Ra Ra Riot _ The Rhumb Line Ra Ra Riot released their debut album in August this year, and doing so joined a long line of indie op/punk/rock bands vieing for airplay. Ra Ra Riot's brand of melody soaked rock means fighting off comparisons to Vampire Weekend and Arcade Fire . The unlikely inclusion Cello and Violin in the bands line up provides not only a point of difference, but also an air of sophistication, and helps punctuate the mood. Emotive passages are often underlined, rhythms [...]
The Pretenders - Break Up The Concrete I was seven when The Pretenders released their first album. Of course I grew up knowing who they were, but until 'Break Up The Concrete' , the bands ninth album, I hadn't owned any of thier music. And I'm okay with that. There is only so much looking back you can do musically. Like when someone says "I have heaps of music, we should share" and then you never listen to any of it. No reason to. It was like that with me and [...]
AC/DC - BLACK ICE For those who continue to rock - we salute you! Being relevant is a poison chalice. Those who seek it lose themselves on their journey. Take Metallica for instance (bear with me), they struggled with the demons within (anyone?) and tried to return to their roots to remain relevant. In the process they released an album of shredding sans songs. Oh, and they released it on a playstation game. Relevant? Riiiight. AC/DC on the other hand [...]
David Holmes - The Holy Pictures David Holmes returns with an album about his life in Belfast. (For our American friends, that's in Northern Ireland) Since the release of 'Lets get Killed' in 1997, Holmes has concentrated mostly on scoring movies. He's probably most famous for the Oceans series. Not surprisingly then that 'The Holy Pictures' has a distinct soundtrack feel. Lush atmospherics swirl around heavily distorted guitars. Standard Holmes affair apart from the fact that Holmes also contributes lead vocals. [...]
The Faint - Fasciinatiion The Faint return with their Eight full player released on their own blank.wav label. If you're not familiar with the music of this four piece dance-punk band by name, you most certainly will be by sound. The Faint could be credited with the whole 'dance / rock / punk' cross over thing. Bands like The Presets, MGMT, Offend you, Yeah? (the list goes on) all owe a debt to The Faint . Fame arrived early with the departure of Conor Oberst [...]
Willie Nelson Wynton Marsalis - Two Men With The Blues Where to begin? You're computer literate, net savvy groovers so I'll begin by assuming you know nothing about Willie Nelson . And that's probably a good thing. See, Willie has probably done a duet with everybody that's ever cleared their throat. And with limited success, but forget about all that. In fact, forget everything you though you knew about Willie Nelson. Two Men With The Blues brings together two of [...]
Tilly and the Wall - O Tilly and the Wall were the coolest indie kids on the block. Cardigan and pigtail wearing chicks, they appeared on Sesame Street ( and covered ABC, naturally) and they have a tap dancer for a drummer. I remember that was the single line intro Marcus gave me when he turned me on to Tilly's 2006 album Bottom of Barrels. The album was filled with close harmonies about rainbows and birds singing. 'O' is [...]
People Press Play - People Press Play So you arrive at a party late, really late...as your eyes adjust to the dim light you hear smooth dub beats with swirling chords and the angelic voice of an unknown nonchalant lady singing....music that is the perfect wind down from what must have been a massive party. Except you arrived late. Me too. I arrived late to this 2007 release, almost a year late. People Press Play are a Copenhagen foursome and 'People Press Play' is their surprisingly accomplished debut album. Equal [...]
The Hold Steady - Stay Positive You may remember The Hold Steady from the Top 10 of 2006 , where 'Boys and Girls of America' came in at Number 3 . So it would be fair to say that I was expecting big things from 'Stay Positive' and in a way, I got exactly what I expected. I reckon Confucius did his best work early on, when he came up with 'Careful what you wish for...' [...]
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