Sound: Grandiose, kitchen-sink orchestrations collide with workmanlike, punk minimalism to create a sound that is both meticulously gorgeous and sloppily raw. Songs build to striking crescendos while adding and subtracting dense layers...
Note: Maria has recorded three albums as one half of the vocal duo Azure Ray, and this is her second solo album. Sound: Less icy and dreamy than her debut, 11:11 . Lynn Teeter Flower still features Maria's warm and gentle vocals, but with more organic production and a new-found emphasis on classic pop songcraft and beefed-up rhythms...
Keeley Davis was the frontman of Engine Down and the bass/synth player of Denali, two defunct Richmond, Virginia bands. After their breakups, he went on to fill the guitarist vacancy in Sparta. Now Keeley's ready with yet another project, Glos...
Lyrics: Reflections on the murder of a lover filled with lots of blood, bones and burial imagery. Jacob Thomas Berns' ability to sing such sadistic words in tender and relaxed tones can be comical…like a slasher movie's tongue-in-cheek gore. The music is happy enough and the storytelling is poetic enough, however...
It's only the beginning of March, so it's a little too soon for a Top 20 of 2007. But there have certainly been 15 albums worth putting on a list of the best of the year so far (Note: To be eligible for this list the album needs to be released in the U.S. between December 1, 2006 and November 30, 2007): 1. Menomena Friend and Foe (Barsuk) 2. Macromantics Moments in Movement (Kill Rock Stars) 3. Youth Group Casino [...]
90.1 FM KUPS - Tacoma, WA Alternative Music Director: Kathleen Perez 1 DEERHOOF Friend Opportunity Kill Rock Stars 2 OF MONTREAL Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? Polyvinyl 3 PETER BJORN AND JOHN Writer's Block Almost Gold 4 SHINS Wincing The Night Away Sub Pop 5 GREENSKEEPERS Polo Club Om
88.3 FM WSBU - St. Bonaventure, NY Music Director: Mike Moretti 1 CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH Some Loud Thunder Self-Released 2 COMEBACK KID Broadcasting... Victory 3 MINUS THE BEAR Interpretaciones Del Oso [...]
The five twenty-somethings just released their first full-length album in the US on February 27, and the hits on 12 Stops And Home have made them the most played band on UK radio in 2006. How will they work their charms on US audiences? With sheer harmonic choruses and hook-heavy pop gold. And some sweet suits...
Sound: Skittering and choppy riffs flying all over the place, aggressive and danceable rhythms, and stuttering, shaky and dagger-sharp vocals. Playlist Partners: At the Drive-In, The Rapture, Bloc Party...
On March 27th, Redman will release Red Gone Wild – Thee Album on Def Jam Records. Though he's released some mix tapes, been featured on other's tracks and starred in tv shows and films, it's actually been six years since he dropped his last proper album, 2001's Malpractice ...
Mouthful of Bees recorded the entire album of The End over a five-day period this summer, and everything about it seems a little rough-hewn and endearingly slapdash. Fans of Tapes 'n Tapes will probably feel at home in this record. The album's rough production comes across in a fuzzy, mostly charming kind of lo-fi indie rock...
90.5 FM KWCW - Walla Walla, WA Music Director: Joe Gustav Radio 200 1 SHINS Wincing The Night Away Sub Pop 2 DEERHOOF Friend Opportunity Kill Rock Stars 3 OF MONTREAL Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? Polyvinyl 4 MENOMENA Friend And Foe Barsuk 5 ANDREW BIRD Armchair Apochrypha Fat Possum 6 LES BREASTFEEDERS Les Matins De Grands Soirs Blow The Fuse 7 EXPLOSIONS [...]
Note: Elvis' father was Anthony Perkins (best known for his role as Norman Bates in Psycho ) Sound: Poetic, yearning and hopeful folk rock with acoustic guitar, upright bass and light but steady drums as a foundation. Piano, trumpet, violin and string sections come and go as they build up and scale back the layers in the mix...
The fifth studio album from Josh Homme and his always evolving group of musicians (aka Queens of the Stone Age) is scheduled to be released in June. The record will be called Era Vulgaris and should feature guest spots from The Strokes' Julian Casablancas, Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor...
Bloc Party ventures from its trademark "four to the floor" indie dance club hits, "Helicopter" and "Banquet" to pick up an arguably more intricate sound. There are points in the CD where one can pick up an almost U2-like sound...
Sound: Hypnotic, hazy and seductive. Jihae's sensual and slightly nasal vocals swim through a dreamy mix of low-key electronics, dark/spare jazz and reserved indie rock. Note: Her debut album, My Heart Is an Elephant , features guest performers Lenny Kravitz (bass, lead guitar), Oscar-winning filmmaker Michel Gondry (percussion)...
My Brightest Diamond's debut Bring Me the Workhorse was one of the creepiest releases of 2006. Mixing rock, cabaret and classical music, frontwoman Shara Worden unleashed some of the most chilling and ominous vocals since the Portishead albums in the mid-90s. Workhorse's only drawback for me was that the tempo occasionally slowed down too much...
Sound: Forlorn alt country meditations and freewheelin', Wild West roots rockers with frequent touches of psychedelic, Brit rock reminiscent of Oasis, Coldplay, Kasabian and Pink Floyd...
Simple is better. Bands too often add layers, complicated beats, blips, digital enhancements, and vocal harmonies. BARR's greatness is its minimalism. It's refreshing to write something about music that doesn't involve intricate soundscapes or technical mastery...
New Music Nation
Sleigh Bells - Demons (Official Music Video)
The Rains of Castamere by The National
A-Trak & Dillon Francis - "Money Makin'" (Official Video)
DIIV "How Long Have You Known?" (OFFICIAL VIDEO)
Nas - Daughters
Bison - Quill
Neutral Milk Hotel- Aeroplane Over the Sea
Shinichi Osawa – Big Beach Mix 2012
