today the moon, tomorrow the sun music menu

at creative loafing charlotte.

Atlanta-based indie electro-fuzz-rock quartet Today the Moon, Tomorrow the Sun have been on the road full-time since 2009. In that time, they’ve polished both their live show and their ability to pack out a dance floor. Lead singer Lauren Gibson delivers her lyrics like a more swaggering, sensual Emily Haines (Metric) over the fuzzed-out guitars and ethereal synths of her compatriots. With a growing, diehard fanbase spanning the Southeast, TTMTTS is known for live shows that have fans leaving sweaty, sore and happy.

no destination: country roads

i’m way behind on updating this thing, but here‘s something i wrote that i was pretty happy with this month.

quintron & miss pussycat calendar pick

at flagpole.

Some fifteen years ago, Quintron crawled from the murky deeps of the New Orleans bayou to bring “swamp-tech” to the world. Relying largely on self-made instruments, including his patented Drum Buddy, he’s released 13 full-length albums that “have the psychedelic soul of New Orleans garage R&B filtered through a tough, distorted Hammond B-3.”

perpetual groove music menu

at creative loafing charlotte.

Perpetual Groove has plenty of the hallmarks of a classic jam band – an exhaustive touring schedule, fans who follow them to a different city every night and meandering, genre-melding grooves. Hailing from Athens, Ga., they’re known for putting on a fine light show in conjunction with their blend of original songs and wide-ranging selection of covers, which includes everything from Talking Heads to Rage Against the Machine. Matt McDonald has returned to the band after four years, reuniting the original lineup.

great lake swimmers: new wild everywhere review

at paste.

For their fifth album in just shy of a decade, Great Lake Swimmers finally settled into a studio, and the result is their most mature and polished LP to date.

joan osborne: bring it on home review

at paste.

For her seventh album, Kentucky-born singer-songwriter Joan Osborne returns to her roots—the soul, blues and R&B she sang while coming up in New York. But perhaps she shouldn’t have waited so long.

jukebox the ghost music menu

at creative loafing charlotte.

Philadelphia’s Jukebox the Ghost has been touring nonstop since the band’s 2010 release, Everything Under the Sun. The schedule has been so rigorous, in fact, that vocalist Tommy Siegel underwent vocal surgery. With another album of sunny pop on the way this summer, they’re making their way around the country, turning their experiences on the road into what they call “more thoughtful and personal” new tunes.