Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Bolt - Movement and Detail (2005)
Instrumental / Progressive Math Rock / Indie
Bolt’s mathy prog-rock isn’t quite “take no prisoners” rock by numbers, but it does put rocking first and foremost, and will accept homework questions from envious tone geeks after class.
Friday, October 10, 2008
What Bird - Good Night, Good Riddance (2008)
Folk Rock / Electronic / Indie
Graveyard shift commuter-poets with a soft spot for acoustic/electronic pop will find their car stereos have found a new best friend in Good Night, Good Riddance.
Sunday, October 5, 2008
The Undiscovered Country #1
There’s a ton of great music out there, eager and waiting to be listened to, just like the artists that create it. Sometimes it’s hard to get to everyone… especially if they haven’t done so much as release a proper album yet.
Here are some up-and-comers and shiny jewels waiting out there to be discovered.
Saturday, September 27, 2008
Starfucker - Starfucker (2008)
Synth Pop / Bitpop / Indie
The unfortunately named Starfucker play splendid, yummy synth-pop that comes out like Pinback with Nintendo controllers in place of guitars.
Sunday, April 1, 2007
Pinback - Summer in Abaddon (2004)
Celebrated Summer
Non Photo-Blue
Sender
Syracuse
Bloods on Fire
Fortress
This Red Book
Soaked
3 x 0
The Yellow Ones
AFK
Listening to a Pinback record is about the easiest thing you’ll ever do. Their mellow but complex songs are a soundtrack to the working man with a brain and two ears– soothingly propulsive, powered by choppy guitar lines and fat, hollow-log bass, salted with tasty [...]
Friday, March 3, 2006
Blackfield - Blackfield (2005)
Warm and fuzzy bleak-pop
Open Mind
Blackfield
Glow
Scars
Lullaby
Pain
Summer
Cloudy Now
The Hole In Me
Hello
Perfect World
Where Is My Love?
Cloudy Now
Blackfield is a progressive rock/pop band whose blend of minor key melancholia and wall-of-sound euphoria works best as the soundtrack to late night lounging and contemplation. Maybe under blacklight.
With a [...]
