Vee Hua 華婷婷The first two tracks off The Harvey Girls’ new album, I’ve Been Watching A Lot Of Horror Movies Lately, exemplify what the band does best. A horde of subtle manipulations, unusual samples, and simplistic looped guitar lines greet the...
Ryan PangilinanLately, there’s been an influx of bands like Look Mexico, Daikon and Everyone Everywhere who are taking cues from great bands like The Promise Ring, American Football, and Owls — all the great Jade Tree and Polyvinyl groups that made...
Dan Sartain begins Dan Sartain Lives, his sixth album, with paranoia and his life under threat in “Those Thoughts”; “I don”t wanna know who”s at my door…/ I don”t wanna hear your gunshots,” he sings...
Parlovr are a three-piece out of Montreal, crafting a self-professed “stripped down, salacious and spastic” breed of indie pop. Their self-titled debut is bristling with nervous energy, somehow corralled into concentrated, three minute...
Matt Dahan’s solo album, Shadowboxing, mixes very distinctive ’80s-style synths with a powerpop — and sometimes quieter a folk rock — sound. This results in a lot of light, fun songs, but at points, they verge on cheesy and...
If you own a pair of comfortable dancing shoes, Viper Creek Club’s album, Letters, is sure to bring out your inner Fred Astaire or Boogaloo Shrimp. No doubt put together with an array of synths and an endless cache of ideas, all the electronic...
Allen HuangWolf Parade’s debut, Apologies To Queen Mary, surprised almost everyone as the “little anthemic rocker that could,” ending up on many critics’ “Best Of” lists and remaining in people’s heads and iPods until...
Sometimes, the albums which make indelible marks on your memory are the slow-growers. Perhaps it’s been an eternity, and you still don’t know what your opinion is about said albums, but one day — it just all clicks. And when you...