The 11-songs that make up Gross Ghost's Brer Rabbit are the culmination of two years packed full with disconnected phone lines, unreliable transportation/gear, lost jobs, friends and family members and yet, some undeniably fun times for the band. The album is a collection of previously released tracks from the bands first two EPs, all remixed and remastered, in addition to a handful of new songs. Over the last couple of years in the lives of Mike and Tre, the duo behind Gross Ghost, these songs were written during found hours, in between...
Old Bricks came into being in the midst of transition. Though the group's two releases come from separate aesthetic approaches--2010's Farmers features sparse, quivering, melancholic-folk while 2011's City Lights broods with hazy melodic swells and rhythmic intensity--both embody these formative characteristics.
Founding members Stuart Edwards and Andy Holmes grew up together in Rocky Mount, NC, and reunited in Nashville, TN to pursue music. Ennui, a death and a bout with homelessness lead them back to NC, with a stockpile of material Edwards had written. The catharsis proved fertile.
The band evolved, exploring instrumentation, dynamics, and experimenting with...
Juan Huevos, known to his fans and friends as J Waves, is a young buck dumb fuck. A CEO of the bedroom rap scene, an untalented white guy of the synth production scene, an underwear model of the music scene. Drunk off a fantasy world that mimics reality, the kid J Waves is crying one moment, flying high the next, charming his way into young hearts and not knowing what to do once he gets there.
Lo-fi beats when made by hand, hi-fi raps about things you can relate to.
Hi-fi beats when fucking with French electro producers or...
"One day, while searching the net for baby names - as one does when their life is full of stimulation and revelry - I decided to type in my own name, Logan.
The name Logan, of Gaelic origin, means "from the hollow" or "little hollow." I thought, "... hm. That's interesting."
hollow [ˈhɒləʊ]
noun 1. a small valley between mountains
adj 2. recessed or deeply set
3. having a reverberating, sepulchral sound
4. insincere; cynical
Well...
Libraries is the collective faults of Tommy Kitrick and Justin Chillington, 2 young bros who can Bruce Willis a beat and use it to blow the roof off a skyscraper. Their shared music tastes resulted in them forming a duo as they partied and bullshitted their way through 2010. Almost 2 years later, Libraries are wired to smash like global-warming fueled Wilmington waves. Their talents run the full gamut for modern electronic musicians: producing and recording original tracks, remixing other artists, and banging out powerful live performances. Hustling hard as possible, but still finding time for what really matters in...
There are many musicians riding the wave of psychedelia these days. But most seem caught in the net of authenticity, trying to reproduce a sound that has already been, whether stylistically or through the recording process. Others take the approach of genre mating and bending, blending their influences with more modern sounds or a danceable driving force behind it. There will always be a difference between just doing something and doing something well. With so much music at our disposal now, "well" requires more than just a proficiency for songwriting - it needs to be new,...
There used to be a bio for The Grapes. But it's gone now. It was funny. Long story.
Autumn Ehinger was in a band. Then it broke up. Everyone moved and Autumn fancied that she would, too. She didn't know where, or even what she would do when she got there, but she knew it was time. Fast forward 2 years later. Autumn reflected on her journey that had taken her from North Carolina to Virginia to Arizona, and even to Japan. She had even gone as far as to move back in with her parents. But our story had already begun.
Even though she longed...
Andy Black and Michael Kilpatrick began collaborating during a shared semester on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. Returning to their homes in North Carolina and California, the two continued to write and record individually, sharing tracks on the internet. In 2010, they moved to Nashville, Tennessee, where they dubbed their collaboration, "Doctor", and developed the immersive sound heard on their latest EP, Magic Genie Chords.
The band uses an array of analog synthesizers, drum machines, toy keyboards, and acoustic recording techniques. Black developed as a singer and keyboardist through an upbringing of classical study and church music. Kilpatrick, a self-taught...
Veelee are the music of stress, and changes in temperature; the music of birds that love to fly but don't always want to. Veelee are strings that are wound just tight, or loose, enough to hit whatever relevant notes. Matthew Park and Ginger Wagg are Veelee. They might be your neighbors. When you listen to them it feels like they could be there, in that house you can just make out through the trees, with awkwardly beautiful sounds sneaking out.
Veelee are minimalism maximized. Curious and wide-eyed, they intuitively and randomly explore different...
