a night to remember

Genre: #Rock, #Steampunk, #Punk The Mechanisms were a British folk, steampunk, and rock musical storytelling cabaret. A band of musicians playing the characters of immortal space pirates telling stories of war and tragedy across the infinite galaxies and universes. Spanning six albums, one single, and a plethora of original fiction based on their albums and characters, the crew of the Aurora retells stories within our world with a fantastic twist. Have you ever wanted a war b

Genre: #Rock, #Indie, #Sports #ConceptAlbum Label: Merge Records Release Year: 2015 Favorite Tracks: Fire Editorial Werewolf Gimmick Foreign Object Admiration. Glory. Triumph. Bloodshed. Heartbreak. Violence. Freedom. John Darnielle and company’s 2015 album tells you, right off the back, what it is. “This is an album about professional wrestling.” Wrestling as an industry is shrouded in the extremes of both sports and entertainment. The constructed nature of the actual matche

Album: Ain’t It Nice Artist: Mal Blum Genre: #Alternate #Indie #Country Sub-Genres: #AntiFolk #Rock #FolkPunk #Americana Label: Terrorbird Ain’t It Nice is Blum’s blend of indie and Americana, taking on this air of instant nostalgia and warmth. I love how I could naturally feel any song on this album playing distantly in the background of a radio. This album in particular stands out, as knowing Blum’s voice has dropped lower since his last release, gives such a tender quality

Album: Rock Believer (Deluxe) Artist: Scorpions Genre: #hardrock #glammetal Sub-Genres: #heavymetal #rock Label: Universal Music GmbH ​ Description: After too many years, Scorpions dropped Rock Believer (Deluxe), a sixteen-track rock album that proves that they have not lost their touch. The album has an hour and four minutes run time. Their new album is a must listen to anyone who is a fan of their previous works or rock in general. With electric guitar riffs reminiscent of

Single: King Artist: Florence + The Machine Genre: #alternative #indie #pop Sub-Genres: #indiepop #rock Label: Universal Music Operations Limited ​ Description: King by Florence + The Machine is a strong 4-minute, 40-second powerfully delivered declaration of gender expression and concerns the far too familiar discussion of career and family. The first few lines depict an argument between Florence Welch and her partner about her career and starting a family. Throughout the so

Ferry's first EP comes out swinging.

Album: Troubles A' Comin Artist: The Rolling Stones Genre: #rock #hardrock #alt Subgenres: #vintage Label: Promotone BV Non-Airable Tracks: N/A The Rolling Stones are THE quintessential rock band. Everyone and their mother has heard of them, and you'd be hard pressed to find someone who didn't enjoy their music. 'Troubles A' Comin' brings back all that good hard rock feeling from the 60's and 70's. It's not a new track, but rather a previously unreleased track from the 1981 a

Album: I Don’t Live Here Anymore (Single) Artist: War on Drugs Genre: #rock #indierock #poprock #alternative Sub-Genres: #americana #progrock Label: Atlantic Records Non-Airable Tracks: n/a ​ Following A Deeper Understanding, four years have passed before the announcement of their new full length LP, I Don’t Live Here Anymore. The War on Drugs are the synthesis of the of grandeur of Pink Floyd, with the intimateness and songwriting ability of American folk legends li

Album: Wimbledon Artist: Merge Genre: #rock #alt Sub-Genres: #indie Label: Walrus Society Records Non-Airable Tracks: N/A ​ Description: ​If you have been looking to enrich your knowledge in Tuscon's young and local music scene, look no further than the band Merge. Having been privileged enough to see the band's frontman at a local open mic night, there is no doubt that the band members are yearning to put their work out for the public and to have their voices be heard. In th

Album: Can’t Cool Me Down (Single) Artist: Car Seat Headrest Genre: #Indie #rock Sub-Genres: #lofi, #garagerock, lo-fi #pop Label: Matador Description: Typical of Car Seat Headrest, their new single Can’t Cool Me Down features a groovy bass line and pulsing beat. This song also features piano, xylophone or a similar instrument, and some synthetic sounds and beats that add a new layer of complexity to their style that I haven’t heard in their work before. The pulsing bass line

Album: Backyard Artist: Floodlights Genre: #Indie #Rock Sub-Genres: N/A Label: N/A (Bandcamp) Non-Airable Tracks: N/A Description: Let’s preface this by saying I am not a huge fan of Indie Rock. Sure, I’ve listened to Arcade Fire, and a bit of Mogwai, and I know my Modest Mouse (early albums at least) and my Pixies and et. al., but all the same, I am not a purveyor of the genre by any means. So to do my review on an album that has received as little coverage as this one has i

As a Seattle-area native, a feminist, and an a pop-punk fan, its no surprise that Tacocat is one of my favorite bands. Formed in Seattle in 2007 of singer Emily Nokes, guitarist Eric Randall, drummer Lelah Maupin, and bassist Bree McKenna, Tacocat is an indie pop-punk quartet known for their vibrant aesthetic and bubbly, humorous, feminism-infused songwriting. I unfortunately never got to see Tacocat live when I lived in Seattle, so when I discovered they were touring to Tucs

Album: There is No Year Artist: Algiers Genre: #Rock Sub-Genres: #PostPunk Label: Matador Non-Airable Tracks: N/A Description: In the sea of modern post punk bands that draw their sound from the 70s and 80s, Algiers have always stood out. From the large amount of electronics and other instruments the band used to the industrial undertones present on their debut to Franklin James Fischer, one of the most exciting singers of the last decade, and his gospel vocals, there was mor