Vee Hua 華婷婷With GAYNGS’ first composition, “The Gaudy Side Of Town,” record producer Ryan Olson crafted what would later be the album opener for GAYNGS’ first release, entitled Relayted. This early track was so impressive that it reeled...
Having just reviewed GAYNG’s upcoming release, Relayted, I thought that I’d share their first video for “Cry”. “Cry” is actually a cover of Godley & Creme’s pop version of the song, but both videos...
Jamie Lidell’s new record, Compass, comes out May 17th, and this is certainly one of the best videos I’ve seen so far this year. (The synopsis, as copied straight from YouTube:) “Jamie and fellow musicians including Chilly Gonzales...
Peter WoodburnI put Portugal. the Man’s new album as one of my outside favorites. The Satanic Satanist is a brilliant soul-influenced album that really shows the Portland band is coming into its own. This is the absolutely bizarre video for the track...
Alana Rome"A lot of the record is about growing apart from the person you love. Time changes people, especially when you fall in love at an early age and you both are still growing and changing." -- Robert Francis
The Satanic Satanist is a heart-warming pop effort that also relies on one's ability to connect with the softness and imagery of Gourley's lyrics. Interspersed also are more "nerdy" things -- covert as they may be -- that are inspired by...
Aesthetically, My Dear Disco’s Dancethink LP seems to harp on every synth-pop cliche that has emerged in the past couple years. They have “Disco” in their name, have “Dance” in their album title, call vocals...
An sepia-tinted image of an army of skulled soldiers is a good way to be introduced to any band. Thoughts of creepy, dark experimental music comes to mind, but Bravo Johnson is not quite that predictable. In actuality, The Crooked And The Straight...