Chairs in the Arno, a synth-driven indie pop band in the vein of Barcelona, answer a few questions from MusicGeek.org regarding their music, their future, and the reception of their release, File Folder. Chairs in the Arno have previously been the subject of a MusicGeek.org spotlight. Chairs in the Arno — "Size Thirty" [See post to [...]
Aster, a Texas-based pop group, is good. How good? That's a hard question to answer for any group, but their song "Attempting to Multiply" is interminably pop-ridden and on the cusp of catchiness. The sounds of some sort of keyboard are omnipresent through the track, and we see that Aster has a very keen sense [...]
In the time since the writing and subsequent posting of my previous column, in which I probed for quality shoegaze, I have been offered a small variety of options by which I might discover more of this music I've found myself so enamored with. First, I must offer my appreciation to those who answered my call; [...]
The Gorgeous Hussies, the previous subject of a MusicGeek.org spotlight, talk to MusicGeek.org regarding their music, their upcoming release, the recording process, and Salt Lake City. The Gorgeous Hussies - "What Fool Would Feel" [See post to listen to audio] Most anybody can listen to music and appreciate it, but it takes a certain kind of person to [...]
Evangelicals are set to release their second full-length, The Evening Descends, on Tuesday. The psychedelia-laced Norman, Okla.-based group fills the attached track, "Skeleton Man," with noise; guitars crash in and out, synthesizers come and go, and heavily-reverberated vocals permeate the whole of the track. If "Skeleton Man" is to be any kind of indicator, Evangelicals [...]
The Grizzly Owls perform a bizarre sort of alt-country: it's certainly an interesting musical perspective, but it's one that's often hard to really latch on to. Regardless, this married couple forges ahead, and they end up creating some interesting music. Mind you, it's not some groundbreaking release they've put together with By Night On [...]
Say Hi To Your Mom, a newly Seattle-based (they previously called home Brooklyn, N.Y.,) indie outfit, plays a catchy-but-not-too-upbeat style inflected with a bit of synthesizer and flare (two things that, for some reason, tend to be associated with each other, for better or worse.) Their upcoming album, The Wishes and The Glitch, is due [...]
After writing a rather useless column — "Football and post-rock" — I thought it may just be time to venture again into the range of uselessness and write another useless column, so as I might best continue my run of things here. Now, I hate to admit that I may just be aiming for something that's [...]
Chairs in the Arno, a synthesizer-packed indie pop band in the vein of notable acts Barcelona and Sprites, released their debut File Folder in October 2007. The synth-styled release, which found its home on Mushpot Records, is interminably exciting in those peculiar ways only indie pop can be — and particularly only in ways such [...]
The Gorgeous Hussies, a Salt Lake City, Utah-based rock band with influences ranging from power pop to fusion, are preparing to release a new album. "Dangerously Similar," from their release, Oh! Hello is an excellent introduction to the band's unique style. The Gorgeous Hussies - "Dangerously Similar" [See post to listen to audio] Share This
Kaki King, upon my first listen, is nothing too experimental. I can appreciate this, else nearly all music would be dull and pointless. No, King, who has worked with Tegan & Sara and Foo Fighters, is nice and relaxing and certainly worth a listen. When her album, Dreaming of Revenge, launches in March, it's bound [...]
Matthew Montgomery interviewed Waxwall Afterglow, a band from Henderson, Nev. Waxwall Afterglow - "Floating Family Tree" [See post to listen to audio] How would you describe the music you create? Very intimate. The music we write strikes very deep roots for me. I'd say it's the closest thing to self therapy for me. Whether I'm writing about the monotony [...]
So, I've spent a fair amount of time over the past few days at home with my parents, watching no small amount of television - rotting my brain, if you will. I'm not going to complain, as I do not often watch much television at all, so this break from my normally busy life has [...]
To the loyal viewers of MusicGeek.org: Welcome to the new, improved site. It's still much in progress, but by the time we are done with things, you'll be swimming in musical content, thoughts, and the like. Don't be afraid, we're just trying to usher in a new era of content-provision from the nether regions of Southern [...]
Antarctica Takes It!, from Santa Cruz, California, is a fairly easy group to figure out - a true indie pop project, they put their sound up for examination with their first - and self-released - album, The Penguin League. Share This
Assassins in the House of God starts hard and ends, well, hard. This metalcore outfit really knows what they're doing with their sound, and it shows in the resulting record. The album is fast, the drums punching and the guitar stabbing with distortion. Share This
This debut release from pop-rockers Between the Trees is synth-led and guitar-heavy, fronted by a vocalist that emboides the growingly popular slightly-high-but-not-too-whin ey vocal style. Between the Trees is undoubtedly a rock group with pop sensibilities, but they manage to remain only slightly reserved about it. The tracks on The Story and the Song are [...]
The latest in post-rock from Iceland sounds surprisingly similar to Iceland's premier post-rock group, Sigur Rós, and with good reason. The quartet has performed with Sigur Rós on many occassions, both in the studio and live, typically as a string quartet. As such, it's fairly reasonable to equate Amiina with the soft, ethereal glow [...]
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