After the splash that Chicago’s Office made this past year at SXSW, the 5-piece band has been on a constant roll. With so much music happening in every crevice of Austin during that time, it’s everything a band can do to use every prairie dog tactic and rise above the masses. Standing outside some venue […]
The Sounds – Dying to Say This to You
Sweden’s The Sounds play sugar-candy pop with a tang to it, like a multi-layered lollipop on Dying to Say This to You. They’ve been labeled as part of the ‘80s revival, and that’s not really wrong. At times their dance-rock sounds like country-mates the Sahara Hotnights, with similar vocals, attitude and rockin’ guitar, but more […]
Robbers on High Street – Tree City
Some bands are just made for the radio. Robbers on High Street is definitely one of those bands. Their second release, Tree City, is exactly what pop-rock radio ordered. Tree City has the easy-listening capabilities of a Matchbox 20 record, and the catchiness and quirkiness of a Harvey Danger or Fastball single. This is not […]