Vee Hua 華婷婷Las Rubias Del Norte’s third album, Ziguala, seems to combine familiar Latin American elements, such as Spanish guitar, creaking underlying percussion, and clicking castanets, with a contemporary indie rock feel. The band’s Spanish name...
Lauren FukanoA week-and-a-half after returning from SxSW 2010 should be enough time to blend back into mainstream society, recover from strep throat, and map out my SxSW favorites. Yet unlike some of the other REDEFINE writers, who rambled down the West Coast...
Somehow, REDEFINE had unwillingly gotten a subscription to SPIN Magazine last year, and I was recently perusing it when I stumbled across something really hilarious and ridiculous; SPIN had a “[15] Songs You Must Hear Now!” section, and...
I’ve always felt that the oversaturation of The Killers and The Bravery had signaled the end of newer new wave bands that were coveting bands like Joy Division, The Psychedelic Furs, and The Smiths with great success. But the simultaneous...
Fyfe Dangerfield, of the UK rock band Guillemots, proves to be very versatile in his debut solo venture, Fly Yellow Moon. The entire album has an eclectic ebb and flow and appears to mirror the relationship that Dangerfield must have gained his...
I recently got a press release about Foxy Shazam performing their new album on ChatRoulette.com, but I know for a fact Nurses did it first. The video of their performance has just been released, in collaboration with Into The Woods. Take a looksee!
"I THINK MUSIC IS OUR SISTERWORLD, BUT WE EACH HAVE LOTS OF WAYS OF CREATING THE SPACE WE NEED." -- Angus Andrew
“I’m ready/ I’m ready for anything you give me,” sings Ortolan’s Stephanie Cottingham on “Anything.” The lyrics of the opening track of Ortolan’s full-length debut, Time On A String, echo the...