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Cecil Otter’s ‘Dear Echo’ was well worth the eight-year wait

Up until this week, founding Doomtree member Cecil Otter hadn’t released any new solo material since Rebel Yellow, his excellent debut LP that originally released in 2008. He’s since been heard on Doomtree releases and select guest spots, but fans have been eager for solo Cecil, to be sure. After releasing a single new track […]

REQUIRED LISTENING: Idle Empress craft fantastic, homegrown folk on debut EP

Hailing from Justin Vernon‘s hometown of Eau Claire, Wisconsin, Idle Empress are here to make folk fun again. Comprised of vocalist Lauren Anderson, guitarist Josh Frederick, and drummer Elliot Heinz, these intuitive up-and-comers have turned countless heads throughout the Badger State, and now look to take their talents far beyond the Chippewa Valley with the […]

Bon Iver Will Return This Summer

In the four years since Bon Iver exited the spotlight, many fans have wondered if the critically adored folk group would ever bless the world with another release. It’s a fear and worry that started when — in an interview with Australia’s Triple J radio while promoting his Volcano Choir album — group mastermind Justin […]

James Blake Announces New Album Title

James Blake built up a lot of steam over 2014, but the wait since his 2013 record Overgrown has felt massive. That all changes this year, as Blake has formally announced that he will be releasing a new full-length album titled Radio Silence later this year. Originally announced during an interview with BBC Radio 1 […]

Listen to Bon Iver’s First New Song in 3 Years

Considering Justin Vernon certainly has not vanished from the music scene for a single year following Bon Iver‘s 2008 debut (which could technically be said for up to a decade predating that as well), it may come as a surprise that he hasn’t actually put out a track with Bon Iver in three years. After being roped in to contribute […]

TRACK-BY-TRACK REVIEW: Coldplay – ‘Ghost Stories’

Artist: Coldplay Album: Ghost Stories Genre: Alternative / Coldplay Most ghost stories are set out to drive fear into the heart and mind of the captive audience that is receiving the message. Most ghost stories have a goal of inciting mind games and want to keep you looking around every corner, keeping your eyes glancing […]

REVIEW: S. Carey – ‘Range of Light’

Artist: S. Carey Album: Range of Light Genre: Indie Rock Label: Jagjaguwar I love being from New England. In fact, I live for it. Honored by Mother Nature with four vastly distinct seasons, each year is a cyclical twist around the sun, yielding an environmental invigoration that casts a sense of purity, desperately needed in […]

Stream S. Carey’s Gorgeous New LP, ‘Range of Light’

S. Carey’s Range of Light has been on my iPod for the past few weeks now, and I am more than happy for the rest of the world to share in its beauty with me. In what is my favorite release from the year thus far, Range of Light is an incredible journey that demands […]

LISTEN: S.Carey – “Crown The Pines”

S. Carey, or better known as Sean Carey, better known as the drummer from Bon Iver, has released a new track titled “Crown The Pines,” from his amazing sophomore effort, Range of Light. For those unfamiliar with S. Carey, fans of Bon Iver, The National, and Frightened Rabbit will feel right at home. In what […]

S. Carey Premieres New Song

Sean Carey might be best known his work as the drummer of indie giants Bon Iver and (slightly less so) for his tenure in Minnesota pop punk act Small Towns Burn A Little Slower, but his solo releases under the moniker S. Carey have proven him more than capable of venturing out on his own. […]

Drew Caruso’s ‘Best of 2013’ In Music

As the year ends, I find myself shuffling through the albums I have accrued over the past months. Each album an experience, an insight gained, a lens changed, I have continually found myself lost in the art that encapsulated the sonic apotheosis of this past year. The experiences captured within these sounds provide themselves as […]

UTG LIST: 25 Bands We Want New Material From In 2014

***UPDATE*** Five (late) submissions have been added, for a total of 30 Bands We Want New Material From In 2014. 2013 marked a year of musical resurrection on many levels. We’ve been given long-awaited reunions, new records, celebratory re-issues, and anniversary shows fantastic enough to make even the most rudimentary of music fans giddy. With […]