by Seth Garcia Mosaics Within Mosaics, the new Circulatory System album was released this week. This is the third release from Elephant 6 collective’s Will Cullen Hart, who is also a member of The Olivia Tremor Control. The album also features Jeff Mangum and Jeremy Barnes of another E6 band, Neutral Milk Hotel. The aptly […]
Local band Fòrn has released a new track, “Dweller On The Threshold” today. It’s a crushing doom/sludge track with one hell of a build.
by George Greenstreet Newtown, CT-based indie rockers Ovlov have announced that they are parting ways. In a post to the group’s Facebook page frontman Steve Hartlett cited a consistently rotating group of band-members as the reason for the split, making him feel like he was living “the last season of degrassi.” Ovlov will play a final […]
by George Greenstreet Last year, Funny or Die’s Oddball Comedy and Curiosity Festival made some serious waves for, among many reasons, nabbing the less-and-less reclusive Dave Chappelle as its headliner. While this year’s installment lacks a hook like that, it features a huge assortment of hilarious individuals, including Sarah Silverman, Aziz Ansari, Demetri Martin and Amy […]
It seems that Dom is Dom again. After Dominic Cournoyer curiously changed project names to Kiss 1o8 last year, he has released a new track under the old name on the Kiss 1o8 Soundcloud, a cover of Lemonheads’ “My Drug Buddy…
By George Greenstreet Karen O, the Yeah Yeah Yeah’s frontwoman and recent Oscar nominee/one of the many reasons you cried during Her, has announced the details of her first solo album. Made up of privately recorded lo-fi ballads written around ’06-’07, Crush Songs will tread similar ground to “Moon Song” which you really might as well listen to again […]
By Sharon Weissburg Philip Selway is best known as the drummer for musical titan Radiohead, but his excellent and often overlooked solo career (Selway has released two solo albums, Familial in 2010, and an EP, Running Blind, the following year) is only becoming more promising. Selway released a new track today on Soundcloud, entitled “Coming Up For Air,” a […]
By Deanna Archetto Gold Robot Records announced today that they are making the move from Oakland, troche CA, to Boston next month. Already home to a wide variety of indie, electronic, and rock artists, Gold Robot will be bringing their business with artists like Yalls and Conveyor to Boston in July. Check them out and […]
By Deanna Archetto A Sunny Day in Glasgow released their new album, Sea When Absent, today on Lefse Records. That’s just in time for you to see them at Great Scott in Allston on July 3. Also on the bill are Sneeze and Catenine. Below is a short video preview of the album, and more can […]
Next up on The Best Thing Ever’s agenda: Carnegie Hall. This is where you come in.