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STEREO EMBERS SINGLE OF THE DAY – “Castles” from Americana Icon Gary Marks Career-Spanning RSD-set Release ‘Crossroads’
It is, to some extent, both a vanishing breed and a breed that refuses to vanish not... -
Addressing the Porous Yearnings of Our Rocknroll Hearts – “Up’s The New Down” from Adorable’s Pete Fij
As anyone even passingly familiar with my work knows from the many – some might say...
Music News
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Heal As One All-Star Thrash Metal Benefit To Support Death Angel’s Dennis Pepa To Be Held In January
The Bay Area thrash metal brotherhood is joining forces to support former Death Angel founding member... -
Throwing Muses Announce 40th Anniversary Reissue of Their 1986 Debut Album
Throwing Muses are set to reissue their long out of print 1986 debut album. Marking the... -
Chvrches Ready New Album For Early 2027 Release
Chvrches have announced their new album will hit shelves in early 2027. Titled All The King’s... -
Blondie Readies New Album For 2027—High Noon Due Out In February
Blondie have revealed their new album will be out in 2027. Titled High Noon, the band’s... -
Death Angel’s Co-Founder Dennis Pepa Goes Public With Stage Four Cancer Diagnosis
Death Angel’s Dennis Pepa has gone public with what has been a private health battle. The... -
Talking Heads To Release Super Deluxe Edition Of Fear Of Music
Talking Heads have announced a super deluxe reissue of 1979’s Fear Of Music. The legendary New...
Track of the Day
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Stereo Embers Exclusive Single/Video Premiere – “Shockable Rhythm” from Atlanta’s Dark-Grooved Psych Outfit CDSM’s First Full-Length ‘Convertible Hearse’ Releasing May 23rd
Consider this, the opening gambit of this irresistably beguiling track from Atlanta’s CDSM (Celebrity Death Slot... -
STEREO EMBERS EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE – “Find Things Beautiful” from Latest Shimmy-Disc Signing Clara Joy’s Debut Full-Length
We all know – or should know – that as much, if not more than, melodies... -
Stereo Embers’ TRACK OF THE DAY: Matthew Edwards’ “Fireworks”
Nostalgia is a tricky friend; with a skip in its step, it gleefully leads you down... -
Stereo Embers’ TRACK OF THE DAY: John Douglas’ “Johnsburgh, Illinois”
John Douglas has been quietly racing towards the end of 2024 riding a discernible winning streak.... -
Stereo Embers’ TRACK OF THE DAY: Chris Simmons’ “A Cold December”
“I heard the bells on Christmas Day/Their old, familiar carols play,” Longfellow once wrote. Indeed, there... -
Stereo Embers’ TRACK OF THE DAY: Matthew Nowhere’s “Love Is Only What We Are”
Sometimes the best surprises come from out of nowhere. That couldn’t be more apt when it... -
STEREO EMBERS TRACK OF THE DAY – “Made of Rain” from Beauty In Chaos featuring Ashton Nyte
Collaborations are often tricky things, depending as they do on that rather devilish commodity ‘chemistry,’ which,... -
Stereo Embers’ TRACK OF THE DAY: Milo Binder’s “I Should Be Your Man”
Let’s get the time thing out of the way. When Milo Binder’s debut album came out... -
STEREO EMBERS SINGLE/VIDEO PREMEIRE – “The Calling” from Kato Hideki and Bonner Kramer off Upcoming LP ‘The Walk’
If we’re honest with ourselves, we’ll admit that those things that move us the most, reach... -
STEREO EMBERS TRACK/VIDEO OF THE DAY – “Wheeling” from Mansfield Ohio’s Big Bend
When I first heard The Blue Nile I marveled in a way I’d never marveled before....
Interviews
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STEREO EMBERS ALBUM PREMIER – “Contenders” from Great Lakes, including a Track-by-Track Breakdown from Founder Ben Crum
Some songwriters’ aim is so true you have to wonder as to the origin of their... -
Retro Synthwave For The Spectacular Now: An Interview with LAU
LAU is somewhat of an underground synthwave/retrowave legend online, garnering quite a bit of attention over... -
STEREO EMBERS EXCLUSIVE PREMIER w/INTERVIEW – “Coalescence” the New Single/Title Track from Cold Weather Company’s Upcoming Fourth Album
New Jersey residents Brian Curry, Jeff Petescia and Steve Shimchick, dba Cold Weather Company, traffic in...
Recent Reviews
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Undying Resilience – The Loft Return Once Again with New Album “Badges”
OK, so, admittedly it’s a heavy and decidedly unfair burden to place before you a ‘mere’... -
Riveting, Endlessly Compelling – The “Alms For Children” Collection from Legendary New Zealand Band This Sporting Life
Picture the archetypal writer’s desk with its stacks of this and sprawls of that crowded about... -
Resilient Defiance and a Whisper of Dignity: Minorcan’s Latest and Arguably Finest Album “Rock Alone”
Don’t know about you all but we here at SEM have a soft spot for albums... -
A Gently Persuasive Insistence: Captain’s Audio Project’s Quiet Stunner of a Debut “Waiting For The Moon”
Not that I’d ever have imagined saying it while flashing around in my late teens, twenties... -
Nothing But Gold: Tuff Sunshine’s Vanity Matrix
Tuff Sunshine’s Johnny Leitera has always been a bit of a linguistic force. It’s hard to... -
A Deft Unfurlingness Building on Itself – “Down To The Marshes” from David Lance Callahan
If you’re avid about this noise we love and are lucky enough to survive through five...
Entertainment News
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Heal As One All-Star Thrash Metal Benefit To Support Death Angel’s Dennis Pepa To Be Held In January
The Bay Area thrash metal brotherhood is joining forces to support former Death Angel founding member... -
STEREO EMBERS SINGLE OF THE DAY – “Castles” from Americana Icon Gary Marks Career-Spanning RSD-set Release ‘Crossroads’
It is, to some extent, both a vanishing breed and a breed that refuses to vanish not... -
Throwing Muses Announce 40th Anniversary Reissue of Their 1986 Debut Album
Throwing Muses are set to reissue their long out of print 1986 debut album. Marking the...