Posts tagged "indie"
First Impressions of Earth The Strokes
A model misunderstood album; flawed, overdrawn, deserving of a good deal of its harsh reviews, and yet still host to a unique and worthwhile character.
The Strokes continue their search for a sound
Though there remains a sizeable fanbase, The Strokes don’t have many chances left to convince the rest of us they actually know what they’re doing.
Daisies of the Galaxy Eels
Daisies of the Galaxy comes to terms with the torment that constructed the deeply bleak and reflective Electro-Shock Blues, and injects a taste of happiness.
A late love-in for ‘How To Be A Human Being’
How To Be A Human Being is a great indie pop album in a year that hasn’t had many. So far, the band hasn’t made a misstep
Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? of Montreal
There are a handful of stellar pop tracks, and a mammoth mid-album climax that will go down as one of the group's finest moments. A lovely indie-pop record.
Last Place Grandaddy
Some artists have a hard time returning after a lengthy hiatus, but Grandaddy has done it with aplomb. Last Place is all you could want from a comeback.
Belong San Fermin
Music written by a composer of Ellis Ludwig-Leone's class should never feel formulaic, but it does. It makes for a mildly enjoyable, yet rather hollow experience.
Elliott Smith: behind the lyrics
Channeling the sounds of Bob Dylan, Simon & Garfunkel, and more, Elliott Smith's words still cut deep, as darkly precious now as they've ever been.
Mountain Moves Deerhoof
Deerhoof cram dozens of ideas into a 40-minute album, which is not only technically impressive, but thoroughly amusing. This is a defiant and joyous listen.
Dylan Seeger: ‘Albums take you on journeys that 4-minute singles will never replicate.’
Dylan Seeger is a musician and designer living in New York, as is tradition. We talk Claye, the pressures of recording solo, and (sound) circumcision.