It’s been almost a decade since Torres raced into the upper echelon of indie rock with her sophomore album, Sprinter. And two and a half years since her last release, Thirstier. With a tour starting up next week, and What an enormous room out a week later, Torres is ready to offer up the next step in her evolution as an artist. Right off the … Continue reading Torres-What an enormous room
It’s hard to believe ten years passed between the last Voxtrot show and the announcement that they were getting back together. Maybe because I didn’t really know the band until the very end of their run, when they released “Berlin, Without Return” that got some play on the college station where I lived. It’s got that “Playground Love” style intro that instantly pulled me in … Continue reading Voxtrot: Reuniting For The Real Ones
Sometimes the weight of expectation can pull down a piece of art that would otherwise float higher than the eye could see. It’s nice to be able to hear a song or see a video from a completely unfamiliar artist and process it without any prior notions of what it might or should be. Such was the case with Pretty Sick’s video for “Black Tar.” … Continue reading Pretty Sick-Black Tar
Rachel Trachtenburg has already been making music for what seems like forever. With Wooing, her newest project, she’s taking on more of the work and delivering her most personal music yet. As part of the Trachtenburg Family Sideshow Players she was the drummer and slowly started doing more. Now she’s fronting a band of her own, with JR Thomason on guitar and Rosie Slater on … Continue reading Wooing-In Her Head
I caught Zigtebra at a show at Empty Bottle a couple years ago and really enjoyed the marriage of sound and visuals. This year they’re gonna try to release a new video every month, beginning with “Spectre” a couple days ago. I believe the video was shot while the duo was out in LA, but I could be wrong. It’s a well done clip, with … Continue reading Zigtebra-Spectre (Video)
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