Peter WoodburnTalk about a bittersweet release. The first thing I thought of when I put the new Maserati album on was the unfortunate death of their old drummer Jerry Fuchs. So, Pyramid Of The Sun seems like it was his last testament of sorts. A large part of...
"I think we like to keep it tense. I think we like to keep a really healthy balance of, 'Ohhh, everything could fall apart at any given moment.'" -- Josh Lambert
On If A Band Plays In The Woods…?, the first album from The Philistines Jr. in over a decade, the band continues to play its own brand of modern rock with efficiency. On “Set List Title: Cableguy,” the band begins with an excellent...
Vee Hua 華婷婷With every one-word, disgustingly pleasant band name, like Houses or Lovers, comes a flood of inferred qualities — those of washed out Polaroid aesthetics, massive synth usage, and healthy doses of male-female vocals. It is almost too...
Jupe Jupe’s Invaders is a fun dance album that would appeal to anyone that loves the ’80s and throbbing beats. There’s a very strong ’80s sound, especially in the first half of the album, which has heavy Depeche Mode...
Seriously. What is with the indie music world’s obsession with cats this year? I’ll bite however, as this is the most stupidly awesome video I’ve seen all year.
“Finn Bikkjen!” is nearly as catchy of an electopop song as you can get, and this crispy clean video is curious. Mysteriously-fabricked animal-human dancers and large papercut characters emerge from the woods, as if from a dream.
The chillwave genre can be hard to pin down these days, but merits discussion in this review, as Small Black is one of the genre’s most promising acts. Heavily layered synths, excessive reverb, fuzzy overdubbed vocals, and down- to mid...