Braid played 620 shows. 47 states and 18 countries… and counting. Continue reading → Read More ›

“Aspire, to Inspire. I don’t even know you, but I love you,” the motto F.Stokes lives by. Born and raised in the South Side of Chicago, F.Stokes has lived a life anything but simple. Transplanting to Madison, WI for his… Read More ›

It is an amazing feat that over the course of 14 years and various line-up changes that The Appleseed Cast have never faltered, continually improving and maintaining a cohesion throughout their discography despite the contributions of many musicians through the years. Every The Appleseed Cast album is always measured by fans beside their earlier works, particularly the Low Level Owl albums, while other fans prefer works like Two Conversations or Mare Vitalis. Despite all of the changes and being held to the achievements of previous works, the band continues to expand their sound and experiment with their identity. While many lump The Appleseed Cast into either the emo or post-rock camp, the truth is it lies somewhere in between. While the instrumentation fits snuggly in the realm of post-rock, it is uniquely their own. Continue reading → Read More ›

“Her strength seems to reside in her ability to be musically versatile. Utilizing various orchestrations, Tristen weaves a glistening web of thoughtful and extremely mature melodies that tremble with undeniable power.” -American Songwriter “Pop hooks and pure inspiration” – NPR… Read More ›

2010’s Behold the Spirit, William Tyler’s first album under his own name, was celebrated as “the most vital, energized album by an American solo guitarist in a decade or more,” establishing him as a critical constellatory star, the picker that connected the dots between Sandy Bull, Richard Thompson, Bruce Langhorne and Reggie Young. You don’t get perfection with William (I suspect he’d be OK with that assessment); you get brambles and wandering, the wide and deep and arcane path to transcendence. Continue reading → Read More ›

During the last decade, Aimée Argote has had more bands called Des Ark than she has albums under that name. She’s howled and jerked in sweaty houses and rock clubs, backed by a drummer, another drummer, yet another drummer and… Read More ›

Once you find out that Astronautalis was born to a Texas train man with a nose crooked from bar fights and a pretty Kentucky girl who ran away from home at 17 to become a photographer, it becomes clear that… Read More ›

Born and bred in the Delaware Valley, this trio of songsters now call Brooklyn, New York their home, like much of their musical brethren. Comprised of a lass named Heather and two boys named James, the songs they Smith will… Read More ›

“If I were the moon, I know where I would fall down.” -D.H. Lawrence

To refer to Deer Vibes as a band would be selling them short. Hailing from San Antonio, Texas, Deer Vibes might be better described as a miniature indie rock orchestra. Continue reading → Read More ›

Described as the feasible love-children of They Might Be Giants & Kimya Dawson, Vivian & Midge Ramone are art-band ShiSho. The young sisters have been performing accordion & guitar for 9 years. With a punk aethstetic that catches audiences off guard ShiSho is a kid band that’s not for kid audiences. Continue reading → Read More ›

Marcus Alan Ward, better known as Freeze-Tag, emerged at a moment when the lines between electro and soul experimentation were blurring and becoming more accessible than ever. His debut, Wldflwr_hny, arrived on the downward crest of the chillwave movement and… Read More ›

The Modern Electric is a cinematic pop band of four Cleveland suburbanites in search of a life that’s just like in the movies. Continue reading → Read More ›

“The album [2012's "11868"] is a quintessential summer break-up record, all bubbly melodies and buoyant guitars. But the sunny delivery is tempered by the rainy-day lyricism. It’s a conceit used by artists from the Beatles to Elliott Smith and it works… Read More ›

Outer Spaces is Cara Beth Satalino and friends.

” C>C>C> play a kind of free-wheeling emo / indie mix, slotting in mathy rhythms that never get overly technical. So it bounces back and forth in a manner previously honed by the likes of Braid and Colossal.” -Andy Malcolm… Read More ›

Seafair started when Chayla Hope (vocals, keys) and Joshua Riehl (guitars), got in contact with Ryan Kelly (Drums) and Tara Hanish (Cello), both former members of the now-defunct Unsparing Sea, to start a new project. After a year or so… Read More ›

Metavari makes electronic music in a basement with a collection of salvaged synthesizers, man-made triggers and a video camera. Continue reading → Read More ›

Cleveland rockers Filmstrip have just recorded their second full-length LP, Moments That Matter, in November, 2012 at Echo Mountain Recordings in Asheville, North Carolina. Brothers Dave Taha (guitar, vocals) and Matt Taha (bass, vocals) have been making music with Nick… Read More ›

Don’t care about gettin’ rich, don’t care about stayin’ poor.

It’s three minutes after Eric Baum looked up from his drum set, promising to play “a little bit poppier of a song” and, as if on queue, a tile falls from the ceiling of Adam Horwatt’s basement whereSo Long, Albatross… Read More ›

Rarely do you come across a young band that startles you with such inherent quality. While Cleveland, Ohio’s Signals Midwest might be rooted in the ethos of punk rock, the band quickly transcends the tag both musically and lyrically on… Read More ›

Leah Lou & the 2 Left Shoes, the duo of guitar and ukulele player Leah Lou and bassist Daniel Lee, has long been a staple to the city’s indie folk scene. Last year, Dotty brought an album of cheeky confessionals… Read More ›

Now on the tails of their 2012 full-length Curses, Cleveland’s Ohio Sky has come to be regarded for their psych-tinged brand of spacey, brooding rock and Vince DiFranco’s signature vocals that float above a proggy, powerhouse wall of sound. Since… Read More ›