Click on the link here for Audio Player: Rival Sons are a local (Long Beach) California band who have found their fortunes, not on these shores, but overseas. Getting together in 2008, they were signed to a major label from the get-go (Atlantic). But in true current day
Click on the link here for Audio Player: I understand Aztec Two-Step are still alive and kicking and touring around. I will admit they slipped off my radar around the time of this concert broadcast, via WLIR-FM, in 1976. No good reason, just distracted – 1976/1977 were busy
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Diving into more Retro tonight, this time by way of Spain. Dry Martina is a combination funk/retro/Spanish-Pop/Soul/Swing and a taste of Louis Prima headed up by singer Laura Insuasti-Malaga. The end result is a tasty, luxuriant blend, enhanced by some
Click on the link here for Audio Player: More festivals and more new acts tonight. Charlie Boyer & The Voyeurs are a recent signing by the indie label Heavenly Records (who’ve been signing a lot of great acts recently) and their appearance at the London Calling 2013
Click on the link here for Audio Player: One of the bands you probably won’t be hearing live, this festival season. Doves have been on hiatus since 2010, laying low and letting their music speak for itself. Together since 1998, Doves have had a good run so far.
Click on the link here for Audio Player: The spirit of Psych and Space-pop is alive and well and melting minds in Barcelona these days. Stay have been around for a while, primarily making waves in their native Spain and in various pockets around the rest of Europe.
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Heyerdahl are a new band, less than a year old. But in that short period of time they’ve managed to garner a lot of favorable reviews and some genuine excitement for this Norwegian import. From their very first gig in
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Checking out the latest from Stockholm tonight with a set recorded live by Sveriges Radio of Swedish Indie/Alt/ band Polstiljonen just a few weeks ago. They’re new to me and pretty new as a band (together since 2011). With no
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Festival season is roaring along. This week from Brussels, Belgium and the Nuits Bontanique Festival 2013. Tonight it’s a set by Belgian Indie/Alternative/proto-Psych band Vismets, recorded on May 8th during the homegrown portion of the festival. Vismets have been
Click on the link here for Audio Player: One of the early practitioners of Dreamscape and Experimental Electronica, Cocteau Twins came very much to be synonymous with the 80s and the Atmospheric turn the decade took in music. Embracing a minimalism in their music, Cocteau Twins and the
