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A PANICKED MELTDOWN
NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS – JUBILEE STREET For Fans of: Tindersticks, When music takes away hooks and catchy melody, and relies solely on storytelling, the results can be a little flat. Nick Cave...
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STAY DOWN WITH THE DEMONS
THE NATIONAL – DEMONS For Fans of: Phosphorescent, Local Natives, Nick Cave, Tindersticks, If you have been paying attention to IMVERYAPE, you knew that I would post the new The National track. I have,...
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JON GANT’S AMERICANA
JON GANT & HIS BAND – THIS LIFE OF MINE For Fans of: Bruce Springsteen, The Hold Steady, The Goodtime Specials, Nice Cave, I have already raved about Jon Gant’s alter ego Landfork, but I have yet...
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PRETTY YOUR PIG
BAXTER DURY – COCAINE MAN For Fans of: Tindersticks, early The National, Modest Mouse, Nick Cave, Pavement, Pixies, Go ahead and pretty your pig, no amount of lipstick will fill that hole. England’s...
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SOME SAY LOVE, IT IS A DEAD RACCOON
THE BURNING HELL – IT HAPPENS IN FLORIDA For Fans of: Nick Cave, Lambchop, Smog, Tindersticks, If you believe Bette Midler’s The Rose was the last time an artist could get away with the clichéd “love...
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‘TIS THE SEASON PART 4
DEAN BLUNT – THE PEDIGREE/PAPI For Fans of: Baxter Dury, Nick Cave, The Verve, Smog, Lambchop, Tindersticks, Today’s ‘Tis the Season is dedicated to the hard work and dedication of the crew over at...
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DEATH METAL DEMONS
FUTURE ISLANDS – FALL FROM GRACE For Fans of: Wild Beasts, Nick Cave, Tom Waits, After a cursory listen to Future Islands’ new album Singles, I think it is fair to say that there are many songs similar...
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SAD BASTARD BRILLIANCE
LUCID 44 – GREASE FIRE For Fans of: Tom Waits, Nick Cave, Wintersleep, Modest Mouse, Mark Overland, the constant of Calgary band Lucid 44, creates what he describes as “sad bastard death folk“. Despite...
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IT’S ALWAYS MOODY IN COPENHAGEN
ICEAGE – FOREVER For Fans of: Joy Division, The Horrors, Protomartyr, Nick Cave, Shiny Darkly, Copenhagen band Iceage have made another somber post punk nugget of gold with Forever. More of a...
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I HATE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOOD AT EVERYTHING
MICHAEL FASSBENDER, CARLA AZAR, & STEPHEN RENNICKS – I LOVE YOU ALL For Fans of: The Doors, The Tindersticks, Nick Cave, Although Frank was just a ‘meh’ story of art versus fame, it did feature...
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AFTER YOU, SIR
MODEST MOUSE – OF COURSE WE KNOW For Fans of: The National, Sufjan Stevens, Manic Street Preachers, Radiohead, Nick Cave, Written by Amy Prieve “Who the hell made you the boss? If you say what to do I...
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THE DOOR OPENS AND THE LIGHT GOES ON
SMOG – SAY VALLEY MAKER For Fans of: Tindersticks, Nick Cave, The National, Written by Amy Prieve I know very little of the career of Bill Callahan, save to say he is adored amongst friends whose taste...
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TAXES AND THE BELLYFAT
JIM O’ROURKE – FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS For Fans of: Nick Cave, The National, Cat Stevens, Tindersticks, Written by Amy Prieve My earliest musical memories were of Cat Stevens. Six or seven years old,...
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A NEW VOICE
NO FAMOUS DEATH – DARK JOY (ALBUM) For Fans of: Nick Cave, Chad VanGaalen, Smog, Nirvana, Will Oldham, Courtney Barnett, Perfume Genius, Written by Amy Prieve Over the past ten years, I’ve stumbled...
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I WAIT, BUT IT DOESN’T KICK IN
NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS – I NEED YOU For fans of: Tindersticks, Bill Fay, Neil Young, Lambchop Written by Amy Prieve “I have weird memories of you. Wearing long red songs and red shoes. I have...
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EXTRA PROLIFIC
KING CREOSOTE – YOU JUST WANT For fans of: The Twilight Sad, Nick Cave, Tindersticks Written by Amy Prieve Kenny Anderson, the Scottish artist who earned critical acclaim with 2011’s moving ode to East...
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