Don’t bring a shotgun to a water gun party; you don’t have to assault someone to make a powerful and lasting impression. Like a woman’s hair gently grazing over her bare shoulder as she subtly flips it behind her, delicacy can be quite potent. A Weather’s sophomore release Everyday Balloons demonstrates the bands amazing ability...
Damon Albarn, front man and co-creator of the Gorillaz, has been a very busy man of late. Even though a Gorillaz album has not been released since Demon Days, in late May of 2005, Albarn has been in constant creative motion. Rare live shows, the Grammy Awards with Madonna, a release of a B-sides...
Not since Snow Patrol has a Northern Irish band’s chances of mainstream success seemed so certain. Two Door Cinema Club, an indie pop band from Bangor, have, to their credit, always been doing things their way. Faced with the common problem when starting a band of finding a drummer, they simply recruited a Mac book...
What comes to my mind when thinking of aviation, exorcism and celestial beings?
Hmm. . . . a warped horror flick gone wrong with lack of funding. Maybe Samuel L. Jackson’s Snakes on a Plane, but with extraterrestrials instead. There are an infinite amount of combinations and light bulb ideas you could have. Fanfarlo opted to...
This is compulsive listening. Good, I guess. Fucking great? I can’t really say. I’m still too embedded. Too fucking dependent. I’ve blown through a dozen records twice as many days trying to make my way out of its fucking grip but I keep coming back. I keep replaying it. I just…can’t…STOP!
It’s the fucking Navidson Reccord.
And...
In 2001 Drive By Truckers released Southern Rock Opera, an album that I consider one of the finest of the last decade. DBT have a way of putting you in their stories. It’s pure southern rock that makes you want to drink whiskey and do completely self serving things. You start to understand how the...
Listening to The Soft Pack has given me an idea for a movie. Maybe not a Hollywood big-budget flick, but who knows. It’s a story of someone like me, jumping in a van and going on tour with band all over the United States. But instead of drama over Kate Hudson that...
Jamie Stewart, creator of Xiu Xiu (pronounced shoe-shoe), is most comfortable when he is abrasive and making his onlookers squirm. For the most recent proof take a look at the video made for the first single off of Dear God, I Hate Myself. Jamie Stewart sitting on a couch with his new band member Angela...
Blonde hair and summer tans are just a few trends that fall in the category of, “Stuff Californians like” The Beach Boys represent Southern Californians like Bob Marley represents stoners, famous musicians that basically sold a productized lifestyle. Inspired by the Beach Boys, Bethany Cosentino, the lead singer of the Indie band Best Coast, said...
Nana Grizol is capable of being a triumphantly crushing force live. I’ve seen it happen on two separate occasions, once in a cramped, soot-filled basement, and once with the aid of an army of musicians during the Elephant 6 Holiday Surprise Tour in Bloomington, IN. Head dude Theo Hilton writes these simple, humble songs that...
Thank you, Fang Island. It’s been cold here these days. Dark, gray snow turning the once winter wonder into cheap liquor sleet and it’s taking a toll. On our hearts. On our minds. On our souls.
It’s breaking us down. It’s making us monsters. Tortured mimeographs of the id, once singing on top of the mountain...
Eventide pizzicato, harmonium, nord, Wurlitzer, violin, mellotron, timpani, piano, flute, piccolo, clarinet, bassoon, and trumpet. Let me make this clear. This is just a sample of all the ingredients used. What for? No, not for a philharmonic orchestra, just for Owen Pallett’s album titled Heartland. How is this for a...
4.8/5 : Pangaea - Pangaea EP 20104.4/5 : Fang Island - Fang Island4.3/5 : Four Tet - There Is Love in You4.2/5 : A Weather - Everyday Balloons4.2/5 : Titus Andronicus - The Monitor4.2/5 : The Heligoats - Goodness Gracious4.0/5 : Victor! Fix the Sun – Person, Place o ...4.0/5 : The Soft Pack - The Soft Pack (Self-Tit ...3.9/5 : Gorillaz - Plastic Beach3.7/5 : Nana Grizol - Ruth
5.0/5 : Titus Andronicus - The Monitor4.7/5 : Fang Island - Fang Island4.7/5 : The Heligoats - Goodness Gracious4.5/5 : A Weather - Everyday Balloons4.0/5 : Four Tet - There Is Love in You4.0/5 : Pangaea - Pangaea EP 20104.0/5 : Gorillaz - Plastic Beach4.0/5 : The Soft Pack - The Soft Pack (Self-Tit ...3.5/5 : Drive By Truckers - The Big To-Do 3.5/5 : Nana Grizol - Ruth
