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Camera Obscura
My Maudlin Career
April 21st, 2009
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Their dreamy yet reserved approach is appealing and a nice change of pace, in comparison to a lot of modern acts whom seem to force experimentation. ... |
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The Boy Least Likely To
Law of the Playground
April 21st, 2009
Jof Owen and Pete Hobbs are armed with the same weapons they used to create 2005’s The Best Party Ever. Pete’s distinctly adolescent music (in spirit, not ability) continues to be the perfect compliment to Jof’s primarily morose lyrics. The glockenspiel’s still there and so is the banjo, but the production is much better this time around.... |
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BLK JKS
Mystery
April 14th, 2009
When was the last time you came across a recording that caused you to examine what you thought you knew about music? Mystery, the first EP from the Johannesburg, South Africa-based quartet BLK JKS, packs a potent potential for this type of musical introspection... |
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Bat For Lashes
Two Suns
April 7th, 2009
...a perfect example of Bat For Lashes' sound; she uses natural, organic-sounding instruments to create a beautiful but decidedly unearthly sound. Khan describes her "musical landscape" as one that melds "ancient and modern, dark and night."
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The Thermals
Now We Can See
April 7th, 2009
Looking at past material like Hutch and Kathy and Urban Legends I can’t help but feel that this current Thermals sound is the purest they’ve been. The Thermals may have started out as a fun project to make music, but the current direction seems to hold what I’ve loved while moving in what direction Hutch and Kathy seem most comfortable with
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Yeah Yeah Yeahs
It’s Blitz!
March 31st, 2009
It's a tiresome cliché and not just because it's asinine to expect hyper-creative people like musicians to keep churning out the same thing year after year. Some of the greatest pop music has been born out of such experimentation
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All Points West 2009 Lineup Announced!
- March 30th, 2009
All Points West is back for its second year at Liberty State Park in NJ
This year's lineup features: : Beastie Boys, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Vampire Weekend, The National, Fleet Foxes, Tool, My Bloody Valentine, Gogol Bordello, Arctic Monkeys, Neko Case, The Ting Tings, Yelle, Crystal Castles, St. Vincent, Tokyo Police Club, Coldplay, Echo & The Bunnymen, MGMT, The Black Keys, Elbow, Silversun Pickups, Mogwai, We Are Scientists and many others
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Bat For Lashes - Daniel
[Video Review]
- April 7th, 2009
“Daniel,” the first single from upcoming LP Two Suns, is itself a killer track, possibly the new album’s best. Natasha Khan farmed the main bass groove from the Patrick Bateman school of synthesizers, and marries the 80s aesthetic to her gorgeous choral melodies and thundering tympanis....
Fever Ray - When I Grow Up
[Video Review]
- April 3rd, 2009
Fever Ray’s Karin Dreijer Andersson and Danish Director Martin de Thurah seem to have met at a creative crossroads...
Peter Bjorn and John - Nothing to Worry About
[Video Review]
- April 3rd, 2009
his latest effort, on Peter Bjorn and John single “Nothing to Worry About,” is unlike anything director Andreas Nilsson has ever done....
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