Kiwi kitsch duo Jonathan Bree and Heather Mansfield, a.k.a. The Brunettes are back for round two, following their first album Mars Loves Venus (Lil’ Chief Records) with their newest album, Structure & Cosmetics, their first release on SubPop Records.
U.K. singer-songwriter Seth Lakeman is perfectly set up to become one of the latest, greatest singers to bust onto the American nouveau folk scene. Lakeman has already nabbed awards from BBC Radio as well as the attention of the big-wigs at Rolling Stone at this year’s SXSW. The Digital EPs are a pre-cursor to his […]
London natives The Noisettes ripped into the Ogden Theater like a Gallagher chainsaw through watermelon. This three-piece act with drums, guitar, bass, and vocals played a frenetic set of swank rock songs in support of their debut album, What’s The Time, Mr. Wolf? Fronted by the glorious Shingai Shoniwa on bass and vocals, Dan Smith […]
This fine, and finally, warm evening found me surrounded by friends and acquaintances who were virgins to the outdoor phenomenon that is Red Rocks Amphitheater. I personally couldn’t figure out why such a sizeable quantity of people who had been in this area for upwards of a year or two had still not been to […]
According to iTunes, Feist’s new album, The Reminder falls under the genre of Electronica/Dance. I can safely say, however, that it is definitely not either of those things. I would also like to meet the person that earns an annual iTunes salary by applying genres to new albums, because I think they need a refresher […]
Less is more for Vancouver-based duo Handsome Furs. Dan Boeckner (of Wolf Parade) and his fiancée, Alexei Perry, have created a sparse, symphonic record loaded with deep blue guitar riffs and sacred whiskey laden lyrics.
Oxford, England’s Goldrush has created a follow up to 2005’s Ozona, which was recorded in a cowshed in the U.K. countryside. The Heart Is The Place is free from overly produced studio work (obviously, a cowshed can only be so high-tech, right?!), and may not be perfect, but that becomes more endearing than something to […]
Toronto-based, non-Deutschen boys The Germans have released a loud fuzzy guitar rock album called Cape Fear. This album consists of music that is a tribute to bands like Sonic Youth, Modest Mouse, and Dinosaur Jr. The only problem is that these bands haven’t even really gone out of style yet. And correct me if I’m […]
Nathan & Stephen’s debut release, The Everyone EP, is an energetic mixture of solid rock drums, sandpaper vocals, and punk rock dynamism. I must admit, I saw this group play live before I heard their recording, and I recall wondering why such a large group of people was required to create such a cacophonous, ear-bleeding […]
Rjd2 has changed labels for his latest release, The Third Hand, moving from left-field hip-hop label Def Jux to XL Recordings, home of indie rock favorites the White Stripes and Thom Yorke. This record finds Rj playing and recording every instrumental sound as well as singing on almost every track; a fair change from the […]
