Author: Lee

Notable Album Release: As Tall As Lions – You Can’t Take It With You

Ending the longest string of [MP3] openings (Edit: Jon beat me to it) in the history of KR (Jamie got a little wild there, I know) is a brief spotlight on As Tall As Lions‘ new effort, You Can’t Take It With You, which drops August 18 (next week). To be perfectly honest, I knew… Continue reading Notable Album Release: As Tall As Lions – You Can’t Take It With You

Matt Kanelos & The Smooth Maria featured on NPR’s Song of the Day

In some exciting news on the right coast, KR friend and stunning musician Matt Kanelos, and his band, The Smooth Maria, were honored on NPR’s Song of the Day yesterday (8/10). The featured song was “Sing” (expect anything else?), the final track off of Silent Show, and NPR guy Ben Westhoff goes into some deep… Continue reading Matt Kanelos & The Smooth Maria featured on NPR’s Song of the Day

[MP3] Sea Wolf: “Stanislaus”

In anticipation of their forthcoming album, White Water, White Bloom (due September 22), Sea Wolf is offering up a new bonus track, available to the public, titled “Stanislaus.” If this song is any indication as to where the new record may be going, it sounds like we should be ready for a bigger, fuller tone… Continue reading [MP3] Sea Wolf: “Stanislaus”

In Case You Missed It: Week in Review

While we continued on with our posting, we mourned for you, John Hughes. Ferris Bueller (not pictured above) and your other well thought out, inspiring characters will never be forgotten. So if readers were feeling nostalgic, watching old films and not caught up in the here and now (totally understandable), here’s what was missed this… Continue reading In Case You Missed It: Week in Review

Solander: Revisiting Fredrik and Sweden

Fredrik Karlsson, one of the members of a KR favorite band, Fredrik, has his own solo project that I’d imagine you’d all love to hear about, as I’ve only just discovered it recently. Solander is Karlsson backed up by various others, mostly from the the Swedish Malmö underground scene. With a similar style to Fredrik,… Continue reading Solander: Revisiting Fredrik and Sweden

[MP3] New Top Sound: “A Matter of Precision” (finished version)

Stockholm, Sweden’s Top Sound have just released new single “A Matter of Precision” as a free download on Friendly Noise, along with a gorgeous French-sung B-Side, “Francophilie”.  Both tracks are sugary indie pop in its truest form – “A Matter of Precision” has a catchy, piano-filled, electronic percussion/synth beat (with vocals that are, at times,… Continue reading [MP3] New Top Sound: “A Matter of Precision” (finished version)

Charm and Trevor Giuliani are one and the same

Often times I’m admittedly late to the game on musicians I should have been on top of way back when. Way back when in this case is only June, but regardless, I gotta step it up. I received Trevor Giuliani’s Subcontrario (In Stereo) (released July 21 on Dovecote Records) in the actual mail and didn’t… Continue reading Charm and Trevor Giuliani are one and the same

Throw Me The Statue delivers an “almost” effort on Creaturesque

After hearing “Waving at the Shore”, the first track off Throw Me The Statue‘s sophomore album, Creaturesque (which, by the way, is really killing me to type every time), I was expecting nothing short of pure brilliance from Scott Reitherman and his Seattle crew. I’ll concede that I fell madly in love with Moonbeams so… Continue reading Throw Me The Statue delivers an “almost” effort on Creaturesque

[MP3] New Greg Laswell – “Your Ghost”

Courtesy of KCRW’s “Today’s Top Tune”: Greg Laswell is an LA-based producer and songwriter with a few full-length original albums under his belt. For his upcoming EP, however, he’s decided to re-interpret some of his favorites songs. Here’s a preview with Today’s Top Tune, a haunting version of Kristin Hersh’s ” Your Ghost.“ I couldn’t… Continue reading [MP3] New Greg Laswell – “Your Ghost”