Oct 14, 2013
By Matt Fink
of Montreal
For our Track-by-Track feature, we go in-depth with an artist about each song on their new album. This week we are featuring of Montreal‘s Lousy With Sylvianbriar, and for the next three days we’ll post commentary by frontman Kevin Barnes on all of the album’s songs. Lousy With Sylvianbriar was released last week on Polyvinyl. More
Oct 11, 2013
By Austin Trunick
The Stepkids
With its unusual blend of funk, soul, and trippy jazz, the self-titled debut from Connecticut’s The Stepkids was one of the most offbeat records to make Under the Radar‘s 2011 Best Albums of the Year list. More
Oct 11, 2013
By Mike Hilleary
Mt. Wolf
As many musical artists tend to do, Londoners Kate Sproule, Stevie McMinn, Sebastian “Bassi” Fox, and Al Mitchell have created a unique insignia for their band, Mt. Wolf. Made up of two geometric diamonds, the glyph is a fixture of the group’s branded identity, appearing in everything from music videos and publicity photos to the covers of their EPs Life Size Ghosts and Hypolight. More
Oct 10, 2013
By Dan Lucas
Weekend
When you think of post-punk’s 1980s heyday, the mind doesn’t tend to wander too far outside of London. Killing Joke, The Cure, and Wire were all huge influences on the New York scene that followed and warped into New Wave, so it seems a little incongruous that one of the most exciting bands leading its revival actually hails from sunny California. More
