Posts by Joseph Lo

“An urgent, raucous affair, The Harmaleighs’ new single ‘Sorry, I’m Busy’ captures the paralyzing power of social anxiety through intimate lyrics and raw indie rock.” – Atwood Magazine “…a more powerful garage rock sound… traces of a personal folk rock approach that is much more expansive here.” – We All Want Someone To Shout For…

Last year, indie-folk outfit The Paper Kites released two albums – On the Corner Where You Live, the Australian band’s melancholic, mid-tempo companion to On the Train Ride Home, a surprise album drop for fans.  The Paper Kites (which includes lead vocalist Sam Bentley, vocalist Christina Lacy, guitarist Dave Powys, drummer Josh Bentley and bassist…

Guster has announced the dates for their third annual On The Ocean Weekend in Portland, Maine set for August 9th-11th. The last two editions of the summer gathering saw more than 5,000 Guster fans venture to the coastal New England city. The main event will be taking place at Thompson’s Point on Saturday, August 10th and…

Canadian-born, Australia-based singer/songwriter Garrett Kato announces a North American tour supporting fellow Australian artist Ziggy Alberts. Launching June 18th in New York City, the 10-date run of shows will take Kato through major markets across America, wrapping in Canada on July 11th in Montreal. A full list of dates is below. Last Friday, Garrett shared…

In support of his self-titled debut album (May 3rd), Seattle-based artist and producer SYML (AKA Brian Fennell) has announced a headlining run of East Coast dates beginning June 10th in Washington, DC at Union Stage, a West Coast stretch that begins August 12th in Los Angeles at The Troubadour and a performance at Outside Lands Festival in San Francisco on August 10th. Fresh off a sold-out North American tour with Dean Lewis and…

“…crunching guitar pop… Raging against “shallow love” it’s devastating of lyric and concise of vocal, recalling everyone from Hole to Smashing Pumpkins.” – Clash Magazine  Jack River dips her toes into a hazy 90s rock essence and emerges with glistening new track “Adolescent” off of the upcoming deluxe version of her debut album, Sugar Mountain. The track welcomes…

“With her delicately sweet vocals accompanied by simple yet powerful piano, drum beats, and guitar strums, Emma Frank has made ‘I Thought’ into one of 2019’s most gorgeous tracks.” — Atwood Magazine   New York-based singer/songwriter Emma Frank’s music might sound like folk, jazz, even R&B depending on when a listener walks into the song.…

  “Aisha Badru sets her warm and inviting voice against an array of soft effects… As the dramatic tension builds, all that technology only enhances her songs’ sense of intimacy, pulling you closer until she might as well be whispering directly into your ear.” — NPR Music “Aisha Badru’s vocals are slight but soulful, airy…

Together Pangea begin a North American tour alongside Vundabar on June 7th with a hometown launch at the Regent Theatre in Los Angeles (all dates are below).  With this news comes a new track, “Never Said I Wanna,” from their upcoming Dispassionate EP, out May 31st.  The track premiered via Substream, who said “The new…

Capturing the essence of latest single “Every Day (feat. Hoodlem)” with a simple and striking concept, director Nathan Presley (Mr Little Jeans, Trace) walks us through the fantasy of a love addict. The video opens on Courtney Campbell at a downtown train station as she gazes lovingly at a photograph. Obsessive devotion her focus, she plugs…