Daguerreotypes: Tropical Trust [Album Review]
A daguerreotype is an early type of photograph in which, according to Wikipedia, “an image is exposed directly onto a… Read More »Daguerreotypes: Tropical Trust [Album Review]
The Walking: Wanderings And Distractions [Album Review]
The Walking is a properly named moniker for the endlessly roving singer/songwriter Arman Augusto, and the experimental laced Wanderings and Distractions sounds like a beautiful collaboration between man, earth, and existence. The album was recorded in multiple locations, from up and down the west coast all the way out to Cape Cod, and it really does show throughout it’s run-time. This superb travel diary of the mind is a real have-backpack-will-follow piece of excellence. Read More »The Walking: Wanderings And Distractions [Album Review]
Fireflies: Butterscotch [Digital Single Review]
Once again, Fireflies has given us a brief, three-song EP through the Music Is My Girlfriend label. MIMG is not generally an mp3 label, but it is in the case of the two EPs by Fireflies. Butterscotch features three tasteful twee-pop songs in the vein of Math And Physics Club. Read More »Fireflies: Butterscotch [Digital Single Review]
Baskervilles: Twilight [Album Review]
Here’s a new concept for you. Take a great indie pop band and release a limited print 7-inch single each… Read More »Baskervilles: Twilight [Album Review]
Squirrelhouse: Fours [Video]
Squirrelhouse is a self-described “sloppy” experimental pop and rock group from Tuscaloosa, Alabama. They began as a three-piece and, after various attempts at defining their own sound, they landed a total of five members featuring your standard rock foursome (two guitars, drums and a bass guitar) with an added bonus – a member on French Horn. Read More »Squirrelhouse: Fours [Video]
The Guild League: Mouse Vs. Mountain [Video]
I cannot decide which item I’m more excited about, the free mp3 of “Dead Hour” or the video of “Mouse Vs. Mountain” by The Guild League. This band has been around a while and hints strongly of The Lucksmiths (thanks to their indie-pop nature, Australian home, and the frontman being none other than Tali White), and their following even includes… President Obama? Read More »The Guild League: Mouse Vs. Mountain [Video]
Natalie Portman’s Shaved Head: Glistening Pleasure [Album Review]
Glistening Pleasure follows the path of other recent hyped artists like MGMT, Cut Copy and White Williams thanks to Natalie Portman’s Shaved Head (NPSH) adding in substantial dance-ridden glam, output through flambuoyant vocals and new-wavey keyboards. Guitar riffs hone in on the minimal—they lack full strums that plague many artists—thus, they encompass the definition of “riff†and are truly plentiful in soundscape. Read More »Natalie Portman’s Shaved Head: Glistening Pleasure [Album Review]
O+S [Show Preview]
So far, I have simply labeled show previews as “Feature Band” articles. But with my induction of the pReview to that section, I’ve added Show Preview to the Live coverage (since I don’t check out as many shows these days). And the first band to feature the title is O+S, the new project by Orenda Fink (Azure Ray, Art In Manila) and Cedric LeMoyne (aka Scalpelist, from Remy Zero). Their upcoming self-titled Saddle Creek release will be out March 24, but you Seattle folks can catch them sooner. They’ll be playing Sunset Tavern on March 11. Read More »O+S [Show Preview]
Spring Calendar & Compilation 2009-2010 [Compilation Review]
Anonymous Monk is a small but growing collective of musicians based out of Washington and led by musician Ben Kamen. Earlier this year they gave us For Cedar by Eleanor Murray and now they’ve gone and done something else amazing: the first, to my knowledge, compilation calendar, featuring one song per month. Read More »Spring Calendar & Compilation 2009-2010 [Compilation Review]
Beast: Mr. Hurricane [pReview]
Something strange and fresh has shown it’s face(s) in the streets of Montreal. And it can only be seen through Beast (MySpace), a collaboration of two of the most amazing French experimentalists, Jean-Phi Goncalves (drummer for Plaster, producer of Lauryn Hill) and the malefic and taunting songstress Betty Bonifassi (of The Triplets of Belleville soundtrack recognition). This transcending duo is creating something entirely new that is retrospectively reminiscent of something that quite can’t be described. Read More »Beast: Mr. Hurricane [pReview]
