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STEREO EMBERS EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW – “Split” 12″ EP from Portland’s Whisper Hiss & Glasgow Band Dancer w/Track by Track Rundown by Each Band
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STEREO EMBERS EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE – “Theme For Squanderers” from New Shimmy-Disc Project of the Same Name
One of the most – if not the most – rewarding aspects of this music writing gig...
Music News
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Lee Mavers Of The La’s Plays Surprise Set At Grooverfarm
The elusive Lee Mavers of the La’s banged out a surprise set the other day at... -
The Charlatans’ Up To Our Hips Out In Deluxe Expanded Edition In November
Marking the 30th anniversary of their third album Up To Our Hips, The Charlatans have announced... -
The Cure Release First Single From Upcoming New Album
The Cure have released “Alone,” which is the first single from their long-awaited new album Songs... -
Buffalo Tom Announce Vinyl Reissues Of Classic LPs
The legendary Amherst-formed outfit Buffalo Tom have announced that three essential albums from their winning discography... -
Stevie Nicks To Appear As The Musical Guest On SNL In October
Stevie Nicks will be the musical guest on the October 12 episode of Saturday Night Live.... -
Ex-Clean Singer And Flying Nun Legend Doug Hood Dead At 70
Doug Hood, whose recording engineering credits include The Chills, The Verlaines and Sneaky Feelings, has died....
Track of the Day
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STEREO EMBERS TRACK OF THE DAY – “Made of Rain” from Beauty In Chaos featuring Ashton Nyte
Collaborations are often tricky things, depending as they do on that rather devilish commodity ‘chemistry,’ which,... -
Stereo Embers’ TRACK OF THE DAY: Milo Binder’s “I Should Be Your Man”
Let’s get the time thing out of the way. When Milo Binder’s debut album came out... -
STEREO EMBERS SINGLE/VIDEO PREMEIRE – “The Calling” from Kato Hideki and Bonner Kramer off Upcoming LP ‘The Walk’
If we’re honest with ourselves, we’ll admit that those things that move us the most, reach... -
STEREO EMBERS TRACK/VIDEO OF THE DAY – “Wheeling” from Mansfield Ohio’s Big Bend
When I first heard The Blue Nile I marveled in a way I’d never marveled before.... -
STEREO EMBERS VIDEO PREMIERE – “Take This Love” from Portland Band Sun Atoms
So, ha! This is kind of funny. The writer, with his wife and dog, leaves his... -
STEREO EMBERS SINGLE PREMIERE & EXCLUSIVE LP ANNOUNCEMENT – “Alchemical Connection” from Ambient Psych Composer Alex Henry Foster’s New Album ‘A Measure of Shape and Sounds’
Redolent of dawn in all its awakening complexity – it is, in fact, nearly impossible to... -
STEREO EMBERS EXCLUSIVE ALBUM PREVIEW/STREAM & TRACK-BY-TRACK BREAKDOWN FROM BAND – “Thirds” from New York’s Eighteen Hundred and Froze to Death
Carving out their own distinct terrain that’s just a few furlongs north of Fugazi and, a... -
STEREO EMBERS EXCLUSIVE ALBUM PREMIERE – “CL. 1” from New (but Seasoned) Brooklyn Post-Punk Band Clone
Many things never cease to amaze us here at SEM not least of which is the... -
STEREO EMBERS EXCLUSIVE VIDEO PREMIERE – Shimmy-Disc Artist Lumberob’s Joyous, Strange, Perfect “Maybelle” from Upcoming Album ‘Hunter Gather’
So, regardless of our passion for music that in its expression borders on adolescent giddiness, the... -
STEREO EMBERS VIDEO PREMIERE – “Years to Awaken” from New Band Silverplanes Jack Douglas-produced Debut LP ‘Airbus’
Some things, it seems, are simply meant to be. We’ve all experienced it, whether it be...
Interviews
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STEREO EMBERS ALBUM PREMIER – “Contenders” from Great Lakes, including a Track-by-Track Breakdown from Founder Ben Crum
Some songwriters’ aim is so true you have to wonder as to the origin of their... -
Retro Synthwave For The Spectacular Now: An Interview with LAU
LAU is somewhat of an underground synthwave/retrowave legend online, garnering quite a bit of attention over... -
STEREO EMBERS EXCLUSIVE PREMIER w/INTERVIEW – “Coalescence” the New Single/Title Track from Cold Weather Company’s Upcoming Fourth Album
New Jersey residents Brian Curry, Jeff Petescia and Steve Shimchick, dba Cold Weather Company, traffic in...
Recent Reviews
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Cathedralesque Spell-Making – “Festival of Invocations” from Society of the Silver Cross
Quite frequently – read (sadly): most often – when a band or artist seeks to reinvent... -
On the Whims of Desire – Debut Album “Quiver” from In These Trees and Tartie
There are all these sayings we all get caught up in and not a few of... -
Casually Powerful – The Self-Titled Debut from New York’s As For The Future
Clever, engaging, perceptive and just damn damn fun to listen to even on the somewhat darker tracks, As... -
TRIPTYCH INTO DARKNESS – Reverend Genes “Space” EP / Surplus 1980 “Illusion of Consistency” / Golden Apes “Our Ashes at the End of the Day”
REVEREND GENES – “Space” EP (self-released) Post-punk and jangle have something of a twisted history. On... -
An Artist of Many Adjectives – The Latest Album From Karen Haglof “One Hand Up”
Etymologically speaking, improvisation and exactitude occupy opposing ends of the spectrum, one a willful, madly un-risk averse... -
The Candor the Beauty the Sadness – New Album “Ghosts” from Steve Dawson
If you’re a ‘music enthusiast’ of a certain age – born in the mid- to late-50s,...
Entertainment News
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STEREO EMBERS EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW – “Split” 12″ EP from Portland’s Whisper Hiss & Glasgow Band Dancer w/Track by Track Rundown by Each Band
There... -
Lee Mavers Of The La’s Plays Surprise Set At Grooverfarm
The elusive Lee Mavers of the La’s banged out a surprise set the other day at... -
The Charlatans’ Up To Our Hips Out In Deluxe Expanded Edition In November
Marking the 30th anniversary of their third album Up To Our Hips, The Charlatans have announced...