REVIEW: Seapony – “Falling”

[September 11th 2012 - Hardly Art // Find it at: iTunes | Insound] ______________________________________________________________ For the Seattle trio, torching minimalist pop with sunset-tripping guitars isn’t just a niche, it’s also an unconscious release tapping into a side of indie that’s quietly disarming. On Falling, Seapony share the same fundamentals of their debut, but every bashful rhythm is now sharpened and filtered... Read More

TRACK/MP3: Unnatural Helpers – “Hate Your Teacher”

We don’t hate our teachers because some actually leave behind joyous memories (like throwing a desk across a classroom during a lecture) but Seattle bangers UNNATURAL HELPERS sure make us want to. The foursome recently dropped “Hate Your Teacher”, a track that crams Spunk and Leave Home into a VCR and repeatedly beats it with a bat in under two minutes. Realistically it’s not clean but it will make you want to stage dive... Read More

OFFSTAGE: La Sera

It’s hard to write an album by accident, especially when various recordings conform to ring with a such a lush and overbearing tone, but it was the case for Katy Goodman and her new project LA SERA. With a guitar and her own personal oasis hidden inside of her bedroom at night, the Brooklyn instrumentalist pieced together a memorable debut that led into Sees The Light, a trigger-happy sophomore record that gently and fiercely tugs on heart... Read More