Foster the People is one of those bands that I never thought would get a chart topping hit, at least not with their first album, especially their debut single. It’s not that I don’t like the band or anything, but I just didn’t see it coming. Today’s song is their first single from debut album, Torches, [...]
Free Downloads – The Works of TEKNiCOLOR
I’ve mentioned dubstep artist and personal friend Ty Mittelsteadt, aka TEKNiCOLOR, on here in the past promoting some of his free tracks. Ty has come a long way since the last time I featured some of his work on here, and I can wholeheartedly say that I am very happy with what he is doing [...]
Free Download: Love Amongst Ruin – Bring Me Down (You Don’t)
Since his departure from the band Placebo as their drummer, Steven Hewitt has been a busy fellow. Almost immediately, he began working on a new musical project, now called Love Amongst Ruin, with Hewitt on vocals and guitar. In light of some upcoming news (still not released yet), the band has put up a free [...]
Handpicked: Jimmy Gnecco – Mystery
There’s been a lot of talk about Jimmy Gnecco on Electric Mohawk and his re-release of his debut solo album, The Heart. I want to end the working week by selecting one of my favorite songs from the album, “Mystery”. The song is mellow, peaceful, and reminds me a lot of the song “Places” from [...]
Handpicked: The Kills – Baby Says
My exposure to The Kills is very limited, but I found this song on Spotify from their latest album, Blood Pressures. I don’t know if it was the mellow atmosphere, the opening guitar lick, the autonomous drumming, or the killer vocals that got me hooked on this song since the first time I heard it. [...]
Seahaven – “Winter Forever”
What an appropriate album for me to be listening to right now as today brought the year’s first snowfall (ughhh). Anyways, this is a band I have never been exposed to previously so I was kind of excited to listen after reading of Balance And Composure and Crime In Stereo comparisons. I definitely got the [...]
Free Download: As I Lay Dying – Paralyzed
As part of their release of their latest album Decas, As I Lay Dying has put up a free download of their song “Paralyzed”. Grab it from the SoundCloud embed below while you can!
Handpicked: Fleet Foxes – White Winter Hymnal
Today marked an important day in Central Wisconsin, the first snowfall of the year. It marks a transitional time in Wisconsin’s diverse seasons. Aside from being in the mood for Orgy’s Vapor Transmission (it’s because I bought this album in the winter time when I was in the 7th grade), I also was in the mood [...]
Handpicked: Thomas Dolby – Road to Reno
*Editors Note: It seems that this post didn’t go out yesterday when scheduled, so there will be a second handpicked post after this one. Sorry about that! A Map of the Floating City is the latest release from Thomas Dolby. Who the hell is Thomas Dolby, you ask? He’s the man behind the 80s hit “She [...]
Four Year Strong – “In Some Way, Shape, or Form”
Four Year Strong has been my favorite band in the universe pretty much since the day I discovered them, back in fall of 2007. They are one of the pioneers of this new wave of “hardcore pop punk” music. After they released Rise or Die Trying, literally hundreds of copycat bands would pop up, trying [...]
