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A Work of Startling, Damn Near Dramatic Nuance – Joy Division’s “Insight” from Thurston Moore and Bonner Kramer’s Upcoming Album ‘They Came From Swallows – Seven Requiems for the Children of Gaza’
There are moments in this (admittedly obsessive) music-listening life when transcendance comes upon you as if... -
Take The Highway: Toy Factory Project Live In New York
As a casual fan of the Marshall Tucker band, only familiar with hits like “Can’t You...
Music News
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Aldous Harding Set To Release New Album In May
Aldous Harding is set to release a new album this Spring. The New Zealand-born singer/songwriter’s new... -
Chapterhouse Announce First North American Dates In Nearly Twenty Years
Chapterhouse have announced their first U.S. dates in almost twenty years. The Reading band only put... -
Trashcan Sinatras Set To Release New Single “The Bitter End”
The Trashcan Sinatras are set to release their first new music in over four years. The... -
Scritti Politti To Reissue 1982’s Songs To Remember
Scritti Politti are set to reissue their 1982 debut album Songs To Remember. Originally put out... -
Superchunk’s Limited Run Of “Songs In The Key Of Abolish Ice” T-Shirt Still Available
Photo courtesy of Superchunk and Merge Records Superchunk’s “Songs In The Key Of Abolish Ice” shirt... -
The Verlaines’ Ready To Fly LP To Get Limited 500-Run On Vinyl
The Verlaines have announced Ready To Fly will be released on vinyl for the first time....
Track of the Day
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Stereo Embers Exclusive Single/Video Premiere – “Shockable Rhythm” from Atlanta’s Dark-Grooved Psych Outfit CDSM’s First Full-Length ‘Convertible Hearse’ Releasing May 23rd
Consider this, the opening gambit of this irresistably beguiling track from Atlanta’s CDSM (Celebrity Death Slot... -
STEREO EMBERS EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE – “Find Things Beautiful” from Latest Shimmy-Disc Signing Clara Joy’s Debut Full-Length
We all know – or should know – that as much, if not more than, melodies... -
Stereo Embers’ TRACK OF THE DAY: Matthew Edwards’ “Fireworks”
Nostalgia is a tricky friend; with a skip in its step, it gleefully leads you down... -
Stereo Embers’ TRACK OF THE DAY: John Douglas’ “Johnsburgh, Illinois”
John Douglas has been quietly racing towards the end of 2024 riding a discernible winning streak.... -
Stereo Embers’ TRACK OF THE DAY: Chris Simmons’ “A Cold December”
“I heard the bells on Christmas Day/Their old, familiar carols play,” Longfellow once wrote. Indeed, there... -
Stereo Embers’ TRACK OF THE DAY: Matthew Nowhere’s “Love Is Only What We Are”
Sometimes the best surprises come from out of nowhere. That couldn’t be more apt when it... -
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....
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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Riveting, Endlessly Compelling – The “Alms For Children” Collection from Legendary New Zealand Band This Sporting Life
Picture the archetypal writer’s desk with its stacks of this and sprawls of that crowded about... -
Resilient Defiance and a Whisper of Dignity: Minorcan’s Latest and Arguably Finest Album “Rock Alone”
Don’t know about you all but we here at SEM have a soft spot for albums... -
A Gently Persuasive Insistence: Captain’s Audio Project’s Quiet Stunner of a Debut “Waiting For The Moon”
Not that I’d ever have imagined saying it while flashing around in my late teens, twenties... -
Nothing But Gold: Tuff Sunshine’s Vanity Matrix
Tuff Sunshine’s Johnny Leitera has always been a bit of a linguistic force. It’s hard to... -
A Deft Unfurlingness Building on Itself – “Down To The Marshes” from David Lance Callahan
If you’re avid about this noise we love and are lucky enough to survive through five... -
An Unforced Certainty and Grace – “Earthbound” from The Old Ceremony
There’s a calculated anticipation that precedes hitting ‘play’ on a new album from a band you’ve...
Entertainment News
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A Work of Startling, Damn Near Dramatic Nuance – Joy Division’s “Insight” from Thurston Moore and Bonner Kramer’s Upcoming Album ‘They Came From Swallows – Seven Requiems for the Children of Gaza’
There are moments in this (admittedly obsessive) music-listening life when transcendance comes upon you as if... -
Take The Highway: Toy Factory Project Live In New York
As a casual fan of the Marshall Tucker band, only familiar with hits like “Can’t You... -
Mirroring the Very Essence – Bill Pritchard’s “Haunted”
Let us be blunt. There are – as they say – vanishingly few songwriters that parallel...