The Coral, whose average age was under 20 when the album dropped, showed chops beyond their years with the wildly diverse and supremely fun album.

Even after countless numbers of spins over the last few months, “From Africa to Málaga” by jj still proves to be an especially potent song for me…

Underwater Peoples Records has been on a great roll over the last year and one of the best bands on the label is the New Jersey-based Real Estate.

Video footage from the 2009 Red Stag Block Party in Minneapolis.

Video of Communist Daughter performing “In The Park” at Minneapolis’ 501 Club.

With the release of Eskimo Snow, Why? may have finally made the final step in their process from alt-rap to a full fledged weirdo art pop group…

Dream pop band Ganglians have recently released Monster Head Room, the band’s debut full length on the Woodsist record label.

Like the last time Johnston came to First Avenue, his set last week was split intro three equal portions. And while Johnstons’ last show was entertaining at the start and lost steam as other musicians joined Johnston, Thursday night was the exact opposite.

For better or for worse, New York’s Clap Your Hands Say Yeah will be forever intertwined with the initial rush of hype-based “blog bands”…

Far from being a Conor Oberst apologist, I was actually one of the people who was frustrated by his maddeningly inconsistent early work, especially on his third and fourth albums under his Bright Eyes moniker.

The Almighty Defenders, the decadent garage rock fan’s wet dream featuring members of the Black Lips and King Khan & BBQ Show, have now let out a few teasers from their upcoming self titled debut LP.

Passion Pit came to town this past Friday night in support of their debut album Manners, and the Boston-based group played a highly energetic and supremely fun show to a very sold out (and very young) crowd.