Ladyhips - Live at Farmtone EP

Ladyhips return with their new EP Live at Farmtone. These guys have taken their immense skill and decided to explore some of the fringes of genre and songwriting, and they pull it off with ease!

Track Premier: Ladyhips - The Crows

I hear the Ladyhips are working on new recorded material! While we all salivate for it, they have decided to give us a new/old track, an unreleased song from their 2012 "Best Friends" sessions, called The Crows. This is a much more serious and dramatic song than we are used to from Ladyhips and further shows off their versatility and experimentalism.

Direct from the band:

"This track was recorded back in 2012, during the "Best Friends" sessions. Our good pal ended up moving to Tennessee soon after "Best Friends" was finished. As a result, this song sat on the back-burner for quite some time before we sent it off to be mastered.. This song was written while Sean was happing sleeeeeeeeep issues..
We hope you enjoy this tune! It's definitely a step away from a lot of our other material and a great look into how experimental the band was during their first experience in the studio."

If you are up in Putnam you should go see Ladyhips at The Stomping Ground March 15. Here is the link to the Facebook Event Page!

ENJOY

VIOLENT MAE

This past spring a band called Violent Mae sent us a track to premier called "Hole In My Heart". It was and still is a stellar track that covers so many bases musically and stylistically that it's kind of intimidating. Sometimes a band will come out with a song and tease that they could be the best band you have ever heard. Sometimes a band will make that level of promise to you. Only through hard work, determination, a discerning ear and a little luck could a band like Violent Mae make an album that lives up to the potential promised in their first single "Hole In My Heart". Luckily all of those things have clearly come to pass.

Lys Guillorn record release show 11/9 @ Heirloom Arts Theater

Lys Guillorn is back with a new LP called "Winged Victory" and a release show for the album on November 9th at The Heirloom Arts Theater in Danbury!

The Backyard Committee - Festival video

The Backyard Committee have a new video for their track "Festival". Check it out below!

MV & EE w/ Kath Bloom @ LIPGLOSS CRISIS 9/10

Another awesome show at LIPGLOSS CRISIS, this time with MV & EE and Kath Bloom!

Elison Jackson - Do Not Fear To Kill A Dead Man

Elison Jackson are a band that stands out. They have their own distinct and unique blend of pop, folk and blues. On their new album "Do Not Fear To Kill A Dead Man" they explore new and old territory, refining and perfecting their sound.

Hubbell Mountain - Stereoscope

Visceral and exciting, Hubbell Mountain’s new album, illustrated by the well-known LA artist Brendon Monroe (good freaking grab, guys, I love his work), grabs us by the chest and digs its roots deep inside us. With hi-fi precision and ingenious production quality, this [virus] collection next fuses with our arteries and starts to pump its serious mind-numbing juices into our bloodstream, and finally, after trying to rip our own hearts out, to no avail I assure you, it drowns us in its own frothy, pneumonic harmony; lulling us to our final sleep in a bath of melancholic and deeply personal dreams.

"Keep It In Good Shape" - An Interview with Brian Grochowski

Brian Grochowski is a real renaissance man. One could say he has his finger in a lot of pies. I had the opportunity to ask Brian some questions about all the bands he is in, as well as some of the details of his "1 album a month for the rest of 2013" project.

Genrely Confused Fest: The Guru, Giraffes? Giraffes!, DRGN King, Oshwa, Art Decade, High Pop and more!

A SUPER eclectic show is coming to The Space this Friday, Genrely Confused Fest, with The Guru, High Pop, Giraffes? Giraffes!, Art Decade and MANY MANY MORE

Ladyhips play The Stomping Ground August 16

Everyone favorite pop masterminds Ladyhips are playing one of my favorite spots on the planet, The Stomping Ground up in the quiet corner of the state, Putnam!

Sallie Ford & the Sound Outside + Daphne Lee Martin @ The Oasis Pub 7/19

I AM Fest is bringing awesome shows to CT all summer! This Friday brings Sallie Ford & The Sound Outside, and New London favorite Daphne Lee Martin!

The Sadness of the Human Head - An interview with DG IX of The Field Recordings

We caught up with one of our favorite people, DG IX from The Field Recordings, to discuss what is happening in his life and art as of late. He had a lot to say, as so much is going on. Much music and even a film is in the works. Take a gander after the break.

Flaming Lips & Spiritualized @ Oakdale Theatre on 7/15

So The Flaming Lips and Spiritualized will be playing at the Oakdale Theatre in Wallingford. This is a weird one and will be their only east coast performance for this tour they are on.

Lys Guillorn & Mercy Choir - Trouble EP

This review of Trouble, by Lys Guillorn and Mercy Choir, was submitted by guest columnist Maxx Hillery. Enjoy his review below:
Firstly, I'd like to say that the importance of album art is vastly underestimated in the world of music and I am always ecstatic to see someone who gets it right. Not only is the art on this EP, Trouble, elegant and simple, but its appearance makes reference to and comments on the style of music and the lyrical subject of the songs, and it is designed by one of the artists herself (Lys Guillorn).

Herff Jones - The Mercury Floor

This review of Herff Jones' The Mercury Floor, was submitted by guest columnist Maxx Hillery. Enjoy his review below:

Herff Jones has recently released their second EP, The Mercury Floor, whose radically eclectic offering makes it even more challenging to place them within the comfortable confines of a genre. I honestly couldn't figure out where to place this band, maybe the strange lo-fi lovechild of The Hush Sound and Andrew Bird? No, probably not. The female singers’ voice is reminiscent of Haley Williams’, but their style is not (at all), especially during the more hard-hitting songs that sport a sort of experimental punk-influence. Regardless, the harmonies of the two singers work so well that I could not care less what genre they happen to place themselves in, which, as mentioned in CTIndie’s review of their last EP, is ‘Alternative Rock?’

The Gentle Stunts\Celebrations\Far From In-Between\The Joint Chiefs of Math @ The Space 6/25

The Gentle Stunts are back! I hear they are working diligently on an LP follow up to last years brilliant "Life-Size Deadbeats", but for now you can sample old songs and new when they play The Space on Tuesday with Celebrations, Far From In-Between and The Joint Chiefs Of Math.

Dan Verner of Monster Eats Pilot - Interview

In the wake of Sneaky Castro Dan Verner has crafted another rock and roll machine, Monster Eats Pilot. With a combination of Alternative, Grunge, soul, and low down and dirty rock and roll Monster Eats Pilot has released a new album called “Extended Unicorn Play”.  Check out what Dan had to say, and check out Monster Eats Pilot on the information superhighway. www.facebook.com/monstereatspilot

An Evening with Great Caesar, José Oyola & the Astronauts, Giorgio Fareira @ Lyric Hall on 5/31

The beautiful and intimate Lyric Hall is hosting a classy show this Friday featuring José Oyola & The Astronauts, Great Caesar and Giorgio Fareira!

Shale track review - III

Shale's track "III" off of their eponymous debut is a slow burning and beautiful song. It sounds a little like Karate, Gastr Del Sol and American Analog Set. Pretty harmonics and violins accessorize this weighty tune, which swells and becomes fat with saturation at the end. Thunderous and brilliant drums blast out and settle with dual vocal melodies.
It is worth noting that this band features former members of Fugue and midi.
Beautiful album art to boot!