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Atlas Sound, Logos - Music Review

Posted on09. Dec, 2009 by Administrator.

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Ask any Robert Pollard or Ryan Adams fan and they’ll tell you the same: Following the type of artist who tends to draw the label “prolific” can be a maddening affair fraught with disappointment and frustration. Digging through mounds of tossed-off experiments and weirdo faux-side projects until you find the (hopefully) worthwhile gem is, quite [...]

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Fuck Buttons, Tarot Sport - Music Review

Posted on09. Dec, 2009 by Administrator.

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Whether you’ll appreciate this album or not depends on how much time you’re willing to dedicate to one song. Album opener “Surf Solar” clocks in at 10:35, and builds oh-so-slowly over that length of time, with walls of sonic synth and a plodding electro drumbeat, that you emerge exhausted when it finally concludes. This isn’t [...]

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Sufjan Stevens, The BQE - Music Review

Posted on08. Dec, 2009 by Administrator.

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Everyone has something to expect from a new Sufjan release—especially when it’s the soundtrack to a documentary he directed about NYC’s infamous Brooklyn-Queens Expressway. In many ways, writing a cinematic suite about this really frustrating expanse of urban highway seems like a great idea. In practice, not so much. Although the soothing music may make [...]

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Brilliant Colors, Introducing - Music Review

Posted on08. Dec, 2009 by Administrator.

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Brilliant Colors’ debut album packs in the kind of lo-fi and melodic garage pop that one would expect from a band that’s shared the stage with similar-minded Bay Area bands like Nodzzz and Grass Widow. Introducing is 24 minutes of buzzing guitar and hook-laden vocals, channeling The Shop Assistants, The Runaways and yes, the Vivian [...]

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Music Go Music, Expressions - Music Review

Posted on07. Dec, 2009 by Administrator.

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Smack dab in the middle of another lo-fi indie rock craze, Music Go Music emerges with a fully produced, clean-cut sound, drumming up more drama than an episode of Gossip Girl. The album kicks off with banshee vocals amid a barrage of synths and funky drums, leading the listener to wonder what else is in [...]

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John Corigliano - Music Review Cult Pick

Posted on07. Dec, 2009 by Administrator.

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Oftentimes we don’t say enough about the magic of modern-day classical in these columns, so let’s do that. You might already be familiar with Corigliano’s work in films like Ken Russell’s cult classic, Altered States, and the indie favorite, The Red Violin. These are only peeks into Corigliano’s impressive creations; he’s written many a symphony [...]

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Jookabox - Music Net Pick

Posted on07. Dec, 2009 by Administrator.

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I don’t know much about the Indianapolis indie music scene, but if Jookabox’s extra-weird and supremely catchy music is any indicator, there are some crazy motherfuckers out there and they may be well on their way to redefining lo-fi pop music. From the freaky psychedelic harmonies and synths of “Phantom Don’t Go” to the rapid-fire, [...]

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Slow Dancing with Jeremy Jay

Posted on09. Sep, 2009 by Administrator.

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words by Devoe Yates Nothing has given me more pleasure of recent than jamming out to the latest album from Jeremy Jay, Slow Dance. I bought it on a lark recently, and have since gone back and hunted down every rare 7” morsel of music he’s given birth to and spun it on repeat for [...]

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Bat For Lashes, Two Suns - Music Review

Posted on09. Sep, 2009 by Administrator.

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Two Suns, the sophomore effort of Bat For Lashes, is an album of dualities. Combining soft piano and atmospheric production with the bass and beats of Brooklyn’s nut-bustingest experimental act Yeasayer, multi-instrumentalist Natasha Kahn has crafted a record that could soundtrack both your mother’s bedtime romance novel reading session and your quasi-goth chick kid sister’s [...]

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Ear Pwr, Super Animal Brothers III - Music Review

Posted on09. Sep, 2009 by Administrator.

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I get it. Ear Pwr isn’t ironic because the Baltimore duo wears neon and performs electro-dance songs about cute animals and video game characters, it’s ironic because the group is a parody of obnoxious bands that do that. Right? Please tell me that’s right. Because if it’s not, this record is bullshit. This stuff stopped [...]

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