tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26702776397023533762024-03-13T09:36:31.743-07:00Indie Blog ShotUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger229125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670277639702353376.post-29421947853694434682014-07-06T13:17:00.000-07:002014-07-06T13:17:41.076-07:00Knox Hamilton | The Great Hall EP Review
Knox Hamilton is
an up and coming band hailing from Little Rock, Arkansas. Their brand of music
could be described as indie dance pop, electronic or even 70s reboot disco. One
thing’s for certain though, their latest EP The
Great Hall, is quite a bit of fun. Filled with tight hooks and danceable melodies
this EP is packed with excellent tracks. The first track Work It Out opens up with a bitUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670277639702353376.post-35866558382900708992014-04-25T16:50:00.000-07:002014-04-25T16:52:10.822-07:00Micah P. Hinson And The Nothing | Review
As with bands like Deer
Tick or Dan Mangan, Micah P. Hinson dances on the line
between alternative and traditional country music. He manages to not dive
headfirst into the pitfalls of current popular country music which relies heavy
on gimmickry and pretty faces. Instead, Hinson focuses on storytelling and
ornate melodies to complete his songs. This may seem like a simple method to
apply but Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670277639702353376.post-27850914847054707502013-11-12T08:33:00.002-08:002013-11-18T13:53:53.764-08:00New Gods | Beloved Album Review
Good things are growing in Melbourne Australia. New
Gods are an up and coming five piece band that has just released their
debut album onto digital cassette called Beloved. It’s clear that a lot of time and effort went
into the band’s first effort and it’s not often that you come across an album
that has something to give on each track. This album is being touted as a Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670277639702353376.post-84866006594247345952013-10-30T13:11:00.005-07:002013-10-30T13:11:53.005-07:00Neko Case | A Review of The Worse Things Get, the Harder I Fight, the Harder I Fight, the More I Love You
Neko Case has
released a new album with perhaps the longest title in the history of albums. It’s
called The Worse Things Get, the Harder I
Fight, the Harder I Fight, The More I Love You. If you are unfamiliar with Neko Case, she is one of the lead
singers of indie darling, The New
Pornographers but she also has a solo project under her own name. In fact,
her latest album (insert huge title) Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670277639702353376.post-6397768418211693512013-09-22T16:27:00.000-07:002013-09-22T16:27:00.447-07:00Deer Tick | Negativity Review
Deer Tick has
released their fifth full length album called Negativity and it’s a worthy successor to the band’s previous
effort Devine Providence.
Stylistically, Deer Tick could be
considered a country band but when you really get down to it they are more of
an old fashion rockin’ roll band with a bit of a country flare. Over the years
this band has been able to produce some very memorable Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670277639702353376.post-82721280602128045182013-09-16T15:37:00.002-07:002013-09-16T15:37:23.064-07:00Fishboy | IMAVOLCANO 7” EP
Denton Texas natives Fishboy
recently have come out with a follow-up to 2011’s Classic Creeps. Fishboy’s
style of pop music is both lighthearted and imaginative. If you had to put your
finger on what Fishboy draws musical
influences from, you would have to picture the offspring of a union between The New Pornographers and vintage Sentridoh. IMAVOLCANO,
not unlike Classic Creeps, is a Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670277639702353376.post-2045494160143779162013-09-16T15:36:00.000-07:002013-09-16T15:36:00.933-07:00Wall | Shoestring EP
The London band Wall
released an impressive EP a while back called Shoestring. It’s impressive due to the way it can be mellow without
being boring and emotional without being sappy. The fine line that this band
walks on their latest effort is made most apparent on tracks like Left To Wonder or Valentine. These two tracks are the standouts on the EP
simply because they both Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670277639702353376.post-25160963481896626862013-06-30T12:38:00.002-07:002013-06-30T12:38:26.050-07:00Painted Palms | Nothing Lasts Long EP
Painted Palms are
an alternative rock band that call San Francisco home. They recently came out
with an EP called Nothing Last Long
and among other things, has characteristics that make it perfect for summer
listening. What might strike you upon first listening to Painted Palms is just how similar the vocal style is to that of The Shins frontman James Mercer. It
should be said though, Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670277639702353376.post-14417103375282765092013-05-18T11:43:00.000-07:002013-05-18T11:44:18.943-07:00The National | Trouble Will Find Me Review
Brooklyn based band The
National is set to release its sixth studio album on May 21st
called Trouble Will Find Me.
The predecessor to their latest album was 2010’s High Violet. It featured a litany of
great tracks such as Little Faith,
Bloodbuzz Ohio, Lemonworld etc., by
most accounts this album was very well received, it was the strongest album The National had released up Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670277639702353376.post-89694492003501968772013-05-07T14:42:00.001-07:002013-05-07T14:47:31.866-07:00The Strokes | A Review of Comedown Machine
The Strokes have
released their fifth album called Comedown
Machine. As the title might suggest, Comedown Machine is a rather mellow
album. It may in fact be The Strokes
very first attempt at harnessing the relaxed musical vibes coming from the west
coast, which is strange, given that The
Strokes have always been considered a band that was rooted in the east
coast NYC music scene. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670277639702353376.post-28831794561529522782013-05-07T13:51:00.003-07:002013-05-07T13:51:47.798-07:00The Mary Onettes | Hit The Waves Review
About four years ago a band called The Mary Onettes came out with a 80s
inspired album called Islands. It was
the Swedish band’s second album and had a lot going for it, the lyrics were
strong and thoughtfully written, but what really made this album one of the
best of 2009, was that it inspired a deep sense of nostalgia. There must have
been something in the air that year because we saw Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670277639702353376.post-58905634556892914612013-03-23T12:40:00.004-07:002013-03-30T10:42:23.542-07:00Jim James | Regions Of Light And Sound Of God Review
The musician Jim James
is best known for his work with Kentucky based band My Morning Jacket, also he has been known to lend his unique vocal
talent to another act, Monsters of Folk.
Most recently though, James has released his first full length solo effort, ostentatiously
titled Regions Of Light And Sound Of God.
The album starts off with the track State
Of The Art (A.E.I.O.U) which is at Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670277639702353376.post-5134135241465158012013-03-11T17:25:00.002-07:002013-03-30T10:44:11.349-07:00The Wallpaper | A Review of Somewhere
The Wallpaper is
a six piece band hailing from Rochester New York. This relatively unknown band
came out with their second album in late February called Somewhere. Their first called Never Never was released back in 2011 and it had a few tracks that
were particularly memorable such as Rowboats
and Born There. This album leaned
more heavily on the musical influences of Neutral MilkUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670277639702353376.post-3759261109954330372013-02-28T14:39:00.003-08:002013-03-30T10:38:48.984-07:00Foals | A Review of Holy Fire
The Foals are a
growing band hailing from Oxford England with a penchant for using interesting samples
in their songs. They have just released a
3rd album titled Holy Fire
and it does not stray very far from their previous offerings except in one way,
but we will get to that. The band’s style of music can be summed up as a mix of
danceable pop songs and introspective ambient anthems. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670277639702353376.post-28641997499606634082013-02-07T13:05:00.001-08:002013-02-07T13:05:37.729-08:00Pat Hull | A Review of Shed Skin
Pat Hull is a
Brooklyn based musician who just recently released an album called Shed Skin. The first thing you will notice when listening
to Hull’s emotional melodies is just how pretty this man’s voice is. Pretty is
generally not a word usually associated with men but it is appropriate when
speaking of singers like Hull. Thom Yorke, the lead singer of Radiohead has a very pretty Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670277639702353376.post-82177999922567577132013-01-17T13:47:00.004-08:002013-01-17T13:47:35.121-08:00The Spell | Taking a Look at the HA HA, VWAH LAH Album
California band The
Spell released an album last March called HA HA, VWAH LAH. It didn’t garner very much fanfare and it still
hasn’t found much traction beyond their home town of Long Beach. The band’s
style of music is something of an eclectic one, with some tracks heavy with
blues influences whereas others have more of a classic rock vibe. There are
even some tracks that take a lot fromUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670277639702353376.post-8952470657538919222012-12-23T13:49:00.005-08:002012-12-23T13:49:40.635-08:00The Growlers | A Review of The Beach Goth Demos
The Growlers are
a part of the California coastline garage band movement that’s made many people pleased with
its dreamy imagery and matched with a distinctly 60s throwback style. Their latest offering is a sample of demos
called Beach Goth, which just so
happens to be the style of music the band prefers to be referred to as. Some of
their songs are often sung in a way that wouldUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670277639702353376.post-55084028501618703622012-11-26T15:03:00.000-08:002012-11-26T15:05:35.704-08:00Joshua James | From the Top of Willamette Mountain Review
Joshua James is a
folk singer based out of Nebraska and he has released a new album called From the Top of Willamette Mountain.
His music is often paced at a gradual speed and exudes an intense emotional
tone. The first track off of his latest
album is called Mystic and is carried
by a very strong lyric which is a kind of preamble to the song’s chorus; ‘But I sold you for a cigarette’.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670277639702353376.post-72371489591274755702012-11-15T12:01:00.003-08:002012-11-15T12:01:54.107-08:00Clinic | Free Reign A Review
Clinic is a band
from Liverpool England that has a new album that came out November 13th.
The question every well versed music listener asks themselves before they are
offered a new album is why? Why would I want to dedicate any amount of my time
to a band I have not heard of, care about or have any vestige of interest? If you have any interest in bands such as the
formative Tommy Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670277639702353376.post-53380268695295326852012-09-29T10:16:00.004-07:002012-09-29T10:16:24.706-07:00Band of Horses | A Review of Mirage Rock
Band of Horses
have released their fourth studio album called Mirage Rock and the content makes a listener wonder: what has this
band become? Initially, Band of Horses
had a musical style that leaned more towards driven pop rock that exuded an
almost ethereal presence in the lyrical content and it’s execution by lead
singer Ben Bridwell. It was distinctly dreary in tone and song lyrics Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670277639702353376.post-42190008716511893702012-09-29T10:09:00.002-07:002012-09-29T10:09:55.505-07:00Team Genius Release Show At Union Hall
The always fun Team Genius are having a release show at Union Hall in Brooklyn, Saturday September 29th. This band, if you have not heard their music, specializes in catchy pop songs played with the gusto of a thousand burning suns. The show is in honour of all three of their EPs, Whiskey Songs, Loud Songs and Pop Songs, being released on October 2nd. If you are in Brooklyn Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670277639702353376.post-3630588741371661262012-09-24T14:11:00.001-07:002012-09-24T14:11:31.550-07:00Dum Dum Girls | End of Daze EP Review
The California based band Dum Dum Girls have been putting out music since 2008 and have
managed to release two full length LPs to some critical acclaim. The style and
character of Dum Dum Girls is really
a combination of rattling atmospheric rock and pop drone, think of The Jesus and Mary Chain with a dash Simple Minds, all sung by a female
lead. Recently, the band has released an
EP Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670277639702353376.post-91051598756625921662012-08-31T16:16:00.002-07:002012-11-17T12:49:07.229-08:00Aimee Mann | Charmer A Review
Aimee Mann is
best known for her voice, which is instantly recognizable by anyone who has
been listening to music for the past two decades. Her songs have appeared in
many films and television series on account of their emotional lyrics and
catchy hooks. With her latest album
titled Charmer, Mann delivers on past
promises of sorrow as she almost always does in her albums. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670277639702353376.post-9196531247914919932012-08-28T07:53:00.001-07:002012-08-28T07:54:16.901-07:00Neil Halstead | A Review of Palindrome Hunches
Neil Halstead is
a British musician who is of the folk persuasion and is set to release a new
album this September. His music is laced with calmly sung acoustic melodies
often accompanied by piano interludes and the occasional violin. All of these elements frame Halstead’s work as
contemporary folk music. Folk music is
at its heart about telling cautionary tales and doing so Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670277639702353376.post-55230672064573628912012-08-07T16:50:00.000-07:002012-08-07T16:50:32.955-07:00The Fresh & Onlys | A Review of Long Slow Dance
A quartet from California called The Fresh & Onlys are set to release their fourth album called Long Slow Dance. The band’s previous
work has been more within the realm of low-fi psychedelic rock and although there
are musical elements that hold fast to that style, this new album has a more
refined sound. Less background
distortion and more smooth tones populate this new album,Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0