How did I miss this!? Aaron Marsh of Copeland has a new band, The Lulls in Traffic. They released The Rope to Pull Yourself Together last summer. Doesn’t look like they’ve been up to much else lately, after a quick glace at their twitter feed. Not even going to try and be clever with this [...]
The new Moving Mountains EP doesn’t officially come out until next week, but you can get a free download from Noisetrade by using the widget below. It’s a 4 track EP of “acoustic reinterpretations,” featuring 2 songs from Waves and 2 from Pneuma. The album also features guest performances from Caitlin Grace Bailey – the cellist on Waves. Highlight: the gorgeously intimate, string-heavy version of “Ode We [...]
A Minor Bird, the debut album from romantic pop outfit Sucre, hits the digital waves today. Stacy King (of Eisley) fronts the trio, which also features husband Darren King (of MuteMath) and producer Jeremy Larson. I’ve always enjoyed the featherweight vocal stylings of the girls in Eisley. Sucre takes the melodic pop aspects of the [...]
Ran across this shiny gem of a song. Anthony Green and Nate Ruess of fun. seemed like an unlikely pairing (as does the introduction of autotune into such a combination), but I think they pulled it off well. Deliciously dark. Check it fo yo’self.
While we were in the throes of SXSW planning, a mighty fine tidbit of news flew under our radar. Pop-punk favorites Search the City announced via their facebook page that they have reunited and are already in the process of recording demos for a new album. If you aren’t familiar with the Detroit-based band, [...]
Website: http://asilentfilm.com/ Label: Unsigned Genre: Pop, Indie-rock RIYL: The Boxer Rebellion, Coldplay, Interpol, Radiohead UK popsters A Silent Film have released some new tunes weeks ahead of their mini US tour and impending album release (June 5). We’ve been hyping these guys up since 2010, and were fortunate enough to catch them at last years SXSW. [...]
Filmed at an art studio in Nashville, TN for an Audio-Files.com recording, this dreamy new track from electronic indie-rockers Paper Route also features an Interlude favorite – lead singer Cacie Dalager from the band Now, Now. It’s a short (2:30) ballad, decidedly darker from most of Paper Routes previous work. Dalager brings an almost ethereal, [...]
Website: filmsofcolour.com Hometown: London, England Label: Unsigned Genre: Atmospheric-rock, Electronic RIYL: Delphic, Coldplay, Editors, The Boxer Rebellion We have a soft spot for atmospheric rock here at Interlude, and one of our favorite recent discoveries fitting that mold are Films of Colour from London. We featured them on our sister site, SxUnsigned.com for SXSW 2012, and we [...]
Website: www.facebook.com/stlucianewyork Hometown: Brooklyn, NY Label: Heavyroc Genre: Electronic RIYL: M83, Washed Out, Lord Huron While we didn’t get the chance to catch St. Lucia at SXSW, they were brought up in several conversations during and after so we decided to check them out. One listen to the track “We Got It Wrong” and we [...]
Website: capitalcitiesmusic.com Hometown: Los Angeles/San Francisco Label: Unsigned Genre: electro-pop RIYL: Black Light Dinner Party, Passion Pit, MGMT Capital Cities was the first band I saw this year at SXSW. With their brand of funky electro-pop, complete with a trumpet player who stood perched atop the amps at the back of the stage like the [...]
Website: http://harrietmusic.com Hometown: Los Angeles, CA Label: Unsigned Genre: Indie-rock, Americana RIYL: Wilco, Ra Ra Riot, Dawes, California Wives Featured on our site SxUnsigned.com, Harriet was one of the bands on our site that we were fortunate to see live after only previously communicating via email. The buzz around the band was growing long before the fest, [...]
Website: http://ghostbeachmusic.com/ Hometown: New York, New York Label: Crazy Heart Records Genre: Electronic dance rock RIYL: MGMT, Passion Pit, The Naked and Famous They haven’t been around for too long, but since they self-released their first recordings last October, Ghost Beach are blowing up all over music blogs of many genres. This is one of [...]