Tag: review
-
When Phantogram’s debut album, Eyelid Movies, was released on the indie label Barsuk in 2009, I knew almost nothing about them. Just that they were a duo. I simply bought the album after reading a few positive reviews and hearing samples online. And I immediately fell in love with its quirky electronic music, which didn’t…
-
The Glitch Mob are an electronic music trio consisting of Edward “edIT” Ma, Justin Boreta and Josh “Ooah” Mayer. Their 2010 debut, Drink The Sea, did fairly well, giving them a rather large fanbase, especially in the EDM underground, and more than a handful of favorable reviews. Alas, it did not make a blip on…
-
Demoraliser are a metalcore band hailing from Grimsby, a seaport on the Humber Estuary in Lincolnshire, England. They were formed in 2010 and soon began releasing monstrous EPs that earned them heaps of praise, especially in the underground scene. The quality — and brutality — of these EPs, along with their reputation as a pulverizing…
-
If the name Nina Persson doesn’t ring a bell, I’m fairly certain that the sound of her voice would. She’s the front woman of both The Cardigans and A Camp, you see. Not sure who those bands are? Perhaps the name of The Cardigans’ most successful single will ring a bell: “Lovefool.” It was a…
-
People always seem to refer to Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings as a retro soul band. I wouldn’t disagree with that, but to my ears they’ve always sounded like quite the funk outfit, too. According to Wiki, “They are spearheads of a revivalist movement that aims to capture the essence of funk/soul music as it…
-
Normally, I find “greatest hits” and “best of” or “essential” compilations to be useless. If someone asks me about an artist, I’m going to tell them to check out whatever album by that artist that I either like most or that I think they would like most. And when I tell people to check out…
-
Small Sound finds husband and wife duo Alaina Moore and Patrick Riley, otherwise known as Tennis, showing both lyrical and musical growth as they collaborate with producer Richard Swift (Foxygen, The Shins) for the first time. Where producer Patrick Carney, who worked on their last album, 2012’s Young and Old, tended to make the fuzzy…
-
“This is it, my apocalypse,” scream-sings Caliban frontman Andreas Dörner during “Wolves and Rats,” just one of the veteran metal band’s killer — and brutal — new songs. It’s hard to believe, but the German metal outfit has been around for over sixteen years now. I kid you not. They were formed in Hattingen, Germany…
-
It’s appropriate that The Pack A.D.’s new album — their fifth — is entitled Do Not Engage because you need only listen to the first two or three songs to come to the conclusion that these women could seriously kick your ass. And I don’t just mean to the curb. I’m talking about beating you…
-
Usually if a band is going to release a self-titled album it’s going to be their debut. If not, then it usually happens later in their career after they’re several albums in and want to announce that they’re changing direction, or perhaps that they’ve finally found themselves again after a bad album or two. It’s…
-
Girl Band is a four member Irish post-grunge, noise rock outfit from Dublin consisting of members Dara Kiely, Alan Duggan, Daniel Fox and Adam Faulkner. Their new single, “Lawman,” is being released via Any Other City Records on a limited run of 300 7″ records, each screen-printed and hand stitched. “Lawman” is just over six…
-
Tempel are an insanely talented Arizona-based instrumental metal/post rock duo consisting of Ryan Wenzel (Guitars, Keys) and Rich Corle (Drums), who first joined forces way back in 2003, although On The Steps Of The Temple is apparently only their debut. To that end, I’m really not sure if they actually spent the past 10 years…
-
Well, suddenly the internet is ablaze with Kylie Minogue’s fantastic new single, “Into The Blue.” And I do mean FANTASTIC. Wow. Everything about this song is perfect. It starts off with some jangly, almost frenzied piano and soaring strings but soon that goes away — temporarily — and we’re smacked with a slamming beat as…
-
The story of Painted Palms is an interesting one. When cousins Reese Donohue and Chris Prudhomme first began making music together Donohue was living in San Francisco and Prudhomme was living near New Orleans. They started sending ideas for songs back and forth via e-mail and before they knew it they were creating songs together,…
