New York’s LG (Vocals,Guitars,Keys), Mike DiLalla (Bass) and Liza B.(Keys,Vocals) form Dead Leaf Echo, a lovely indie band, that’s really pleasant on the ears. Their influences seem pretty broad, but they all seem to point and converge into a single direction: shoegazing. Recently, the artsy trio, have just released their 2nd EP “Pale Fire,” via their own record label Year of the Gallon Records, an EP that shines with haunting ballads and dreamy melodies. The…
What up and welcome to a new piece in Zmemusic called the New Breed! Every week we bring you new, and buzzing hip-hop artists’ music, news, and interviews to keep you on track with the growing hip-hop scene out there. So since this is the first in a long line of beautiful music we are giving you The Flood. For the next few days or so we will “flood” you with new (or old depending…
I was really heartbroken when I came to sense I couldn’t possibly make it to this year’s Coachella Festival. I’ve always been a fan of this wonderful weekend musical extravaganza, even though a lot of people have been a bit disappointed with this edition’s lineup. Dudes, Coachella is still Coachella, no matter what bands play it. Anyway, one of the bands that played there, this last weekend of 25-27 April, was none other then Cansey…
Elika is a Brooklyn based indie duo, that has caught my eye recently, thanks to their beautiful blend of eclectic music. I’m not even quite sure how to describe them, but if I were to label them somehow I’d say they’re somewhere between ’80s glam pop and modern day underground electronica. The two, Evagelia Maravelias (vocals, keyboards, drums) and Brian Wenckebach (guitar, keyboards, programming), hold a really powerful musical chemistry together, that can be sense…
I’ve always had a thing for the Brazilian feel good vibe and culture. Music and dancing there is viewed as a celebration of life, which can be best seen during Carnivals. While over the years the Brazilian musical scene has delighted us with beautiful arrays of diverse genres and influences like the samba, bossa nova, funk carioca or one of my personal favorites, capoeira music, it’s now time for electronic music to make its presence…
For as long as I can remember The Breeders have been subjected to unworthy ignorance and ill recognition of their efforts. Truth is people don’t know what they’ve been missing all these years, seeing as this alternative quartet has been coughing up quality, magical pieces of music since 1988. Odds are, that Mountain Battles, the band’s latest album, will suffer the same lack of appreciation, which is too bad considering how many great moments there…
I was a bit skeptical on the success of the comedy folk duo’s tv show, because at first I found the premise a bit uninteresting and well … downright terrible, involving a foreign rock duo trying to making it big in New York. What a cliche. However I’ve been hooked ever since the show premiered on HBO, thanks to the New Zealanders striking good humor and spontaneity. Actually I think Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement…
The Irish quartet, after releasing three smashing LPs in the Eire and gaining a massive following by doing so, are set to attack the US market as well. They’ve already gained a bit of attention lately with some of their songs being featured on popular TV series like The O.C. or Grey’s Anatomy and their third album, Flock (platinum in Ireland) has just been released in the US. Look out for Bell X-1 on airwaves…
The rockabilly duo that formed the ’80s cult act Flat Duo Jets is clearly one of the most underrated bands in rock’n’roll history. The blue-garage duo paved the way for similar bands and influenced a great deal of artists through out the ’90 and 2000’s like R.E.M. or Catpower or the most clear example The White Stripes. Sadly the band disbanded in the late ’90s, but fans can finally rejoice at hearing new material from…
mr. Gnome (notice the lower cased ‘m’) is a emerging Cleveland duo, that’s been getting some pretty high profile attention lately and righteously so. Their style is a bit hard to center, ranging from art rock, to pure punk, to some kind of prog metal, but whatever label their music might carry these two are definitely a talented bunch. On May 6th, after two well received EPs, mr. Gnome will release their much awaited debut…
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