05/05/2008
MTV Interviews No Age, Times New Viking, Jay Reatard, Breaks News of 'New' Lo-Fi DIY Music Scene
Wait a second MTV's John Norris, do you mean to tell me there are bands out there simply making music for themselves without any consideration for the mainstream market or high production values?? Well, sir, you and your frosty hair have officia ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 05/05/2008 10:30 PM EST in Post-Punk, Lo-Fi, Video | Permalink
05/01/2008
Take a Ben Franklin Airbath with the Strapping Fieldhands
The Strapping Fieldhands are probably the only American band (in my opinion) who can get away with singing their songs in a fake British accent. Maybe it's because I find their obvious idolation with British psychedelic ala Syd Barrett and Soft ...
Read MorePosted by Emily on 05/01/2008 4:21 PM EST in Experimental, Neo-Psychedelic, Lo-Fi | Permalink
04/28/2008
Album Review: No Age Brings the Noise (Pop) on 'Nouns'
I may be in the minority among the indie-rock elite when I say that I am not exactly a fan of No Age's compilation of 7"s and EPs, Weirdo Rippers. Fault me as you may, but my sometimes stubborn eardrums prefer to be awakened by pop cohesion and ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 04/28/2008 4:56 PM EST in Experimental, Lo-Fi, Indie-Rock, Highly Recommended | Permalink
02/28/2008
40 Years Later, "I'm Not A Young Man Anymore," A Never Before Heard Velvet Underground Song, Rings True
What a wonderful way to start the day! A new Velvet Underground song? It can't be! Hoooray, but it is! Velvet fans everywhere will be thrilled to hear "I'm Not A Young Man Anymore" from Gymnasium, the rare bootleg recording of a 1967 perform ...
Read MorePosted by Emily on 02/28/2008 11:42 AM EST in Experimental, Rock, 60's Psych, Lo-Fi, Highly Recommended | Permalink
02/26/2008
Stream The New Breeders Track "It's The Love"
"It's The Love," from The Breeders' forthcoming Mountain Battles, is the most upbeat track from a disc with immense depth and diversity. It's one of few rockers among the rest of the record's elegantly atmospheric ditties. The song recalls a ...
Read MorePosted by Joe on 02/26/2008 3:20 PM EST in Indie-Pop, Lo-Fi, Highly Recommended, New Music Spotlight | Permalink
02/22/2008
The Perfect Tune for a Snowy Winterland: White Hinterland's "Dreaming of The Plum Trees"
Currently, it is snowing gently outside in perfect rhythm to the sounds of White Hinterland - a Boston-based troupe of lovely, willowy folksters. Besides describing their collective visage, lovely and willowy also describe White Hinterland's del ...
Read MorePosted by Robin on 02/22/2008 1:08 PM EST in Folk, Lo-Fi | Permalink
02/12/2008
There Are Still New Bands Out There That I Like! Hurray for Art Lord and the Self Portraits!!
Wandering about the interweb today, I happened upon Art Lord and the Self-Portraits after browsing through the links page on Dan Deacon's website. If you read the Walrus, you may know that new music isn't usually my thing and frankly, I can't li ...
Read MorePosted by Emily on 02/12/2008 4:59 PM EST in Indie-Pop, Lo-Fi | Permalink
02/06/2008
Hey J. Gray, Keep Playing Those Sad Songs
As Emily pointed out in her previous post, it is unusually warm here in Philly today. Despite (or in spite) of unseasonable warmth, the skies are becoming gray...perfect for some lo-fi, mellow music. J. Gray, a new Devendra Banhart meets Elli ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 02/06/2008 1:58 PM EST in Folk, Lo-Fi | Permalink
01/22/2008
The Better Beatles Make The Beatles Better
Omaha, Nebraska has always been (in my mind) a breeding ground for Mid-Western abstraction. Whether it is something in their Omaha steaks, or their air, I don't know, but there must be an explanation as to why the same city produced Manheim Ste ...
Read MorePosted by Emily on 01/22/2008 11:13 AM EST in No-Wave, Lo-Fi, 80's Punk | Permalink
01/09/2008
Classic DIY: Dusting Off The "Hits"
Did you know that the Scrotum Poles got their name from the situation where a group of men need to form a makeshift totem pole, thus also forming a "scrotum pole?" Clever, no? This group of Scottish punks were clever enough to pen the catchy 19 ...
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