Enjoy this new tunes from The Morning Benders. I first heard it on the F train – some school kids got on in the Lower East Side dressed like perfect mid-80’s hip-hoppers. I watched them clowning around and terrorizing each other all the while blasting “Promises” on my head phones – it was the perfect sound track. [...]

Ok, so this isn’t the first time we’ve given you free music from Taken by Trees. But, as our favorite Stockholm based recording artist keeps giving up free music, we feel its our duty to pass it on to you. Taken by Trees (née Victoria Bergsman) has a long history of recording with top indie groups and [...]

Last spring, lead singer Adam Olenius wrote many songs while living in Melbourne, Australia, in a tiny room with a little synthesizer, an acoustic guitar, and GarageBand on his laptop. He passed them on to the rest of the band who listened closely from their corners of the world, questioning and challenging him—like a good [...]

NYC resident master mixer Lion Dub has spent almost 2 decades bringing us the smoothest of reggae. From dance hall to deep dub step Lion Dub has worked with the best in the industry from NYC to Kingston. The albums he’s worked on are too many to name. His label LionDub International is currently making [...]

School of Seven Bells (SVIIB) is a trio of musicians that met while on tour with Interpol. They all promptly left their then current bands, and moved in together. Sometimes, thats how magic happens. The trio composed of Benjamin Curtis, Alejandra Deheza and Claudia Deheza delivers dreamy lyrics originate with, well, dreams. Singer Alejandra Deheza [...]

Beijing based rock band Hedgehog brings nothing if they don’t bring power. Veterans of the 2009 Modern Sky Festival can remember headliner Hedgehog’s energy and stage presence that memorable summer night in NYC. Captained by Atom, a pint-sized female drummer and lead singer, Hedgehog’s music is the embodiment of the growing Beijing rock scene – and dare [...]

What does an established Swedish musician do when they need to shake things up for a new project? Well, how about recording an album in turbulent Pakistan, drawing from local influences and supported by local musicians to mix things up. That is precisely what Stockholm based recording artist Taken by Trees (née Victoria Bergsman) had in [...]

Who doesn’t love Girls? The band that is… San Francisco based duo Christopher Owens and JR White blew up on the scene with their first album, Album, that dropped earlier this year (lucky September 22nd) and they have been making serious waves since. Being featured on all the top indie stations and blogs has garnered Girls [...]

Brooklyn based band, ArpLine are not afraid of technology – Vocals are processed. Guitars are digitized. Drums are looped and re-looped. Bass is bowed. Everything is in jeopardy of being fed in to the three laptops they bring on stage. But have no fear, catch this band live and you [...]

The space at the Bowery Ballroom was nearly full towards the end of the fantastic opening set by the Tune-Yards. Normally the rush of smokers heading outside loosens the crowd and allows late comers (like myself) to creep closer to the front – this was not the case in anticipation of the Dirty Projectors first show of [...]