Red Blade
Defcon 5
Thee Musical Marinades

Saturday, March 10
Cherry Street Station
491 North Cherry Street Extension
Wallingford, CT 06492
21+ - $4
8pm doors - Music starts early at 8:45pm

New Haven grungy rockers Murdervan are playing one final gig to properly send off their guitarist Shaun Bowen, who will be moving to California soon for school. So head on down this Saturday and celebrate with the band and a bunch of other great bands from the New Haven area.

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