Recently, we picked The Drums’ “Let’s Go Surfing” as our Jam of the Day for its sporty splendor, an “as good as it gets” pop song. Today, we bring you the latest single from the band’s self-titled debut (out now digitally; in stores September 14th on Downtown Records), a foil of sorts to the aforementioned … Read more
All photos by Agatha Donkar Sugar + the Hi-Lows are reinventing the kind ’60s pop that The Everly Brothers and Buddy Holly made, if the Everlys had come of age playing in Seattle garage rock bands and Buddy Holly was a country songwriter from Nashville. They’re built around Nashville singer-songwriters, Trent Dabbs and Amy Stroup, … Read more
It took a while for New York rockers The Postelles to release their self-titled debut album, but they’ve found ways to keep busy over the last few years. The quartet–Daniel Balk (lead vocals/rhythm guitar), David Dargahi (vocals/lead guitar), John Speyer (bass), and Billy Cadden (percussion)–has toured with Kings of Leon, Vampire Weekend, and Interpol, and … Read more