Earlier this year, the Baltimore band Lower Dens released their very good, krautrock-skewing sophomore album Nootropics, and my daughter still can't fall asleep without listening to it. On the new…   Read Story »

Lower Dens hits the corporate team-building camp in the video for "Candy," a visual accented by light psychedelic flourishes to fully flesh out the strangeness. Plenty of trust falls are practiced,…   Read Story »

I've had the digital promo of Nootropics, the sophomore album from Baltimore dream-rock band Lower Dens, for a couple of months now. And according to my iTunes, I've listened to its 10 songs an…   Read Story »

In the video for Lower Dens' expansive new jam "Propagation," we see the members of the dreamy Baltimore band, painted white and wearing glowing beekeeper outfits while traipsing through a forest and…   Read Story »

On their very strong sophomore album Nootropics, my toddler daugher's favorite album of all time, the gooily expansive Baltimore guitar band Lower Dens expands its pallet with motorik beats and…   Read Story »

Baltimore space-wavers Lower Dens' sophomore LP Nootropics isn't out until next month, but we've already posted the early tracks "Brains" and "Propagation," and it's already my daughter's favorite…   Read Story »

Name: Lower Dens Progress Report: Jana Hunter chats about Lower Dens’ sophomore album, Nootropics. Jana Hunter is a woman of many talents. Over the past decade she has recorded music and toured…   Read Story »

HBO's medieval drama Game Of Thrones premieres April 1, and this season's plot involves five different claims to the throne and these respective factions' ongoing clobbering of one another…   Read Story »

In a few weeks, the great Baltimore dream-rock band Lower Dens will release Nootropics, their motorik-infused sophomore LP, which is currently my two-year-old daughter's favorite album. (She asks for…   Read Story »

Hey, everybody, it's that time again! South By Southwest 2012. Are you ready? How's your hashtag game? Can you feel the early-onset FOMO? As the Austin institution grows larger and larger, with more…   Read Story »