Posts Tagged ‘ review ’

Some time ago Ulf professed his crush on the Swedish twins of Taxi Taxi! It is not hard for me to relate, and I’d like to elaborate. I am not usually a fan of the ‘female singer-songwriter’ sub-genre, mostly because these songs have little to do with me, and a lot to do with being...
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It is amazing how much music a person can miss when he’s out of the flow for a month. There are so many things I have to catch up on and listen to, but the first thing that’s really grabbed my ear is Brothers, the new LP from The Black Keys. I’ve loved the...
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There is something superbly interesting about history. I know many would disagree, but the romantic, theatrical events of history, from Ancient Rome to the World Wars, really puts our modern times to shame when it comes to putting on a show. So when a band puts out a concept album about the Civil War, I’m...
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If there is one musical decade in the past half century that I know the least about, it’s the 80’s. Besides the fact that I was not born until 1990, and perhaps have some unresolved issues, I would also call it the low point of any musical decade since the invention of rock and...
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This week Vampire Weekend dropped Contra, their second full length album, after a long and playful campaign that started with the mysterious photo above appearing on major music news sites without explaination. If you’re like me, Vampire Weekend is a Love-Hate relationship, and I’ll explain why in good time. I may contradict myself, no pun...
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It has been a very prosperous year and I could write pages about my favorite albums of 2009. Instead I thought I would save much of the retreading of music we’ve already talked about, and write more personally on the music I discovered (or rediscovered) this year. More specifically I’d like to focus my...
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New EP from the decade's most inventive band will blow your mind! Over and over again, Animal Collective cements their status as one of the most excellent and prolific bands this century. It was not even a year ago that they gave the world Merriweather Post Pavilion, most certainly one of 2009's best records....
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I am a firm believer in respecting your elders. This is especially true when your elders can still kick some serious ass. 1989 was twenty years ago, one year before I was born. In that great year, which I regret missing, the Pixies dropped one of the most influential albums of their time and...
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Here’s a name for a band that’s hard to beat, The Very Best. It’s more Specific than The Band and less confusing than The The, and what is a better way to advertise for your band than putting it in the name? I myself have considered changing my name to “Ryan the Duke of...
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The anticipation of Devendra Banhart’s new record has been almost too much to bear for us long-haired children of the States. While the man with the beard hasn’t received a lot of love from the critics lately, with 2007’s Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon and his playful collaboration Megapuss both receiving unjustly poor marks, there exists...
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