Blog: EAR FARM

To set up an admittedly forced dichotomy, in the world of musical enjoyment, there are two spheres: I. Creatively-pulsating, pushing-the-envelope, brain-bending bands that are forging new sounds, new ideas, and new forms with seemingly little regard or influence from past models (Yeasayer, TV on the Radio, Dirty Projectors, Animal Collective, etc) II. Straight-to-the heart musicians that wear their influences on their sleeves but come across as so earnest and real that their originality is never called into question (Cut Copy, or The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, for [...]

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