The Heyday - The Heyday (Review)
It is not often the first spin of a debut record from a fresh band leaves you with that tingling sensation, thinking that these guys actually have potential, but to a certain extent this 5 piece power pop group from Denver known as The Heyday manage to invoke those feelings with their first full length [...]
Mean Everything to Nothing Track Listing
The track list for Manchester Orchestra’s soon-to-be-released sophomore full-length, Mean Everything to Nothing, has been announced. As you will no doubt notice, it corresponds quite well with what we gave a taste of in our premature preview article. The only song missing on the record is Black Man. Whether or not it has simply been [...]
Coconut Records - Davy (Review)
Much unlike his character from the cult-movie Rushmore that propelled him to fame and celebrity, Jason Schwartzman doesn’t suffer from illusions of grandeur, or at the very least doesn’t when he assumes his alter ego Coconut Records and starts to churn out pop tunes. Not content with being a drummer in a relatively successful band, [...]
Brand new Brand New album this summer?
Reports are coming in that Jesse Lacey of Brand New announced last night at a show at The College of New Jersey that they are hoping to release their fourth full-length studio album sometime this summer. The New York band was formed back in 2000, and currently have three LPs on their resume - Your Favourite Weapon (2001), Deja [...]
Would you like to write for Silent Sound Waves?
After getting off to a good start in the new year, we have decided to expand our little operation here at Silent Sound Waves by taking on additional writers. Does this opportunity tickle your interest? Read on for all the details.
Introducing the magnificent and Exceptional Edward
Running a music blog isn’t all that I had hoped it would be when I first started Silent Sound Waves; it’s ten times better than I ever thought it would be! The most immediate perk is that bands and promoters send us music to listen to because they want us to write about it. Most [...]
Franz Ferdinand - Tonight: Franz Ferdinand (Review)
Much like the Lord himself, the human mind works in mysterious ways. Whenever we see or hear something that we have yet to form an opinion about, we are likely to adopt the underlying opinion embedded in what we are perceiving and claim it as our own. And from that moment on, we will seek [...]
Get the new Stickboy EP, for free!
Those of you who have followed Silent Sound Waves for a while will remember that the first featured artist in our Fresh Waves column was Stickboy, an unsigned UK based folk/indie type artist, and we are pleased to finally report about new music from the artist! Admittedly we are a little late on this one, [...]
Free MP3: Bon Iver - Blood Bank
There are few things we love more here at Silent Sound Waves than (legally) free music. One of those things that we do love even more is legally free music from artists that we’re head over heals in love with, and today we are pleased to bring news of such a deal. Listen to and [...]
Select Start - <3 (Review)
Named as one of the best 21 unsigned bands of 2008 on PureVolume, Florida-situated powerpop quintet Select Start recently released a six-track record <3. Throughout the record this up-and-coming group prove with crisp vocals, strong melodies and arrangements that stay true to the powerpop genre that the people at PureVolume were definitely on to something, [...]
