#throwbackthursday Michael Smith’s Top 10 Releases of 2015
Beach House – Depression Cherry – An absolute masterpiece, that takes listeners on an astral journey through […]
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Album Review – Parquet Courts – ‘Monastic Living’ (Alternative)
Since their 2013 debut, Parquet Courts have become fan favorites in the underground post-punk scene. Combing well-written and very technical guitar riffs and effects that go beyond just loud feedback noise, their latest release they bring us something very different. […]
Album Review – Mutemath – ‘Vitals’ (Rock, Alternative)
Over their careers it has appeared that Mutemath has fallen through the cracks of the indie synth-pop world and have not received the same attention that peers such as Empire of the Sun, Hot Chip, […]
Animal Collective Premiere Video for “FloriDada”‘ – New Album out Feb 19
Animal Collective has premiered the video for new single ‘FloriDada’, off the forthcoming album Painting With, out February 19 on Domino. The video – an alien love story, touchingly human […]
MATTHEW LOGAN VASQUEZ (Delta Spirit) announces Debut LP SOLICITOR RETURNS – Listen to ‘Maria’
Dine Alone Records is excited to announce a new album from Matthew Logan Vasquez. The LP titled Solicitor Returns will be released on February 9, 2016 with a pre-order beginning January […]
PURITY RING Releases Video for ‘HEARTSIGH’
Purity Ring release their video for Heartsigh; directed by Cecil Frena & Alex Fischer (produced with the financial assistance of MuchFACT, a division of Bell Media Inc www.muchfact.ca). The video explores […]
January 2016 Vandala Magazine – BTBAM, Best of 2015, Three Days Grace, Corrosion of Conformity and More
2016 is upon us but the music is just beginning. Tours are set to start, new music set to release and we are already out there catching it all. This […]
#ThrowbackThursday – New Noise Music Festival Wraps Up Four Days
Article and Photos L. Paul Mann From Decembers 2015 Vandala Magazine The New Noise Music Festival wrapped up it’s seventh year as Santa Barbara’s premiere new music event. On Thursday night […]
Album Review – Beach House – ‘Thank Your Lucky Stars’ (Pop/Alternative)
Some may be confused to see a review for Beach House, thinking you just read one about two months ago. Well, instead of just settling with releasing one of the best albums of 2015, Depression Cherry, the duo thought their fans deserved more and released […]
TAYLOR PAYNE Releases ‘Outsider’ Single
“Outsider” is fascination. It’s an unrelenting thirst for action, or a chronic desire to be awakened. The claustrophobia in a wide space crawling with people who want you to be […]
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