Islands new album is not groundbreaking. The last album managed to touch evil in creepy pop melody's with songs like "Creeper" and "I Feel Evil Creeping In". This album is very upbeat, catchy and happy. With lyrics like ''I'm gonna have you in my arms'' it's certainly not extremely original. Yes its original to the extent most indie albums are, but its not a album that makes you reflect upon the words. Vocals feature lots of oohs, ahhs and la la to keep things positive almost like the beach boys have done in the past. The melodies are [...]
Great Canadian album. Truly spectacular. Yukon Blonde almost sounds like a lofi version of rock legends "The Guess Who" . Rock and roll riffs and the theme of seasons scream that this band has taken what The Guess Who did long ago with the same themes and indie-fied it. Especially in "Rather be with you" where the meme: "Baby Seasons Come Seasons go woah!!" is repeated. The album is able to pay tribute to nature with noise. Wind Blows is a favorite of mine where the band really gets the tune of "wind" right on the nail. Using the idea [...]
Sunset Rubdown's Dragonslayer which releases in late June has just leaked. Personally I think bands deserve to have control over release dates, but leaks are usually from album reviewers who get pre-release copies. So, in a way they do control the release. I'm posting a review and some accompanying tracks, but of course I'll take them down if the artist requests it. Most of the people who download the album are the same people who will be buying cd,shirts and concert tickets so, I don't think it's that bad. Anyways the review.... and the MP3's (More after the break) [...]
Mother Mother is a Canadian band from Vancouver. The concert was held in a small venue, Club L'ambi, with about 150 people in attendance. Mother Mother is a great band. Their tracks are full of these intense elaborate arrangements of voice and instruments. They used harmonizing as a key part of their music similarly to how The Beach Boys use harmonizing. I love the how for instance on their song "Train of Thought" the singer's harmonizing together makes you think your hearing the equivalent of a musical train. This harmonizing is actually one of my favourite parts of [...]
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