Indie buzz band stillblue accelerates their compositional scope with a reprise version of their hit single Wait for Me. Featuring Ivan Lucia & Viper, the new version has a dynamic arrangement that honors the legacies of classic producers. The same icons that touched the works of The Beatles, The Beach Boys, or more recently Wilco. Stillblue adds their own unique touch to keep it personal.
From the echoing piano stabs to the sunset lap steel to the rare muted trumpet, everything pulls you deeper into this emotive dream state. The reimagining offers an additional layer to set stillblue apart from the field of indie art upstarts, we are admiringly smitten.
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From the land of Springsteen an array of new Asbury Park musical heroes rise from the ashes. High on the list are buzz indie rockers Sonic Blume. The band has a new single and it’s a great one. Rocky & I is a solid preview to a new album coming out later this fall.
Sonic Blume as a band has been picking up street cred for their immersive loud shows and innovative guitar first design. Sonic Blume lives up to their namesake. The band brings an influence of shoegaze into the modern indie rock canon.
We also hear evidence of fellow tri state buzz rockers The Districts and classic vibes known to Braid and Modest Mouse. All bands who reflects Jersey’s secret love affair with emo rock and all of its complicated derivatives. Sonic Blume advances that legacy in spite of Springsteen’s territorial hold. They’re the “New” Jersey sound, one you can see at a venue near you for a reasonable price. Support your scene dream.
Sonic Blume are featured on our Best New Indie Playlist.
Quality Cinema Band honor their namesake with an intriguing music video triumph for their single Consumer. At its root the cinemetography sparkles in a trivial average home setting. No easy feat. In tandem with the Truman Show narrative Quality Cinema Band effectively make our mundane seem poetic. There are clever details that tie the story to the song and make it a music video proper. Most importantly its thought provoking and amplifies their artistic nature.
The songs a jam too, mirroring 80s alternative with new indie makeup. There’s a genuine nature to the performance, a testament to their assumed post punk garage roots. Somewhere between the auras of The Replacements and Okkerville River.
Enjoy Consumer now on our Best New Indie Playlist.
We got lost in the intoxicating swagger of Kind of, the new single from Benny Boy. The Birmingham based passion project from Multi instrumentalist Benjamin Mills brings a chill psych pop vibe. Kind of bridges the auras of Velvet Underground and Mac Demarco. It’s a melancholy groove fit for a beachside bike ride.
The trademark lap steel glides hypnotically between smooth doses of stretched lyrical notes. Every word is slothed to match its slacker reverence, an affect that lends to its collective laid back appeal. We can dig it.
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