For just about 4 years now Nathan Williams, AKA lead singer and songwriter for the indie punk group Wavves, has been coming out with quality, catchy, and very listenable surf rock. His most recent release, however, was made along with his brother under the alias Sweet Valley. It’s a departure from the usual drums, bass, guitar and vocals, Instead, it’s [...]

“Warning, listening to them might cause spontaneous Ironic Mustache” – Stephen Colbert says in his introduction for Grizzly Bear before interviewing them on a rocking, unstable, little boat in what looks like the Intrepid Museum.  Colbert calls the band “The Beach Boys on cough syrup,” a title they prove worthy of after performing two songs off their upcoming LP, Sheilds, [...]

  Were you looking for chopped and screwed versions of Alicia Keys and Christina Aguilera hits, and an altogether mind numbing 40 minutes of music to make your day a little slower? Well, you might just be in luck. Because last week, our favorite slurry DJ, Shlohmo, put out a mix for Fader as a precursor to his August 11th [...]

For one special Tuesday night at the Music Hall of Williamsburg, a lucky audience was taken on a journey back to the good ol’ days of rock n’ roll. 70’s style psych rockers Tame Impala have proven themselves as the up-and-coming Aussies you gotta see, selling out the venue- in around ten minutes -after announcing the show as a last [...]

“You’re already dead, but you’re about to die.” Mind – fucked. And we’re only two songs in.  David Longstreth is a master of warping sounds, stanzas, ideas, and structure. His music is for that part in all of us that wants to explore new things; traditional pop constructions taken far from the standard. Swing Lo Magellan is so undeniably catchy, [...]