MP3: Birds & Batteries – “Squeeze Box” (The Who cover)
MP3: Birds & Batteries – “Strange Kind of Mirror”
Last year, San Francisco’s Birds & Batteries released Panorama, quite possibly their best album yet. Continue reading…
Category Archives: interviews
Poetic Memory: Bone Quida Ida (List)
Bone Quida Ida is one of San Diego’s most promising new musicians, and he only has three songs. Continue reading…
Poetic Memory: White Denim (List)
Austin quartet White Denim released D, their fifth studio album in May; now, they’ve announced plans to release an EP, Takes Place in Your Workspace on October 25.
The experimental indie band has been compared to the Minutemen and Randy Newman (yes, both), and is known for infusing anything from punk to funk to piano ballads into their songs. White Denim has wowed crowds across the ‘States and abroad, even catching the ear of Jack White, who invited them to record a live LP at Third Man Records in Nashville.
To prep yourself for the show, check the above video for their 60’s rock-inspired single “Drug,” from D. After that, scroll down to read singer/guitarist James Petralli’s Poetic Memory. White Denim will play House of Blues on October 26. Continue reading…
Poetic Memory: Turn Off Your Television (List)
You just can’t go wrong with Swedish music. In the last decade, acts like Peter Bjorn & John, Shout Out Louds, and Lykke Li have all done their motherland proud, and now there’s another band to add to that distinguished list. Continue reading…
Interview: Dawes
http://youtu.be/-vnSXDNkUR0
When Los Angeles four-piece Dawes released North Hills, the band’s 2009 debut album, its members were barely in their twenties, and at least one was still in high school. Continue reading…