New Music Alert: Fickle Friends

emilytreadgold #4, News

We are suckers for Fickle Friends. They just constantly make the most effervescent ear-wormy music. Seriously their album is one of our favorites and now they’re already coming back with new music. They just dropped their new song “Broken Sleep” which will also be the title of their next EP.

Sasha Sloan Is Our Favorite Sad Girl

emilytreadgold #4, Features

You don’t really think of Reddit as a place where pop stars are found, but that’s exactly where singer and songwriter Sasha Sloan was discovered. “My parents were painting the outside of our house and when they got to my window they wrote ‘dork’ in massive letters pointing to it, so I posted it online and it made it to the first page of Reddit. So then I posted my SoundCloud link in the comments and a couple weeks later I was signed as a writer,” explained Sloan.

New Music Alert: MINKE – Maybe 25

emilytreadgold #11, #4, Premiere

MINKE’S “Maybe 25” dropped today and if this single sets the tone for her debut EP out later this year, I am ecstatic. She wrote this single on the struggles of modern dating, but specifically about finding love online.

lovelytheband’s Show Was A Shimmering Indie-Pop Dream

emilytreadgold #4, Concert Reviews

With news of their first headlining tour, we got the chance to check out lovelytheband in Nashville and at Hangout Festival. lovelytheband hit the stage just as the sun started to set and the venue came alive with more fans. Opening with “Make You Feel Pretty” the band set the scene with the song giving off a similar vibe to the time of night and finally for us in Nashville, great weather.