
It’s been a fantastic summer for music and I didn’t even have to leave my apartment to discover new talent! I just open my inbox and there is great music waiting for me. But after having various publicists send me links galore of insanely good shit all summer long, everything from ME & LP’s [...]
Sep 10, 2011 | Categories: Arts, Featured, Podcasts | Tags: Awesome New Discoveries, Joe Bonaventura, Josh Jones, Kent Boersma, Philadelphia, podcast interviews, Prog Pop, Rob DeCarolis, self-releases, Tonight, Univox | Leave A Comment »

Podcast interview with singer/guitarist, Emma Ruth Rundle of The Nocturnes
Sep 04, 2011 | Categories: Arts, Latest, Podcasts | Tags: andrew clinco, Aokigahara, david clifford, Death Folk, emma ruth rundle, FLABcasts, interviews, Julian Rifkin, paris platt, sad core, The Nocturnes | Leave A Comment »

The Mars Volta and Tool without the incomprehensible lyrics.
Mar 27, 2011 | Categories: Arts, Podcasts | Tags: bend oregon, brainjar, empty space orchestra, experimental rock, featured artists, FLABcasts, free jazz, Instrumental Music, interviews, lindsey elias, shane thomas | Leave A Comment »

Laura is an extraordinarily talented and prolific musician who has scored numerous films, acted in some of them and gigged with notable Brooklyn bands The Dust Dive, Stars Like Fleas, and Family Dynamic. She recently released Someday We’ll Be Together, a collection of sparsely arranged tunes, because she felt like it.
Jan 17, 2011 | Categories: Arts, Podcasts | Tags: apache violin, Brooklyn, experimental music, i lost my shadow, jock soto, laura ortman, martha colburn, nanobah becker, new york city, solo efforts, someday we'll be together, stars like fleas, the dust dive | Leave A Comment »

holloys singer/bassist/trumpeteer, Jim Brown, lays down his positive vibe, man.
Jul 15, 2010 | Categories: Arts, Podcasts | Tags: afropunk, alvin de guzman, bryan lee brown, dance power, derek wood, DIY, holloys, jim brown, jon gonelli, jon theodore, jose medeles, los angeles, memory bulldozer, mike elliot | Leave A Comment »

Brooklyn based singer/songwriter, Charles Burst, enjoys reading reference materials, 70′s rock, vinyl and some other stuff too.
Jul 15, 2010 | Categories: Arts, Podcasts | Tags: breezy conversations with relative strangers, Brooklyn, Charles Burst, ernest jenning records, Famous Patient, troubadors, Vinyl | Leave A Comment »

I hate math. I’ve never been good at it and this has always caused me anxiety. So it makes sense that any band described as “Math Rock” or “Math Metal” is not going to grab my attention – until now.
Jul 01, 2010 | Categories: Arts, Podcasts | Tags: california, epiphanies, evolutions, experimental music, math rock, maturity, patagonian rats, realizations, sacramento, sargent house, tera melos | 3 Comments »

Horse The Band’s David Isen Discusses How to Survive in The Music Biz.
Mar 21, 2010 | Categories: Arts, Podcasts | Tags: 48 Hours in the Ukraine, alternnative distribution channels, california, cool dudes, david isen, Devote Fans, DIY, Earth Tour, Failure of All things, FLABcasts, hardcore, horse the band, independent label, nintendocore, Rape Escape, screamo, Shapeshift, South Africa | 2 Comments »

Fang Island’s finger-tapping guitar lines, chanted vocals, triumphant harmonies and overall perky songs hearken to the sort of “Total Music” of Jay Reatard, Ponytail, Kraftwerk, Marnie Stern, Thin Lizzy, et al. But, perhaps more so, its songs are like the music in your head at that moment when everything feels just right: that first kiss, that high score on the video game, buying your first small nation in cash… you know, good stuff.
Mar 14, 2010 | Categories: Arts, Podcasts | Tags: Boston, Brooklyn, Chris Georges, Daisy, Davy Crocket, Fang Island, Fucking Champs, Instrumental Music, interviews, jason bartell, Marc St. Sauveur, Michael Jacober, Nicholas Andrew Sadler, Queen, RISD, sargeant house, The Illinois, Total Music, Tours, Weezer | 1 Comment »

When I was about nine years old Rapture by Blondie was a top hit. You could count on it being played at least twenty times during a day’s rotation. I loved Blondie. She was so cool with her white dress, red lips and black and white hair. So cool. Around that time my then best [...]
Mar 01, 2010 | Categories: Arts, Podcasts | Tags: alter egos, alternative spaces, bands, blondie, bryan lee brown, california sound, destiny, escapism, fun, go-go dancers, independent music, lesbians, los angeles, patricia klein, performance art, pop rock, self-promotion, sex | Leave A Comment »