Brand New is a band that understands its strengths. Frontman Jesse Lacey put it best in the band's acerbic call to arms "Okay I Believe You But My Tommy Gun Don't": "We admit to the truth; we are the best at what we do." Indeed, they possess an almost preternatural ability to take a style I do not care for (what the world at large pejoratively refers to as "emo," though this feels like a criminally unfair description) and transform it into some of the most compelling music that has touched these college ears. 2003's Deja Entendu [...]
Brand New is a band that understands its strengths. Frontman Jesse Lacey put it best in the band's acerbic call to arms "Okay I Believe You But My Tommy Gun Don't": "We admit to the truth; we are the best at what we do." Indeed, they possess an almost preternatural ability to take a style I do not care for (what the world at large pejoratively refers to as "emo," though this feels like a criminally unfair description) and transform it into some of the most compelling music that has touched these college ears. 2003's Deja Entendu [...]
Brand New is a band that understands its strengths. Frontman Jesse Lacey put it best in the band's acerbic call to arms "Okay I Believe You But My Tommy Gun Don't": "We admit to the truth; we are the best at what we do." Indeed, they possess an almost preternatural ability to take a style I do not care for (what the world at large pejoratively refers to as "emo," though this feels like a criminally unfair description) and transform it into some of the most compelling music that has touched these college ears. 2003's Deja Entendu [...]
Seriously Chairlift , I love you. I really do. But...a headline set of eight songs and no encore? After June's killer Getty show , and of course the continuing Would-Be Hipster love affair with your debut album , I couldn't help but hope for a bit more. I'm happy you hit the highlights--"Le Flying Saucer Hat" is quite possibly one of my favorite new tunes. And who hasn't had a giddy moment while singling along to "Bruises?"(Which--for the record--you nailed.) It's just...huh? In lieu of any additional content, I highly suggest you head on over [...]
Seriously Chairlift , I love you. I really do. But...a headline set of eight songs and no encore? After June's killer Getty show , and of course the continuing Would-Be Hipster love affair with your debut album , I couldn't help but hope for a bit more. I'm happy you hit the highlights--"Le Flying Saucer Hat" is quite possibly one of my favorite new tunes. And who hasn't had a giddy moment while singling along to "Bruises?"--Which, for the record--you nailed. It's just...huh? In lieu of any additional content, I highly suggest you head on [...]
It's been a long, hot Los Angeles summer, and between my various summery-type activities I've been frustrated by my lack of an "official summer album." You know; the one album that will play on your i-pod all summer long and forever define the coming hot and sweaty months of 2009. It wasn't for lack of trying, either - many albums had been called, but few had been chosen... well, actually, none had been chosen. Until now. You see, dear reader, I had been lost in a sea of post-punk; adrift in a tempest of emotionally [...]
It's been a long, hot Los Angeles summer, and between my various summery-type activities I've been frustrated by my lack of an "official summer album." You know; the one album that will play on your i-pod all summer long and forever define the coming hot and sweaty months of 2009. It wasn't for lack of trying, either - many albums had been called, but few had been chosen... well, actually, none had been chosen. Until now. You see, dear reader, I had been lost in a sea of post-punk; adrift in a tempest of emotionally [...]
It's been a long, hot Los Angeles summer, and between my various summery-type activities I've been frustrated by my lack of an "official summer album." You know; the one album that will play on your i-pod all summer long and forever define the coming hot and sweaty months of 2009. It wasn't for lack of trying, either - many albums had been called, but few had been chosen... well, actually, none had been chosen. Until now.You see, dear reader, I had been lost in a sea of post-punk; adrift in a tempest of emotionally charged indie shoe-gaze, [...]
Sometimes blogging can lead to the most random musical encounters -- like when someone you respect takes you by the arm and expounds upon his favorite bands...only to have one said favorite band's newest album show up in your inbox less than twenty-four hours later. My life -- as a rule -- is never that serendipitous. Oh Medeski Martin & Wood ...you had me at hello. The experimental jazz trio's newest album Radiolarians III (out August 4th) is the oh-so-cleverly named third disk in the Radiolarians series. The concept is simple: Tour. Play [...]
Sometimes blogging can lead to the most random musical encounters -- like when someone you respect takes you by the arm and expounds upon his favorite bands...only to have one said favorite band's newest album show up in your inbox less than twenty-four hours later. My life -- as a rule -- is never that serendipitous. Oh Medeski Martin & Wood ...you had me at hello. The experimental jazz trio's newest album Radiolarians III (out August 4th) is the oh-so-cleverly named third disk in the Radiolarians series. The concept is simple: Tour. Play [...]
It is always a distinct pleasure to write a review for an artist who feels like an old friend. While I've never met Moby , my life over the last ten years(!) has been scored by so much of his work, he might as well have a standing invitation to join us for pie at Real Foods Daily next time he's in town. All this to say that while I didn't like last year's Last Night (It seems Moby has yet to tap into the all important dance music market: dance music for people who [...]
It is always a distinct pleasure to write a review for an artist who feels like an old friend. While I've never met Moby , my life over the last ten years(!) has been scored by so much of his work, he might as well have a standing invitation to join us for pie at Real Foods Daily next time he's in town. All this to say that while I didn't like last year's Last Night (It seems Moby has yet to tap into the all important dance music market: dance music for people who [...]
A good synth is hard to find. That is, unless you were at the Getty Center Saturday night, rocking out to Chairlift . Despite the somewhat awkward preforming conditions (How do you sell synth rock to an huge audience -- a portion of which are restless, albeit art-appreciating families accidentally caught in the glut of hipsterdom?), the band tossed off their trademark sultry and occasionally creepy music with the ease of an already seasoned ensemble. (Of course, with a touring schedule like this , that's not hard to achieve.) Of course, for those [...]
A good synth is hard to find. That is, unless you were at the Getty Center Saturday night, rocking out to Chairlift . Despite the somewhat awkward preforming conditions (How do you sell synth rock to an huge audience -- a portion of which are restless, albeit art-appreciating families accidentally caught in the glut of hipsterdom?), the band tossed off their trademark sultry and occasionally creepy music with the ease of an already seasoned ensemble. (Of course, with a touring schedule like this , that's not hard to achieve.) Of course, for those [...]
There's a point in your night where things simply stop making sense and, despite your better judgment - was it the lack of sleep you got the night before? The glass of wine with dinner? The phase of the moon? - you find your formally buttoned-up self, well...busting a very white girl move. Don't analyze it - my willingness to to embarrass myself first in public and now in cyber form should provide all the empirical evidence you need. When applied to an otherwise rational existence, Cut Copy 's live show is stronger than the logic. Openers [...]
There's a point in your night where things simply stop making sense and, despite your better judgment - was it the lack of sleep you got the night before? The glass of wine with dinner? The phase of the moon? - you find your formally buttoned-up self, well...busting a very white girl move. Don't analyze it - my willingness to to embarrass myself first in public and now in cyber form should provide all the empirical evidence you need. When applied to an otherwise rational existence, Cut Copy 's live show is stronger than the logic. Openers [...]
Another fun round of late-night babble blogging. Someone, help me out: are vampires still cool, or was that sooo three months ago? It might be my fractured, sleep-deprived state, but Heavy Ghost , DM Stith 's debut full-length (out 3/10) makes me think of those dark creatures of the night. Then again it could be a throwback to my impressionable teenage years, reading Interview With a Vampire (yet another in the list of household banned books...oh mom, how you tried) to the Phantom of the Opera soundtrack -- thus forever rendering anything [...]
Another fun round of late-night babble blogging. Someone, help me out: are vampires still cool, or was that sooo three months ago? It might be my fractured, sleep-deprived state, but Heavy Ghost , DM Stith 's debut full-length (out 3/10) makes me think of those dark creatures of the night. Then again it could be a throwback to my impressionable teenage years, reading Interview With a Vampire (yet another in the list of household banned books...oh mom, how you tried) to the Phantom of the Opera soundtrack -- thus forever rendering anything [...]
I hate to be the bearer of bad news...but you can't listen to the new Animal Collective forever. Don't get me wrong -- you can and will come back to it. It's a classic, that's not up for debate. But there hasn't been a single documented case of someone listening to it on continuous repeat since tearing off the shiny cellophane disc covering. It's just not going to happen. So, with the specter of AC-related ear fatigue looming, and the new Grizzly Bear album still a dot on the release horizon, where's a geek to go for her sonic ear-quilt [...]
I hate to be the bearer of bad news...but you can't listen to the new Animal Collective forever. Don't get me wrong -- you can and will come back to it. It's a classic, that's not up for debate. But there hasn't been a single documented case of someone listening to it on continuous repeat since tearing off the shiny cellophane disc covering. It's just not going to happen. So, with the specter of AC-related ear fatigue looming, and the new Grizzly Bear album still a dot on the release horizon, where's a geek to go for her sonic ear-quilt [...]
Confessions of a Would-Be Hipster
Confessions of a Would-Be Hipster
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