Via Audio - Animalore - Undertow
Two years after the release of their critically acclaimed album “Say Something,” Brooklyn-based indie pop quartet Via Audio (Jessica Martins, Tom Deis, David Lizmi, and Adam Sturtevant) release their sophomore album, Animalore, a collection of eccentric sounds infused with fairy tales, folklore, science fiction, romance, seduction, and adventure. Recording the album in Spoon drummer Jim Eno’s Austin, Texas studio in 2009, Via Audio tackled their latest songbook as Eno artfully crafted different sonic palettes for each unique song on Animalore. The result as in indie rock album that serves as a pop-up book for adults, bursting with vivid colors and secret corridors at the turn of every page.
Crime In Stereo - I Was Trying To Describe You to Someone - Bridge Nine
Two years have passed since Crime In Stereo released their seminal LP IS DEAD (Bridge Nine), an album widely hailed by fans as well as critics as one of the finest rock albums in recent memory. Alt Press proclaimed IS DEAD to be “The Shape of Hardcore to Come…some of the most ambitious, stunning songwriting melodic hardcore has witnessed in years“, while Big Cheese (UK) declared it to be “A great hardcore album? No, a great album, full stop.” Crime In Stereo have recorded their new album again with Mike Sapone (Brand New, Taking Back Sunday). “Named one of Alternative Press‘ “Most Anticipated Releases of 2010,” I Was Trying To Describe You To Someone is a truly career-defining album by Crime In Stereo and showcases yet another remarkable collaboration between the band and producer extraordinaire Mike Sapone. Having received 4.5/5 stars from AP, this new release includes 11 of the most accessible and ambitious songs Crime In Stereo has written yet, each track going far beyond the new ground broken by IS DEAD. ”This is by far our biggest accomplishment as a band,” says guitarist Alex Dunne. “It’s not just our best record; it’s leaps and bounds beyond everything we’ve done previously. We’ve never been this excited to release a record and can’t wait for you to hear it.”
Half Acre Day - Skeletons [Single]
“The Lunar New Year will soon be upon us, ushering in the Year of the Tiger. The tiger is optimistic, passionate and independent. Rebellious, dynamic, and unpredictable. Half Acre Day will be embracing this spirit over the next 12 months in our music. The Lunar New Year happens to fall on Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14th 2010 – the perfect day to fall in love with a new song. So starting on that date and each new moon to follow, Half Acre Day will be digitally releasing one brand new song per month. Dance. Love. Live. Like the moon, come out from behind the clouds. Shine.” - Half Acre Day
Midnight Masses - Raptue Ready, I Gazed At The Body - Team Love
Midnight Masses is an ever-expanding collective of mostly Brooklyn-based artists, led and formed by Autry Fulbright in the wake of his father’s untimely death. Fulbright began the project with cathartic, marathon sessions in Austin, Texas, alongside long-time friend Jason Reece of Trail of Dead. But as the months wore on the long-distance duo would bring more and more members into the fold. Fast forward to today and on any given night the band could be a lean ensemble – Fulbright, guitarist Eric Rogers, and multi-instrumentalists Miyuki Furtado and Destiny Montague – or an imposing 14 piece collection of string players, organists, and guests pulled from any number of Brooklyn’s finest bands. Indeed both Reece and Conrad Keely of Trail of Dead are regulars. Gerard Smith and Jaleel Bunton of TV on the Radio routinely stop by too, while the monstrous voiced Sara Lucas of Callers, the bewitching chanteuse Katie Eastburn, and Peter Hale of Here We Go Magic each lend their skills when they are able.
With a National Tour alongside Trail of Dead under their belts and with an increasing stable of friends charmed by the Heaven 7” that they self-released earlier this year – Daytrotter brought the band in for a session on first listen and the band has seen critical acclaim from a number of outlets. After falling in love with the hazy neo-soul and 60s revivalism of Rapture Ready, I Gazed At The Body, New York’s own Team Love partnered with Collect Records to release Midnight Masses’ 4-track debut to the world, featuring contributions from most of these names above, in December 2009.
Phantogram - Eyelid Movies - Barsuk
Phantogram's music sounds like it's made by a band from the city. Electronic loops, hip-hop beats, shoegaze, soul, pop — each finds its way into their songs. Unexpectedly, the band doesn't live and work in a major urban center, but rather calls the town of Saratoga Springs, NY (population 26,186) home. Despite the cultural influence of local Skidmore College (where fellow beat-experimenters Ratatat formed) and a relatively small scene of adventurous musicians and listeners, Saratoga isn't exactly teeming with fans of J. Dilla, My Bloody Valentine or Serge Gainsbourg. But Josh Carter and Sarah Barthel, the duo that make up Phantogram, have flourished in Saratoga. In fact, the town itself isn't rural enough for their taste — they drive almost every day another 45 minutes into upstate farmland to a barn they call Harmony Lodge to write and record. Serving as their homemade studio/practice space/think-tank/bat-cave, the barn is equipped with various samplers, tapes, records, synths, drums, and both percussive and stringed instruments, and it's there that Phantogram allows their natural surroundings and metropolitan influences to meld together creating beautiful, beat-driven dreamlike pop songs
Crime In Stereo - I Was Trying To Describe You to Someone - Bridge Nine
Two years have passed since Crime In Stereo released their seminal LP IS DEAD (Bridge Nine), an album widely hailed by fans as well as critics as one of the finest rock albums in recent memory. Alt Press proclaimed IS DEAD to be “The Shape of Hardcore to Come…some of the most ambitious, stunning songwriting melodic hardcore has witnessed in years“, while Big Cheese (UK) declared it to be “A great hardcore album? No, a great album, full stop.” Crime In Stereo have recorded their new album again with Mike Sapone (Brand New, Taking Back Sunday). “Named one of Alternative Press‘ “Most Anticipated Releases of 2010,” I Was Trying To Describe You To Someone is a truly career-defining album by Crime In Stereo and showcases yet another remarkable collaboration between the band and producer extraordinaire Mike Sapone. Having received 4.5/5 stars from AP, this new release includes 11 of the most accessible and ambitious songs Crime In Stereo has written yet, each track going far beyond the new ground broken by IS DEAD. ”This is by far our biggest accomplishment as a band,” says guitarist Alex Dunne. “It’s not just our best record; it’s leaps and bounds beyond everything we’ve done previously. We’ve never been this excited to release a record and can’t wait for you to hear it.”
Half Acre Day - Skeletons [Single]
“The Lunar New Year will soon be upon us, ushering in the Year of the Tiger. The tiger is optimistic, passionate and independent. Rebellious, dynamic, and unpredictable. Half Acre Day will be embracing this spirit over the next 12 months in our music. The Lunar New Year happens to fall on Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14th 2010 – the perfect day to fall in love with a new song. So starting on that date and each new moon to follow, Half Acre Day will be digitally releasing one brand new song per month. Dance. Love. Live. Like the moon, come out from behind the clouds. Shine.” - Half Acre Day
Midnight Masses - Raptue Ready, I Gazed At The Body - Team Love
Midnight Masses is an ever-expanding collective of mostly Brooklyn-based artists, led and formed by Autry Fulbright in the wake of his father’s untimely death. Fulbright began the project with cathartic, marathon sessions in Austin, Texas, alongside long-time friend Jason Reece of Trail of Dead. But as the months wore on the long-distance duo would bring more and more members into the fold. Fast forward to today and on any given night the band could be a lean ensemble – Fulbright, guitarist Eric Rogers, and multi-instrumentalists Miyuki Furtado and Destiny Montague – or an imposing 14 piece collection of string players, organists, and guests pulled from any number of Brooklyn’s finest bands. Indeed both Reece and Conrad Keely of Trail of Dead are regulars. Gerard Smith and Jaleel Bunton of TV on the Radio routinely stop by too, while the monstrous voiced Sara Lucas of Callers, the bewitching chanteuse Katie Eastburn, and Peter Hale of Here We Go Magic each lend their skills when they are able.
With a National Tour alongside Trail of Dead under their belts and with an increasing stable of friends charmed by the Heaven 7” that they self-released earlier this year – Daytrotter brought the band in for a session on first listen and the band has seen critical acclaim from a number of outlets. After falling in love with the hazy neo-soul and 60s revivalism of Rapture Ready, I Gazed At The Body, New York’s own Team Love partnered with Collect Records to release Midnight Masses’ 4-track debut to the world, featuring contributions from most of these names above, in December 2009.
Phantogram - Eyelid Movies - Barsuk
Phantogram's music sounds like it's made by a band from the city. Electronic loops, hip-hop beats, shoegaze, soul, pop — each finds its way into their songs. Unexpectedly, the band doesn't live and work in a major urban center, but rather calls the town of Saratoga Springs, NY (population 26,186) home. Despite the cultural influence of local Skidmore College (where fellow beat-experimenters Ratatat formed) and a relatively small scene of adventurous musicians and listeners, Saratoga isn't exactly teeming with fans of J. Dilla, My Bloody Valentine or Serge Gainsbourg. But Josh Carter and Sarah Barthel, the duo that make up Phantogram, have flourished in Saratoga. In fact, the town itself isn't rural enough for their taste — they drive almost every day another 45 minutes into upstate farmland to a barn they call Harmony Lodge to write and record. Serving as their homemade studio/practice space/think-tank/bat-cave, the barn is equipped with various samplers, tapes, records, synths, drums, and both percussive and stringed instruments, and it's there that Phantogram allows their natural surroundings and metropolitan influences to meld together creating beautiful, beat-driven dreamlike pop songs
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