Insta alert. Kevin, Johnny, Tim and Patty of The Ar-Kaics are finally following up their 2014 debut with a sophomore full-length, this time on Daptone’s rock subsidiary Wick Records. The Ar-Kaics wade in the waters of troglodyte teenbeat 60s-style punk.
Few artists are storytellers as deft and disarmingly observational as Andy Shauf. The Toronto-based, Saskatchewan-raised musician's songs unfold like short fiction: they're densely layered with colorful characters and a rich emotional depth.
The Dutch Blues-Rock scene in the late 1960s / early 1970s was second only to the British scene at the time. The band Cuby And The Blizzards was the undeniable king of the scene.
Beautiful Garbage is the third studio album from Garbage. The album expanded on the band's musical variety, with stronger melodies, more direct lyrics, and sounds mixing rock with electronica, new wave, hip hop, and girl groups.
This record is a return to the artist's deep roots, as he works once again with his father on their poetic Icelandic lyrics, as well as enlisting the likes of John Grant and Pétur Ben for the translations.
Wiki's anticipated debut album, No Mountains In Manhattan, following his lauded membership in Ratking, sees him pushing himself into the spotlight as the voice of a new generation of New York City hip hop.