OK - it's kind of a dumb name. But Daniel Zott and Josh Epstein aren't the first band to succeed almost in spite of their moniker. After releasing a few sporadic EPs, the Detroit-based duo are set to release the debut Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. record, It’s A Corporate World, next Tuesday (on a major...
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Razika might be one of the sunniest bands you'll hear in awhile, but they don't hail from Southern California or some tropical island. They call Norway home, a place where the winters are so cold and dark that a sunny...
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Following the dissolution of his high school band, called Simon Dawes, lead singer Taylor Goldsmith and his brother Griffin decided to hunker down in their native L.A. and dedicate themselves to the craft of songwriting. He soaked up that golden Southern California sound, kept the " » read more

The music of Swedish trio, Junip, has been said to bring the listener to a place of "haunting serenity." Normally that sort of hyperbole doesn't accurately communicate the sound of a band, but in this case, it kind of works. The lead singer of the...
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Mark Olson formed The Jayhawks in 1985 with guitarist Gary Louris. The Minneapolis-based band released their eponymous debut in 1986. The band's run lasted about 10 years before...
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Every summer, the small Rhode Island town of Newport plays host to the now legendary Newport Folk Festival. In 2008, the members of the Low Anthem were volunteering at the festival, but by the following year,...
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The guys in The Couch are the ones whose parties end with a noise complaint. Granted, that's not an unlikely scene in the town of San Marcos, but they broke the mold by continuing to write and record after their college-house lease ran...
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A good pop song is an exceedingly tough thing to write, but for Leatherbag's Randy Reynolds, they tumble from his pen at an astonishing rate. After moving to Austin from Houston as a Hurricane Rita transplant, Reynolds made the...
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The accordion has largely been relegated to novelty status in most American music, but for Austin's Darling New Neighbors, it's the driving force. Forming in 2004, the trio is built around lead singer Elizabeth Jackson's impressive...
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A Grammy nomination, critical raves from the Austin Chronicle and Rolling Stone, headlining festival gigs all across the world - these things have become par for the course for » read more

Here We Go Magic began as an alias for Brooklyn-based folkie Luke Temple. After working solo as a folk musician--releasing records under his own name--Temple single-handedly produced HWGM's eponymous debut in 2009. Mixing folk...
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Joan As Police Woman is the nom de plume of singer/violinist/pianist Joan Wasser. Wasser has been kicking around in the world of indie rock since the early 1990's, when she played violin with the Boston-based group » read more

Schertz, Texas native Steve Earle famously said that Townes van Zandt was "the best songwriter in the whole world and I'll stand on » read more

This week saw the release of their debut album, E.S.P. It's a collection of smoky dance-pop songs that are tailor-made for Saturday night--or more accurately, the quiet drive home from a Saturday night. With just a drum machine, synth notes, and lead singer Sherry...
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