By TYLER ROSS It helps to point out that Adam Bainbridge is more artist than just musician. He’s spent the better part of a decade studying fine art and design in London, winning prizes along the way for his drawing skills. Now, Bainbridge has turned his artistic attention to the music scene with the release [...]
By TYLER ROSS Since Odd Future blew up last year they’ve been all over the music world’s collective radar. Some love them–minimalist hip-hop enthusiasts and indie bloggers to mention a few–and others hate them–notably feminists and anyone who reads lyrics as gospel. That’s because they’re shocking. Their music has been labeled horrorcore or shockmusic. “Kill [...]
By RICHARD BOHAN This week, our Assistant A&E Editor gives us his top five tracks to herald in the spring. 1. Beach House – Myth Forget the flowers, nothing heralds spring like a new Beach House track. In fact, the band is more than ready to Bloom—their fourth album, to be released on May 15. [...]
By: RICHARD BOHAN Iamamiwhoami—quite the mouthful for a band name, but perfect for an anonymous music project that has songs named after letters of the alphabet, videos that feature a nude woman dancing in a forest, and a ‘concert special’ where they invited a super-fan from Germany and then proceeded to burn him in a [...]
By TYLER ROSS Sleigh Bells is a band of contrasts. Their new album, Reign Of Terror, is just as much Van Halen as it is The Go! Team. Just two members – Derek Miller on guitar and Alexis Krauss on vocals – the music sounds louder than if there were ten. It’s full on assault, [...]
By JAMES MELVILLE It’s the end of the week, and you’re feeling a little dead inside. You’ll probably try to combat the exhaustion with a good nap and some heavy drinking, because, hey, you’re not a doctor. Well, neither am I, but I might have a better prescription. What’s better than naps and alcohol, you [...]
By TYLER ROSS The War On Drugs’ latest effort takes it cues from the album’s title, Slave Ambient, particularly in regard to the term ‘ambient.’ A definition of ambient music reads: “A style of instrumental music with electronic textures and no persistent beat, used to create or enhance a mood or atmosphere.” While The War [...]
By TYLER ROSS Dr. Dog isn’t perfect. Their name is perplexing, they don’t sway far from the folk-rock genre, and their hometown (Philadelphia) is somewhat dubious. Yet they manage to possess an unrelenting grasp on my attention. I eagerly await new albums and their singles come like an early Christmas gift. Such adoration of a [...]
By TYLER ROSS 2011 is pretty much done, and it’s time to take a look back at the year in music. And what a year it was. The Fleet Foxes and Bon Iver both surpassed expectations with stellar sophomore efforts. Tune-Yards and St. Vincent fascinated with their signature brand of quirky pop, while Lykke Li [...]
By TYLER ROSS It’s that time of year again: the turkey’s gone and people start looking forward to the holidays. In the musical world that means two things: New Year’s Eve shows and Best of the Year lists. While New Year’s Eve surely resides in Madison Square Garden, making an end of the year list [...]
