Author Archives: Katherine Humphreys

Wednesday Music News

By Katherine Humphreys | Published: April 17, 2013

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis just released the official music video for “Can’t Hold Us” featuring Ray Dalton. Watch it now: One album we still can’t get over from last year is Parquet Courts Light Up Gold - the Brooklyn punk that came from the melding of members of Fergus & Geronimo and Teenage Cool Kids. NoiseyRead more...

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Monday Music News

By Katherine Humphreys | Published: April 15, 2013

Minneapolis band Poliça released their single “Tiff” from their upcoming album, and the song features Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon. The track a synth pop dream - darkly lit by the echos of Vernon’s voice in the background. [Pitchfork]

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Monday Music News

By Katherine Humphreys | Published: April 8, 2013

The National has finally officially released “Demons” - a track from their upcoming album Trouble Will Find Me. Where the album artwork suggests a kind of duality of the self - a girls head looks at itself in a mirror - the song is similarly moody and heavy like much of their previous material. “IRead more...

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Wednesday Music News

By Katherine Humphreys | Published: April 3, 2013

Humming computer drawn lines mimic the synth and steady vocals in Liars‘ video for “The Exact Color of Doubt” off their 2012 album WIXIW. 3-d faces appear distorted and shimmering, floating in a black background throughout the song, while the lyrics confess “I’ll always be your friend” - it’s a beautiful video for a songRead more...

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Monday Music News

By Katherine Humphreys | Published: April 1, 2013

Chvrches have a lovely roller rink video for their song “Now is Not The Time.” Where previous roller rink videos might focus on the retro dress or mad tricks, Chvrches instead lets the lights play while skaters circle like ghosts and their synth pop song sweetly fills the cavernous space. You can also hear theirRead more...

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KEXP at SXSW 2013, Day 3: Jovanotti

By Katherine Humphreys | Published: March 15, 2013

A superstar in his native Italy, rapper Jovanotti, otherwise known as Lorenzo Cherubini, is making strides in the U.S. with a recent move to New York and a new retrospective, Jovanotti’s Italia 1988-2012, released by ATO Records. You definitely don’t need to be fluent in Italian to appreciate his hypnotic voice and fluid rhymes. AfterRead more...

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KEXP at SXSW 2013, Day 3: Telekinesis

By Katherine Humphreys | Published: March 15, 2013

Telekinesis is the name of Seattle’s own Michael Benjamin Lerner and his soft-spoken, incredibly charming indie-rock solo act. Since his 2009 self-released debut EP, Lerner has garnered a reputation for himself blending 80′s pop sensibilities with mellowed-out vocal stylings, a tried and true dynamic in which Lerner has managed to carve out and firmly establishRead more...

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KEXP at SXSW 2013, Day 3: Suuns

By Katherine Humphreys | Published: March 15, 2013

Montreal’s Suuns make a particular kind of low-drone heavy but never “drone music” - they walk the fine line between being experimental and being simply loud rock music. There’s never really been the kind of rock n roll vibes you get from other bands walking that line, but instead an industrial synth entrance to manyRead more...

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KEXP at SXSW 2013, Day 2: Iron & Wine

By Katherine Humphreys | Published: March 14, 2013

Iron and Wine, the music project of singer/songwriter Samuel Beam, delivers simple, folk ballads that evoke powerful complex emotions. With each album Beam seems to be reinventing himself; from the minimalistic, soulful melodies of The Creek Drank the Cradle and Our Endless Numbered Days to the more instrumental and festive The Shepherd’s Dog. In theRead more...

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KEXP at SXSW 2013, Day 1: Allah-Las

By Katherine Humphreys | Published: March 13, 2013

LA-natives Allah-Las are about as LA sounding as a car ride through the desert - their sound wasn’t made for riding the waves, but for steaming on the beach. Beautiful guitar notes ripple out of a haze of vocal harmonies reminiscent of The Beach Boys. It’s hot music for a hot day - “We’re feelingRead more...

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