Written by Fense Yarn Owl is another group from Pullman (the town, not the band) musical mastermind Ted Powers, who again can be found on percussion. Like his prior concoction Ether Hour, Yarn Owl is distinctly pop. But where Ether Hour dropped in some folk elements, Yarn Owl is a bit more jangly. The band…
Written by Fense My recent introduction to Black Daisy Productions found me checking out music videos for Feral Children and Head Like A Kite (MySpace). Upon viewing both, Black Daisy can be noted for piecing together excellent stories with the music videos the create and produce.
Written by Fense Reading the history of the three-parts that make up the song and album Preteen Weaponry, it’s interesting to note that Oneida (MySpace) has been working on this for the past three years. Yet what can be heard on the album, simply including the following tracks “Preteen Weaponry†Parts 1 through 3, was…
Written by Fense Here’s the latest video from New Zealand’s very own Little Pictures (Homepage), an electro-pop outfit with affinity towards over-sized headphones, colorful cardigans, and robotic instrumentation. “This House Can Fit Us All†features, like much of Little Pictures’ music, lovable synth lines and male/female harmony vocals.
Written by Grant The Gumshoe Adventure is a great one-note experience, and I do mean one-note; normally I listen to albums while I review them, but no such luck for this self-titled gem — there’s no point! I know that every single track here follows the same format and bends to the same artistic impulses,…
Goldcure (MySpace) has the sound of Brit Daniels’ Spoon, both in voice and in backing instrumentation. Thus it should be no surprise that the band hails from Spoon’s hometown of Austin, TX. However, Goldcure injects a bit more country into the veins of their songs, from the title track of their upcoming Portugese Prince to…
Written by Fense My FensePost inbox is out of control. Recently, it topped 500 messages, most of which I had yet to read. Thanks to a bit more free time of late, I am finally beginning to tackle this mass of crap and get some shit done. One item that surprisingly slipped through the cracks…
Written by Fense Wow, everyone seems to be channeling 60s and 70s folk these days and you can add The Moondoggies to that ever-growing list of bands. Don’t Be A Stranger can be found somewhere between the folkier side of Crosby Stills Nash and Young, and country-ish side of Neil Young himself. All this is…
Written by Fense Following the path of Swedish artists like Tafra and Springfactory–both familiar names to the Series II Records crowd–Oh Sweet Music! is another lovable twee-ish Swedish pop group. The band features several members, some of which simply are friends on stage.
Written by Fense Spin recently took the exclusive debut of The Lovely Sparrows‘ video for “Year Of The Dog” and I initially found it astonishing that they related the Sparrows to Neutral Milk Hotel. ”I mean, The Lovely Sparrows are distinctly folk-pop and while NMH included some of these traits in their music, the emphasis…
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