It’s not every day you find an artist who delivers unconventional rhythms with grace and ease, but Daniel Wilson does it effortlessly. Not only do Wilson’s tracks make you dance, they make you listen. Daniel Wilson Modernizes Soul, Disco, & Funk Michigan based artist and producer Daniel Wilson delivers truth in his beats with single […]
Regular Indie Band Guru readers might remember our own Andrew Tobia’s praise for electronic music makers Apothek on their slow, brooding track, “Waiting for the Thunder,” which dropped earlier this year. He’s not alone in having this opinion; The Norwegian duo, comprised of singer-songwriter Morten Myklebust and producer Nils Martin Larsen, has received nods from […]
New York’s Augustines have recently released This Is Your Life, which starts out strong with a guitar-driven, synth-light track titled “Are We Alive?” “Love is like an arrow straight to your heart,” sings vocalist Billy McCarthy in this ode to love — and making love — that is reminiscent of The Gaslight Anthem’s The ’59 Sound. After […]
Berlin/London duo Lea Porcelain have released their 3-track EP Out Is In, enticing listeners worldwide to a range of in-depth instrumentals, placid acoustic riffs, and an end product that leaves me with a feeling of satisfaction and craving all at once. Forming in 2015, the band’s mere one-year experience is impressive to say the least. […]
Intricate Folk is a very fitting name for the next artist that I’m going to be talking about. In the simplest terms, this Los Angeles artist is very…. intricate. To say the least. The latest mix from this mix master, “Pride (The Vibe Mix),” combines the sounds of funk with an electronic twist, and might […]
Metronomy has the kind of sound that sends you right out of this world and into the next. Formed in 1999, the English electronic outfit has nearly 20 years of studio experience behind them — and it shows. They’re set to release an all new album this summer, Summer 08, and it’s got us on […]
The sun is finally out on the west coast. The beaches are packed again, and for the first time this summer I drove all the way home from work with my car windows down and Yoncalla, the debut LP from Yumi Zouma, was on the stereo. One of the best decisions I could make on […]
One of the best parts of creating music is having the freedom to experiment and write songs that do not have to fit into any little box or please anyone but yourself. The minds of these imaginative artists is what determines the next wave of music. We may be ahead of our time with the […]
