San Diego
PREMIERE: Stream Eric Schroeder’s second album of 2021 in full ahead of release tomorrow
If you haven’t been keeping up, San Diego’s Eric Schroeder released his most recent album in April – a deeply personal offering that was, as Donnie and Marie Osmond didn’t quite say, a little bit alt-country, a little bit rock’n’roll. Called The Kid, it would have been an impressive enough collection on its own, but …
Droppin’ Knowledge: Behind The Boards With Sir Froderick
What up, people. For today’s edition of Behind The Boards, we have royalty in the house. All hail Sir Froderick, from the House of FIVESPACE, http://facespaceshop.com. Sir Froderick, a knight of the Turn-Table and Cassette Deck, is also a sound alchemist, who drops aural specimens into his creative cauldron, agitates the boiling stew and mutters …
See: As I Lay Dying release new video for Torn Between, plus US tour dates
San Diego quintet AS I LAY DYING have released a video for the single ‘Torn Between’, taken from their new album ‘Shaped By Fire’, out now via Nuclear Blast. The track lets the ominous beginning build the tension for the inevitable release, and the band go in big with these throaty vocals and big riffs laid over the …
Track: Hot Snakes – Six Wave Hold-Down, plus first new album in 14 years news
It’s been a LONG time, but finally Hot Snakes, aka Swami John Reis and Rick Froberg have reconvened, and for good reason too, by the sound of it…“I considered stopping playing guitar on a social media poll after I completely mastered the instrument,” Reis says. “But so many people kept sending me letters and voicemail …
See: Soft Lions release new video for Run In Dreams
San Diego three piece have just released a !ZeuqsaV! directed video for the track Run in Dreams, the third to be taken from their recent XOXO EP. Describing their music as post riot-grrl, noise pop, beach grunge, psychedelic, weirdo garage rock (how could we fail to check it out after that description) the track has …
Tom Brosseau: Profile
Outside it’s a beautifully bright Sunday lunchtime, but chill in the shade. Indoors, in the snug of Paper and Cup, it’s cosy warm. Tom Brosseau, his friend Eva, his manager Mary Jones, and I are happily ensconced in Calvert Street, E2, about to reap the rewards of the coffee machine currently threatening to drown out …