Air Schedule: 5:00am – 5:00pm (US Eastern)
The music is a little more mellow/calm easy on the senses. Mostly SFW. Great for the headphones while you work or while enjoying a rainy afternoon. Think The xx, London Grammar and Lorde.
Air Schedule: 5:00pm – 5:00am (US Eastern)
The pace picks up ever so slightly. Not so much that daytime listeners will be turned off, just enough to keep things interesting. Think Telekinesis, Cold War Kids and SVIIB.
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- Darkside – “Paper Trails”
Darkside is the great downtempo electronic producer Nicolas Jaar’s duo with the guitarist Dave Harrington, and they’ll release the new album Psychic next month. We’ve already heard the album’s 11-minute opener “Golden Arrow,” and now they’ve shared another of the album’s tracks. The lightly percolating, weirdly bluesy “Paper Trails” sounds like what might happen if Matthew Dear tried to become Chris Isaak. It is a fascinating and intricately designed piece of music, and you can hear it below.
– Review Credits: Stereogum.com
- Honeyblood – “Bud”
Taking inspiration from bands like Rilo Kiley and musicians like Loretta Lynn (with a contemporary callout to Zooey Deschanel’s treacly singing with She & Him), Glasgow’s Honeyblood are a standout among direct song-to-heart artists. Their debut single, a cloying and sweet “Bud”, is endearing in its two-piece command, and with production from Palma Violets’ Rory Attwell, the spaces that need filling get filled with jangly guitars and heavy-emphasized tom beats. The chorus reaches shout-along pinnacles above and beyond the cloudy sky, and there’s no doubt a live show from the Scottish duo would be as exciting and heart-stopping as the song itself conveys through tonal pleasantry.
– Review Credits: ImposeMagazine.com
- Lolawolf – “Drive”
“I could stare out your window and fuck you tonight,” Zoë Kravitz casually suggests on her band Lolawolf’s new surging electronic pop song “Drive”. But, you know, here’s the thing: She needs a ride to your house first! Thanks to warm, throbbing production from Pretty Good Dance Moves’ Jimmy Giannopoulos– James Levy and Raviv Ullman round out the group– Lolawolf’s single strikes the balance of Chromatics’ bleary synth-driven brightness and Lana Del Rey’s detached-yet-dramatized longing. You can basically see the headlights on the highway; it’s vivid shit, a completely logical first selection to your latest starry-eyed, late night Pandora station.
– Review Credits: Pitchfork.com
- Windbreaker – “I Can’t Believe That You’re Gone”
This is a song about loss. A song to your loved ones that they’re gone. Literally and metaphorically. In the case of Darin Thomson it’s about losing your best friend out of nowhere, the story where you can read it over here. But this compelling need led Darin to the artful project of Windbreaker and from there to this funky little post punk masterpiece. The pain in his voice balances between the groovy guitars and the ’90s diy philosophy of Girls Against Boys! An intimate pop song that aims straight to your heart and find its target with no collateral damage!
– Review Credits: Sound Injections
- Korallreven – “Try Anything Once (with Cornelius)”
Korallreven (Marcus Joons and Daniel Tjäder of The Radio Dept) returns with new single ‘Try Anything Once,’ one of their catchiest moments to date. The single is rich in texture thanks to Japanese legend Corneliuson background vocals and a Swedish gospel choir that enters at the 3:00 mark. Throughout the song, the baggy, blissful sound of the debut album is recognizable, but a window to something new made clear.‘Try Anything Once’ is the first new material from Korallreven since their debut album, An Album by Korallreven, on Acéphale in fall 2011. The album received high marks for its paradisean mix of dancehall, church choirs and Houston hip-hop. Hits such as ‘As Young As Yesterday’ (featuring Taken By Trees’ Victoria Bergsman and ‘Sa Sa Samoa’ (featuring Julianna Barwick) were some of the most blogged about singles of the season. Following which, the Swedes played stages across North America and Europe.- Review Credits: ContactMusic.com
- Scavenger Hunt – “California Waiting (Kings of Leon Cover)”
Los Angeles’ Scavenger Hunt make their live debut tonight at Blind Date and just in the nick of time have teased us with a second piece of recorded gold. This Kings Of Leon cover leaves Nashville behind, heading straight to coast at sunset. Definitely looking forward to seeing this live tonight!
– Review Credits: TheBurningEar.com
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