
I often feel that my favorite bands are being unjustly overlooked, perhaps because they don't fit squarely into any of our critically sanctioned musical categories. Regardless, The Life and Times should be proud of not being easily classified. Though the member's previous bands (Shiner, Someday I, Strings and Return) have been labeled as post-punk and post-hardcore, The Life and Times are usually grouped into the post-rock scene, despite the fact that they prefer traditional song structures that don't last for 20 minutes. In the past few years they've toured with bands as diverse as Mono, Pinback, and [...]