Take Five with The Alternate Side: Two Gallants

January 18, 2013|Kara Manning

Two Gallants is back after a five year hiatus with a new album, The Bloom and The Blight, and a new record label, ATO...

Take Five with The Alternate Side: The Helio Sequence

January 11, 2013|Kara Manning

The flood that severely damaged The Helio Sequence's studio and equipment a few years ago also afforded the Portland, Oregon...

Take Five with The Alternate Side: Freelance Whales

December 21, 2012|Kara Manning

Since Freelance Whales released its 2009 debut, Weathervanes, the local indie pop band has gone from busking on Brooklyn...

Take Five with The Alternate Side: Daughter

December 14, 2012|Kara Manning

There is a brutal undertow to Daughter's deceptively gentle songs; vocalist/guitarist Elena Tonra's confessional lyrics...

Take Five with The Alternate Side: Icky Blossoms

November 30, 2012|Kara Manning

Add Omaha's Icky Blossoms to the formidable stable of Saddle Creek bands. The brash, sexy and fun electronic trio — which...

Take Five with The Alternate Side: Husky

November 16, 2012|Kara Manning

Some albums get tagged as "autumnal" in nature and Husky's impressive debut Forever So fits that bill; there's a dusky...

Take Five with The Alternate Side: Diamond Rings

November 09, 2012|Kara Manning

Canada's John O'Regan, who goes by the moniker Diamond Rings, has been prolific over the last couple of years, releasing his...

Take Five with The Alternate Side: Django Django

November 02, 2012|Kara Manning

The Mercury Prize, the apotheosis of Britain's prestige music awards, was handed out yesterday in London to Alt-J, but also...

Take Five with The Alternate Side: Wintersleep

October 19, 2012|Kara Manning

Wintersleep's amusingly named Hello Hum, the Canadian band's fifth album, finds the quintet at its most expansive, incisive...