Howardian

Treefort Music Fest happens September 22-26 in Downtown Boise and performers include Japanese Breakfast, Built to Spill, Calexico, Andy Shaur, Christian Scott Atunde Adjuah, Mdou Moctar, Lightning Bolt, and over 300 more.

Howardian also begins a tour this week.

Howardian, the latest music venture from Japanther's Ian Vanek, will release his new album, A Smurf At Land's End, on Friday (2/26). Lo-fi fuzzpop with an admitted hip hop influence, it's a fun LP with no shortage of catchy melodies...

The 2016 Treefort Music Fest goes on March 23-27 in Boise, Idaho in venues all over the city. (It's kinda like Boise's SXSW.) This year's lineup includes Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires, Thee Oh Sees, Youth Lagoon, Aesop Rock, Chelsea Wolfe, White Denim, Oddisee, Hinds, French Horn Rebellion, Quilt, Alex G, Wax Idols, Built To Spill, La Luz, All Dogs, Porches, Oddisee (who plays a BV show in NYC on Tuesday)...

CMJ is just barely behind us, and now it's time to start thinking about SXSW who have just announced their first round of showcasing artists...

San Francisco paisley throwbacks Cool Ghouls have a new single, "Creature That I Am," that's out next week (10/23) via Dizzybird. This one is especially Byrds-ian and you can stream it below...

Ian Vanek, who is one half of Japanther, also records low-fi fuzzpop under the name Howardian. An album, Land of the Low Tides, came out back in January and you can stream a couple tracks from that below...