Monthly Archive:: June 2015
new music
A shiny blurt of electronic noise bounces through the new Empress Of track “Water Water,” evoking and distorting the steady drip of the titular element. Like a giant,
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video
Putting one’s money where one’s mouth is, or rather contributing what comes out of a singer’s mouth (and band) to a good cause, is something that many musical
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new music
I’m falling deeper and deeper into this enchanting puzzle of an album by J Fernandez. Like an M.C. Escher painting for the ears, Many Levels of Laughter invites
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new music
It’s hard not to like Ezra Furman, for the same reason it’s hard not to like a golden retriever puppy: the sheer enthusiasm and sincerity (not to mention
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reissue
For this review of the 10th-anniversary deluxe reissue of Black Mountain‘s self-titled debut, I’m joined by my erstwhile travel companion Funky Donny Fred. FDF: DUDE — the first
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video
Did you read From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler when you were a kid? The E.L. Konigsburg novel where the smarty-party Kincaid siblings run away
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tour
Bassist, singer Mike Kerr, 24, and drummer Ben Thatcher, 27, who are Royal Blood, slap and tap such an amazingly large sound that it’s almost hard to believe
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new music
Here’s a thrilling example of a ‘feel song,’ i.e. what happens when a band puts the sheet music away, lay off the jamming, and focus on exploring dynamics
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album review
It can be difficult for those who came of age before the 1980s to find the sound of soul in a synthesizer (just ask my dad). But the
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