By taking their name from the annual festival held in Pamplona, Spain, San Fermin presents their musical philosophy outright. Like the running of the bulls, San Fermin's music bewilders, delights, and intimidates. Surprisingly, the Brookyln-based Baroque-poppers have only released one album, San Fermin, on Downtown Records. Yet, despite arising in 2011, the band has already received impressive critical acclaim from reputable sources like NPR, Pitchfork, The New York Times, and Billboard. Perhaps its their doggedness that makes them so great. Consider this: after some thieves purloined their entire trailer from a Red Lion Hotel parking lot in Portland, Oregon, San Fermin showed up to KEXP's studio with an impressive array of instruments, perfect for playing this fine-tuned set:
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Graduating high school early to pursue music, The Orwells have been rocking the Chicago suburbs since 2009. The release of Remember When on Autumn Tone Records jettisoned them into the spotlight, eventually leading to their appearance on The Late Show With David Letterman. Like the many apartment c…
Dum Dum Girls are no fools. The NYC group combines fashionable urban chic with a deadly cool to a devastating effect, and they approach music the same way. On their third album and latest album, Too True (which we adoringly reviewed here), Dum Dum Girls mastermind Dee Dee Penny filters girl band po…
