Blog: End Hits

The New Year - "The End is Near" After the Austin, Texas-based slowcore group Bedhead had run its course, the brothers at its coreâ€"Bubba and Matt Kadaneâ€"returned with the New Year. Since their 2001 debut they've made two more albums, their self-titled latest hitting shelves earlier this month. While much more upbeat than their earlier band, an air of melancholy and a powerful sense of focus infuses much of the New Year's music. It stops just short of heading into drone territory, but "resonant pop" might do in a pinch for a quick descriptor. [...]