Posted by: mx on: December 30, 2009
There are many bands today that get compared to My Bloody Valentine and The Jesus and Mary Chain, yet few actually have the sound that could have a similar impact today like those bands had in their day. A noise that is not an occasional motive, but constantly present and striking, layered above a foundation [...]
Posted by: mx on: December 19, 2009
Following Merriweather Post Pavillion, Animal Collective give us another treat this year in a form of a new EP. In their possibly most accessible record, Graze starts with the usually beautiful Noah Lennox’s singing and Indian folk dance in between. What Would I Want? Sky has been in my head for days, while On A [...]
Posted by: mx on: December 17, 2009
The XX are one of my favorite discoveries this year. Their subtle music on the edge of danceable is simply brilliant; simple, but not any simpler. Hear and release it.
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Posted by: mx on: December 15, 2009
As you’ve undoubtedly heard, Arctic Monkeys released their third album this summer. It is the album that (finally?) made me like them. Even though earlier albums had catchier songs (hats off to 505’s beauty, for one), the difference that I feel is that this one’s made by a confident rock’n’roll band with a defined style, [...]
Posted by: mx on: December 14, 2009
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart are continuing from where they were this winter, still going strong, still making every song memorable. Higher than the stars (the song) alone may hold enough beauty for an entire release, together with the remix, which amplifies its magnificent finale.
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Posted by: mx on: July 30, 2009
Noting a new Wilco album as I’m busy preparing for my August trip. See you guys in September! Check out the music and feel free to drop some comments about it.
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Posted by: mx on: July 15, 2009
Don’t let this album pass you by. Seriously. It’s probably the best typical British album in a long time – strings, trumpets, piano, bittersweet melodies with the accent. And unexpected, at least judging by how little there is about the band on the web. We’ve been listening a lot to it in the office, and [...]
Posted by: mx on: March 22, 2009
My only fear before hearing this album for the first time was that perhaps The Decemberists‘ Colin Meloy has run out of good ideas, that the poetic moments such as those on Picaresque, which was my first encounter with the band, will begin to repeat in a parodic familiarity. None of this is fortunately the [...]
Posted by: mx on: March 6, 2009
Yeah Yeah Yeahs return with an album which brings more subtle melodies, sometimes ethereal, sometimes being indie-dance, and almost no garage-like energy, although its title and song names such as Hysteric might suggest it. And for better I’d say, as the sound it both so familiar and distinctive – perhaps for the first time. I [...]
Posted by: mx on: February 17, 2009
It’s hard to give the band a name more indie than this; anyway, these people are a promising act and deserve your attention. A sweet semi-amateur interpretation of the late 80s, sounding like a cross between Vivian Girls, The Jesus and Marie Chain and The Meeting Places that’s non-stop running. Not particularly original, but sincere [...]
