06/04/2008
Brother Danielson Givest More Than He Takest
Brother Danielson's music sometimes makes sense and sometimes is annoying, it truly depends on the mood of the listener. Take for instance the song "Our Givest," off his 2004 album Brother to Son. I find this song to be one of Danielson's mo ...
Read MorePosted by Emily on 06/04/2008 1:08 PM EST in Indie-Rock | Permalink
06/03/2008
Titus Andonicus Air Their Garden State Grievances
Titus Andronicus' (also the name of Shakespeare's bloodiest play) self-titled tune from their debut album The Airing of Grievances, fuses the bounce of The Vaselines with the un-corked rage of Bright Eyes, or a lo-fi, cracked out version of Spri ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 06/03/2008 7:55 AM EST in Lo-Fi, Indie-Rock, Local Music | Permalink
05/30/2008
Hot Lava Members and Friends Form a Cover Band: The Pretend Pretenders
Hot Lava's singer Allison Apperson is just as silly as she is talented, and apparently she and her friends, Hot Lava cohorts Herschel and Andrew, as well as Matt from the Orioles, are only slightly obsessed with the legendary Pretenders. Slightl ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 05/30/2008 6:31 PM EST in Indie-Rock, 70's Rock, Covers | Permalink
05/27/2008
Exclusive: The Sound of Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band Revealed!
Without posting a single sound clip on their vintage curtained MySpace page, Seattle's oddly and awesomely named Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band have generated some good buzz. How could that be, you ask? Well, the band decided to go a different prom ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 05/27/2008 9:26 PM EST in Indie-Rock | Permalink
05/23/2008
Times New Viking Tell Their 'Song-Stories'
Times New Viking, one of the more interesting bands around, visited Daytrotter last week and recorded a live session, while giving context and meaning behind some of their songs. My favorite story and song of the bunch was "The Apartment." A ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 05/23/2008 10:53 AM EST in Lo-Fi, Indie-Rock | Permalink
05/13/2008
Shearwater's Epic "Leviathan, Bound"
Shearwater's fifth album, Rook, is a sprawling and eerie epic that is best appreciated on rainy days. "Leviathan, Bound," it's most mesmerizing track, is s percussion-less ballad centered around the haunting, hair-raising voice of lead singer Jo ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 05/13/2008 3:44 PM EST in Indie-Rock | Permalink
05/05/2008
New Music From Broken Social Scene's Co-Founder Brendan Canning
It's fair to say that Brendan Canning's breezy and hard-driving song "Hit the Wall" from Broken Social Scene's 2nd volume of Presents, sounds a lot like, well, Broken Social Scene. That, of course, is not a bad thing by any means, even though a ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 05/05/2008 11:41 PM EST in Indie-Pop, Indie-Rock | 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
04/17/2008
What's Your Function, Thomas Function?
Is it to write amazing songs like "Peanut Butter and Paranoia Jam"? If so, Thomas Function from Alabama, then I am your newest and biggest fan. I do have more questions for you though. How is it that your glam-stomping, garage-rock anthem is not ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 04/17/2008 12:49 PM EST in Garage Rock, Indie-Rock, Highly Recommended | Permalink
04/14/2008
The Somber, Haunted Sounds of Horen
Horen is a UK singer with a classic deep voice and minimalist musical arrangements in the vain of early Belle and Sebastian. Although he is about to release his first album, Sprechen Die, which is also good, I was drawn more to his demo songs "E ...
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