Jika dialbum sebelumnya mereka terdengar seperti remaja tanggung berusaha mencari perhatian dengan suara merengek dan baru punya synthetizer yang dibunyikan keras-keras setiap ada kesempatan. Maka dialbum ini perhatian sudah mereka dapatkan dan berhasil menciptakan berbagai anthem mulai dari yang nasionalis seperti "Dari Mata Sang Garuda" sampai bertema memberi semangat "Melihat Ke Depan", juga anthem sakit hati karena kecengannya memilih orang laen "Sarkas Satir". Dan yang terpenting, aransemen mereka sudah mulai tertata dengan lebih baik. Melalui album ini PWG benar-benar menyuarakan kisah ABG-ABG masa kini yang sedang labil dan butuh sesuatu untuk menyuarakan hati mereka yang galau, sementara band-band [...]
Gavin SniderThe moment I walked into the Bottleneck Wednesday night, it immediately became apparent that I had lost all touch of what is popular. You see, the last few shows I've seen at the Bottlenec... Continue reading "Concert Review: Brett Dennen at the Bottleneck, 3/04/09" >
By FLANNERY CASHILL Punk rock has a few recurring characters. Nearly every '80s band riffed on Reagan, nearly every band now rips on Bush. The Misfits made motifs of JFK and Jackie O, Millions of Dead Cops roasted John Wayne, and I wouldn't know who Sacco and Vanzetti were if it weren't for Against All Authority . But I'm tired of political name drops, and partial to more creative tributes, like this track from local late '90s punks the Basement [...]
By FLANNERY CASHILL Elvin folk chanteuse Feist enchants this Saturday when she sprinkles pixie dust all over Starlight. MP3 : " 1234 " by Feist, from The Reminder (Polydor) Ad Astra Per Aspera celebrate the release of their new 7" with triumphant, high-five jams at the Replay this Saturday. [...]
Musicians and music fans alike -- cool people, in other words -- are no strangers to the plight of the uninsured, because we've all been there, right? Hell, some of us are still there. So thank heavens for free clinics, like KU Med's Jaydoc clinic, that not only treats your sick ass but rocks it once a year with a benefit show featuring solid local bands. Last year's show was at the Record Bar and brought Ad Astra Per Aspera and White Whale. This year's Jayrock is at the Mission Theatre and features The New Amsterdams, Ad Astra, [...]
Ah thank goodness. The weekend, beer o'clock, beverage time, whatever - slipping into the welcoming arms of comatose alcoholic oblivion, no knowing where you'll wake, next to whom or how many tattoos you'll have. Marvellous. The Edinburgh International Festival of Unbearably Pretentious Thespian Twattery commences this week some time and suppressing the Toad [...]
Six, or seven, weeks to go until the music starts at SXSW (March 14th), I won't be there, but I guarantee you that the buzz that'll build in the indie music community will be like a pot of strong coffee to me. Last year SXSW had a massive amount of music and the same will be true this year. You may already know that the festival for the past couple of years has hosted hundreds and hundreds of mp3s of bands that were showcaseds at Austin, although this year's showcase mp3s aren't online yet, last years are still [...]
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