Chain Letters is certainly made to soundtrack black and white saloons as sleazily noirish events begin to unfold in every corner.  Chain Letters is the sophomore effort from husband/wife duo Chris Senseney and Stefanie Drootin-Senseney, better known as Big Harp, and it is out January 22nd on Saddle Creek. ...

“I’ve never been as moved by a work of art as a really fine film,” Carlos Hernandez tells me.  Carlos is the frontman (vocals, guitar, synthesizer) for Brooklyn’s Ava Luna. Last month Noisey premiered the longtime-in-the-works music video for the title track of their debut album, Ice Level (released...

Triple Hex are one of those bands who just seem to have listened to all of the right music throughout their lives.  They have the funky primal swagger of The Stooges (and frontman, Dave Hex, doesn’t exactly sound a million miles from Mr. Osterberg), coupled with the soul of...

I’ve been a “music journalist” for about half a decade now and I’ve gone to around 100-concerts-per-year for well over a decade.  I’m a bit jaded, to put it mildly.  I still spend several nights a week at the likes of Kung Fu Necktie and Johnny Brenda’s, taking in...

… I’m not generally one for holiday festivities, but if I had some means by which to briefly escape Center City, I would likely be spending this Saturday evening, December 22nd, at Steel City Coffeehouse in Phoenixville for a holiday show courtesy of Winterbloom.  Winterbloom is a folk pop...

2012 has seen a plethora of country, folk, “Americana,” artists flourish among the masses… and while The Last Bison appreciate that their genre seems to be conveniently “in vogue,” they very much hope that you will see them as a band more than able to stand on their own...

Misfit Mod may sound like a cute nickname for Polly Maggoo, however, it’s actually the musical moniker of Sarah Kelleher, a London-based electronic musician.  Her debut album, Islands & Islands, is set to be released in 2013, but has been in the works since 2007.  However, her debut single,...

“Anyone that tells you you have to work at a relationship is dead wrong… It’s all about marrying someone who is just like you,” says Sean Beavan, one half of 8mm.  The other half is his lovely wife, Juliette (Beavan).  “When I heard she could sing it was like,...

In our postmodern society of the spectacle, when one-on-one, face-to-face, interviews seem to be a luxury only available to overpaid douches who write for glossies, it can be quite nice, and quite charming, to catch a musician in a moment of practicality or leisure.  I recently got a chance...