The word to describe these tracks would be "sugar-coated." Not saccharine, not bubble gum: sugar-coated. As in, when you listen to them you can almost literally feel crystals of sugar coating the song, inside and out. That sugary, metallic Passion Pit type sheen sets the tone for this just-released song from Norway-based DJ duo Lemâitre , off their album Relativity . It's refreshing to hear original music bringing this kind of electro-pop production. Coffee Table by Lemâitre Appreciate [...]
Can's Tago Mago was reissued in a 40th anniversary edition November 15th. The 40th anniversary reissue campaign will continue all year, and we at The Tape found ourselves wondering: why? Why Can? Why now? Tristan: It seems to me that Can has a large place in the canon of modern music, even if their product [...]
I am a member of two Mix CD clubs. They're great! You get 12 people together and each month someone is responsible for sending the other 11 members a mix. You get new music, new perspectives, all for the price of the effort it takes to make one of these yourself and the subsequent packaging and postage. For various reasons, I wanted to put together a mix of American music for my latest mix. Partly, I was trying to understand what American music means to me, and what kinds of songs and sounds I find distinctly American. To [...]
At Euclid Records, New Orleans, LA
The Grammy's took place last night, but a certain Chris Brown was nowhere to be seen. Rihanna has just lifted the ban that was given to Brown due to the events, which conspired 2 years ago around this time. The young singer was up for 3 awards at last night's show, but failed to win [...]
Haven't blogaruu'd for a few days. Withdrawal symptoms. Pretty sure it's being keeping you awake at night as well. Wondering why so. Pretty sure. Pre-tty sure. Sure. Not writing for more than two days kind of gets me a tad freaked though. Use it or you may just lose it. Or some gibberish like that. [...]
Shoegaze splintered into several different directions after its early-'90s heyday: Slowdive went ambient, Chapterhouse went dance, and bands like Seefeel always straddled the line between dream pop and experimental electronic. Most bands went belly up. At the time, it seemed like these acts were just desperate to hop aboard any trend that would help them [...]
I could have been productive this weekend, I could have been social. Instead, I wasted way too much of my time on mp3 blogs, digging through elbo.ws trying to catch up with various of-the-moment bands - bands whose careers may very well only last as long as it takes to press play on a single [...]
Post-Rockist stalwarts Titus Andronicus are coming to the Firebird next Tuesday. They play an unapologetically rough and raw style of rock & roll that's best taken in a live setting to appreciate, and as it turns out, we've got one copy of a live Titus Andronicus 123 to give away to our readers. The Innocents [...]
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