Big Bliss is the Brooklyn-based brainchild of brothers Cory and Tim Race, and friend/collaborator Wallace May. Formed in late 2015, the trio melds harmonic post-punk grooves with art-rock sensibilities all propped up on the pillars and hooks of pop structure. Their sound is at once melancholic, tense, noisy, and ultimately uplifting, laced with lyricism that … read more ➜
Do Nothing, a new band out of Nottingham, UK. Recommended if you like: The Fall, Arctic Monkeys, Ought “Pop culture is cyclical, and every now and then a generation of bands coagulates around a particular strain of influences, whether it was Blur and Oasis channeling The Kinks, Wire and The Beatles to create Britpop, or … read more ➜
Alternapop favs The Twilight Sad are releasing their new album, the band’s 5th full-length, It Won’t Be Like This All The Time, on January 19th. It was announced last fall and they’ve been slowly releasing tracks from the upcoming album. This will be their first album on Mogwai’s Rock Action Records out of Glasgow. Guitarist … read more ➜
Big Bliss, a post-punk trio from Brooklyn, has released their debut full-length, At Middle Distance. They released a 5-track EP, Keep Near, in 2016 which was available on cassette only. (Anyone have one available?) Recommended if you like: Wolf Parade, Pixies, Modest Mouse, Interpol, Echo and the Bunnymen At Middle Distance by Big Bliss It’s … read more ➜
Brooklyn based post-punk band Big Bliss has released their debut album, At Middle Distance. At times they remind me of modern bands like Wolf Parade, but also classics like The Sound, The Church, Bauhaus, and Joy Division. Order from Bandcamp
The Chameleons UK, an 80s alternative/post-punk band, who influenced modern bands like Interpol, The Editors, Oasis, and The Verve, are playing at San Francisco’s Elbo Room on Sept. 21. (Mark Burgess, the original singer, with a backing band.) event info: The ChameleonsVox w/ Soft Kill & All Your Sisters (similar to The Psychedelic Furs, Echo … read more ➜