![Bravo Johnson: The Crooked And The Straight [Album Review]](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/1616266_lg.jpg)
Americana music is in many ways comparable to the heavy questions regarding punk rock. What the hell is Americana? What is truly "punk"? As a couple of sub genres, they can be very difficult to explain or even comprehend. Except that they are supposed to be soundtracks to describe a certain (yet vast) culture or sub culture. Bravo Johnson ( MySpace ) is commonly referred to as an Americana rock group. With hints of old school rockabilly, it does fit the standard. But not really. But, does it really matter? [...]
![Belaire: Belaire EP [Album Review]](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/1591843_lg.jpg)
Austin, Texas can almost be considered the center of the indie music scene and is home of the largest annual independent music festival in the nation: South By Southwest (SXSW). With my pending transition from student to post-graduate employee, I have often thought of relocating to the obscure-for-Texas town. Belaire 's hometown is Austin and it is no wonder, then, that their music is optimistic, has a carefree bounce, and is catchy and lovable and creative. The CD-R itself is in an artsy home-decorated jewel case with a Jackson Pollock-style drip and splatter paint job. [...]
![Baskervilles: Twilight [Album Review]](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/1573483_lg.jpg)
Here's a new concept for you. Take a great indie pop band and release a limited print 7-inch single each month for fourteen months. Then, after it's all done, combine all fourteen singles and call it an album. That's exactly what Baskervilles ( MySpace ) did for Twilight . Being a die-hard vinyl junkie, I love this band already… This is also why I love indie pop so much. Baskervilles began the singles project way back in September of 2006. And, as 7-inch singles [...]
![Back In Judy's Shack: Back In Judy's Shack [Album Review]](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/1545015_lg.jpg)
Contrary to the majority of bands out there, indluding those fitting the indie-pop mold, keys are the primary instrument in Back In Judy's Shack . Thus, there should be no surprise that I immediately relate them to Au Revoir Simone. However, Back In Judy's Shack do stand on there own, well outside that early reference point. First notable, as early as opening track "Winter Days", is the production value; it's all lo-fi, as is signature to albums on Series II. Second, on the following "Burning Cold", is the inclusion [...]
![Blind Pilot: 3 Rounds And A Sound [Album Review]](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/1535657_lg.jpg)
Blind Pilot ( MySpace ) creates infectious folk music, or maybe indie pop music, depending on how you want to take it. That's all I need say about 3 Rounds and a Sound ; it spreads through people like a winter cold everyone wants to get. I first heard this Portland band on the University of Oregon campus radio station KWVA, where my friends at the "Sunday Night Sleepover" spin music. Blind Pilot immediately struck me as a band that knows how to write good songs. Frontman Israel Nebeker sings of loss [...]
![Blind Pilot: 3 Rounds And A Sound [Album Review]](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/1537217_lg.jpg)
Blind Pilot ( MySpace ) creates infectious folk music, or maybe indie pop music, depending on how you want to take it. That's all I need say about 3 Rounds and a Sound ; it spreads through people like a winter cold everyone wants to get. I first heard this Portland band on the University of Oregon campus radio station KWVA, where my friends at the "Sunday Night Sleepover" spin music. Blind Pilot immediately struck me as a band that knows how to write good songs. Frontman Israel [...]
![Beirut: March Of The Zapotec / Holland [Album Review]](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/1525077_lg.jpg)
In what could technically be called Beirut 's third LP, the March Of The Zapotec / Holland double EP sees Zach Condon and company once again delivering a masterpiece. Concerns leading to the release of The Flying Club Cup saw many - myself included - worried that the Balkan orchestral sound would stale and grow old. And while the group's second didn't quite hold the power of The Gulag Orkestar , it was a more than solid release. But on Zapotec / Holland , one will find themselves falling truly [...]
![Beirut: March Of The Zapotec / Holland [Album Review]](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/1537224_lg.jpg)
In what could technically be called Beirut 's third LP, the March Of The Zapotec / Holland double EP sees Zach Condon and company once again delivering a masterpiece. Concerns leading to the release of The Flying Club Cup saw many - myself included - worried that the Balkan orchestral sound would stale and grow old. And while the group's second didn't quite hold the power of The Gulag Orkestar , it was a more than solid release. But on Zapotec / Holland , one will find themselves falling truly [...]
![Bon Iver: Blood Bank [Album Review]](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/1485028_lg.jpg)
Written by Fense Bon Iver ( MySpace ) is a play on volume. Led by Justin Vernon, the group's music is soft and fringes on romantic, as we heard in tunes like "Flume" and "For Emma" and "Skinny Love" off For Emma, Forever Ago . But how does the follow-up to their debut LP, fit in? Blood Bank follows suit, equaling last year's LP in offering up mysterious, experimental folk-pop. The play on volume can be heard in the [...]
![Bison BC: Quiet Earth [Album Review]](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/1446585_lg.jpg)
Written by The Nice Asshole The thing I like about Bison BC 's newest album Quiet Earth is that it's short and to the fucking point. Bands release bloated "epics" like clockwork but with Quiet Earth , Bison has made a brazen, to-the-point thrash/stoner metal album. Bison appeared on my radar when they received major metal points and boneristic rave from this years CMJ. A quick trip to their MySpace reveals little personal information, other than "Featuring members of FUCK, DOUCHEBAG TIME, COLONEL [...]
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