Month: August 2014
-
OK GO’s new EP opens with the mid-tempo track “Turn Up the Radio,” a song about getting down to business with one’s significant other. The idea, I think, is to turn up the radio so your neighbors can’t hear you shagging. “I’ve got to lose myself tonight / So turn off the lights,’ sings Damian Kulash…
-
Color us damn impressed. Totem’s latest track, “Chase Me,” is one truly gorgeous, mid-tempo electro-ballad. With its monster beats and haunting vocals, it’s like the dreaminess of Bastille meets the potency of Imagine Dragons. Seriously, it’s that good. And he’s giving it away for free. Unfortunately, it’s in flac format, so you won’t be able…
-
By now you’ve probably realized that we think that LIGHTS can do no wrong. Well, this haunting, down-tempo tune is just further proof of her flawlessness. Lyrics, vocals, music — it’s beautiful and touching all around.
-
Western Education were formed during spring 2011 on the east coast in the city of Lowell, Massachusetts, birthplace and muse of Jack Kerouac, after vocalist Greg Alexandropoulos plastered the UMASS Lowell campus with flyers seeking some compatible musicians. His search discovered bassist Will Hunt and guitarist Georgio Broufas and the trio set about making some…
-
Morgoth’s “God Is Evil” 7″ and digital single is their first studio recording since 1996’s “Feel Sorry For The Fanatic” and, holy fuck, was it worth the wait. From the second the song opens, they unleash a cavalcade of spiky, blood-spilling riffs, brutal drums and scathing vocals. It’s a massive onslaught of evil, every second…
-
“You don’t love me like I love you,” sings Whinnie Williams, her voice dripping with melancholy during this lovely, retro-tastic number. If you hear shades of Lily Allen and Nicola Roberts here, well, that’s no coincidence. You see, the track is produced by Future Cut, who’s recently worked with Lily, meanwhile Whinnie has written songs…
-
Listening to this debut track by Laura Doggett — in collaboration with Sohn — for something like the eighth time in a row. Mesmerized by it. Such a haunting, emotive electronica track, it’s like St. Vincent meets ’90’s Bjork. A very good thing indeed. -Michael
-
As you probably know, I recently reviewed Youngblood Hawke’s August 6th, 2014 show at Brighton Music Hall in Boston. My review was wholly positive and I feel the same way about their debut album, Wake Up, which is, in fact, crammed with plenty of gorgeous anthems to rouse you. Each of its songs are stimulating…
