Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Occasionally a voice is so striking, so brave, that it's virtually impossible to ignore. From the moment you press play on Impersonator, you'll find that you, too, are unable to turn your back on Devon Welsh. His Majical Cloudz project is possibly not the most musical piece out there, but that voice will forever brand itself into your subconscious. The title track from Impersonator sets the tone for your [...]
A good EP makes the most of its handful of songs. So the pressure is on when you only have three songs to offer. Sic Alps delivers on She's on Top . In addition to the title track, we get Biz Bag and Carrie Jean , all psychedelic pop beauts. Incidentally, all three landed a place on my summer playlist. But, then again, I'm a sucker for these Bay area rockers. Buy this EP now. It's available on 12-inch vinyl or as a download.
Back in his native Australia Matt Corby’s last EP, 2011′s Into The Flame , went quadruple platinum, not bad for a 23-year-old who finished second on Australian Idol in 2007. Boasting model looks, a voice that could melt butter and being backed by the ever-wonderful people at Communion we’re gonna state the obvious and say the future looks incredibly bright for Mr Corby over here on these shores. After a plethora of EPs throughout the last few years, it would appear that Corby is finally knuckling down on a proper debut album. Today he releases [...]
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Ottawa's Fevers dropped the long awaited single called "Dance Cry Dance". It's taken from the upcoming album "No Room For Light". The song is a fun dancey electro-pop sound and feel to it. Also Sarah drops the S-Bomb in the song too. Have a listen to Dance Cry Dance. Don't forget the band will be playing Ritual on May 25th. Details are on here .
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Dirty Beaches is one of my favorite musicians at the moment. I don't think Alex will need my approval of positivity and Asian solidarity but I am going to give it to him anyways. Dirty Beaches has been on a wild ride since the critical acclaim and success from Badlands which came out in 2011. Now he will do something ambitious which the double album "Drifters/Love Is The Devil" which drops on May 21st through Zoo Music. Total of 16 tracks. Drifters with 8 tracks and Love Is The Devil with 8 [...]
In the interest of of saving our ADHD friends from too much of a read, this snippet will hit quick at the importance of this record and the quality of The Smiths "Rank". "Rank" is a 1987 release. It didn't come about during the band's actual tenure, but posthumously as a contract requirement. I was [...] The post The Smiths - "Rank" appeared first on Your Music Is Awful.com .
Beach Vacation formed after performing in a high school talent show and within two weeks of recording on GarageBand, were released by a label in the U.K. Their debut EP, Maritime , was launched via Bandcamp on the 29th of April. The colorful array of soothing vocals, surfy guitar riffs and rockabilly-esque drums has been received with open arms by summer loving crowds around the world. The young surf rockers mastered a well-rounded wave of four, happy-go-lucky tracks. Their sound can be compared to the likes of Beach Fossils, King Tuff, Dirty Beaches and of course, The Beach Boys [...]
Music that preys on your nostalgia is a dangerous thing. Too often these types of songs rely not on a musician's talent, but your own memories, thus letting other artists do the heavy lifting. So, it's surprising to see Daft Punk , two of the most forward thinking musicians out there, return after an eight-year absence (not counting Alive 2007 or the Tron: Legacy soundtrack) with something that looks backwards instead of to the future. From its very title, Random [...]
Shannon And The Clams: Dreams In The Rat House - Not quite retro enough for rockabilly and a bit too vintage for prog rock, Shannon And The Clams , the Oakland-based garage trio helmed by one-time Hunx and the Punx singer Shannon Shaw, is a bit of a mystery. So rather than try to sum up their sound with some overly hyphenated adjective, I’ll just put it like this. Shannon and the Clams is what rockabilly would sound like – wait for it – in the future. The rockabilly portion [...]
The National comes through with yet another syrupy, impenetrable ode to life's most blasé moments. WATCH THE REVIEW
The kings of French House return with a new album that pays homage to the roots of their roots. WATCH THE REVIEW
The National have been making music since 1999, and for over a decade they’ve been consistently getting better at it. It’s hard to imagine that given the already grandiose nature of their style – a high-class blend of driving rock beats and chamber-pop instrumentation – but they’ve been refining that blend ever since their self-titled debut. In 2005, they completely nailed it with Alligator , and they've built upon it with each subsequent release of theirs: Boxer , the glorious High Violet [...]
Electronic music duo Daft Punk release one of the year's most anticipated albums in Random Access Memories , their fourth full-length and first since 20052s Human After All . The duo are noted for their patience between releases, and hearing the vastness that is Random Access Memories makes that approach entirely understandable. This is a jam-packed, 74-minute album that will have Daft Punk fans salivating. While some production choices and uses of collaboration are spotty, there are moments on Random Access Memories that show [...]
El sello noruego de Prins Thomas de Full Pupp para su nuevo lanzamiento ha seleccionado una canción del último álbum (2011) del grupo noruego de psicodelia de The Lionheart Brothers , la excelente composición 'The Drift' para publicar 3 nuevas remezclas, 3 maravillosas remezclas, oscuras, psicodelicas y estilo de Cosmico/Disco de los nórdicos, Frisvold & Lindbaek trás una suave y dulce introducción (corta) se lanzan a darle un ritmo brutal y contundente con las percusiones galopando sobre las ondulaciones de las guitarras y unos oscuros ecos en las voces; [...]
Alright The Captain | Conversational Skills for the Socially Anxious Words by Mark Robinson The superbly titled (and appropriately named) new EP/album/mathrockart collage by Derby trio Alright the Captain is nothing short of ridiculous. Conversational Skills for the Socially Anxious is a perfect encapsulation of the band’s relentless touring schedule, with the album recorded live to give an accurate representation of the ferocious sound. Let’s get the cliché’s done and dusted; if you enjoy Primus/Oceansize or even Rush, you will [...]
"Not enough has emerged to be able to pinpoint whether MS MR are the real deal or predictable bullshit. One thing’s for sure though, they’re pretty MOR..." MS MR | Secondhand Rapture The elusive MS MR are part of the latest gloom brigade to break out from the waiting room of future talent, and as with most hyped-up fledging acts they have been charged with the over-familiar fate of ‘saving pop’. Their entry into the musicsphere was in the same vein as Lana Del Rey; opting not to release too much information too early on, letting [...]
Daft Punk - Random Access Memories Release Date - May 21, 2013 Record Label - Columbia Records Today is a pretty fucking stellar day. The new Daft Punk comes out today. Think about it like this: the first time that you spin that record, or stream it, or pop the tape in (have to make one yourself), you're probably doing the coolest thing in the world. Yeah. You. It's one of those awesome things that music can do--one minute you're chowing [...]
@fatIf punks are going to go pop, why bother to redress old chords in a new way? Why not blast through to the other side, going fully orchestral? Morning Glory 's newest a-side, "Born to December," owes more to late '60s / early '70s orchestral pop like Lynn Anderson's "(I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden" or overture numbers to rock musicals than it does to actual pop-punk. With its quiet introduction that builds to a running rock middle, ending with swelling strings and chorused vocals, this fits in with the likes of Hedwig & the [...]
P ortland, Maine quartet Tricky Britches have a brand new album out titled Good Company and for all you folks that like to get up and dance around to your music I highly suggest you check it out. The latest release follows the band's first EP, Hop On a Train, and debut album, Hard Fought Day, which made them the bluegrass champs of New England. Tricky Britches came together as a harmonizing three-piece in 2009 with Seth Doyle on mandolin/guitar, Tyler Lienhardt on fiddle, and Jed Bresett on bass. They played every street corner they could [...]
The day is here fans, the day when the promising young band you have been keeping your eye on has moved from a few track EP to grace the world with a full-length album, titled Zoo. WALDO AND MARSHA is an eight-member dreampop-with-elements-of-shoe gaze band from Denmark. Distinguished by a large line-up that includes four guitarists, The post Waldo and Marsha - Zoo appeared first on Nothing But Hope And Passion - NBHAP - Music Magazine & more .
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