Heavenly Beat, aka onetime Beach Fossils bassist John Peña, will release his fourth album, titled Designer, later this year and has just shared it's first single, "Intent...
British Columbia's Teen Daze has come along way since the chillwave days of so long ago (2010). His new album, Morning World (his first in three years), was made with producer John Vanderslice in less than two weeks with nary a synthesizer in earshot...
After two albums on Captured Tracks, John Peña self-released Euchraist, his third album as Heavenly Beat, late last year. The record, which he calls the final segment of his "Prelude To Greatness" trilogy, doesn't stray from the Heavenly Beat formula: nylon-string and slide guita…
Now in its fifth year, the Savannah Stopover has established itself as a smaller, genteel alternative to SXSW, happening March 5 - 7 in Savannah, GA right before Austin's megafest, featuring bands on their way there...
Like in past years, Georgia's Savannah Stopover will go down shortly before SXSW, and will likely have a good amount of overlap. The 2015 edition is their 5th anniversary and happens March 5-7...
Three bands from Captured Tracks' roster -- Beach Fossils, Heavenly Beat and Axxa/Abraxas -- will be hitting the road together this fall. The tour kicks off with two nights at NYC's Baby's All Right on September 26 & 27...
Good news / bad news, Mary Onettes fans. First, the good. The Swedish band's new mini-LP, Portico, is out next week (3/4) and is a lovely piece of ethereal (but not chillwave) dreampop...
Having released Hit the Waves less than a year ago, Jönköping, Sweden's The Mary Onettes return with a new mini-album, titled Portico, which will be out later this year on their longtime home of Labrador Records...