12/17/2007
Top 10 Albums of 2007: No. 9, Caribou - Andorra
Once known as Manitoba, Caribou aka Dan Snaith, has been making experimental pop music for years now. His past albums, 2 as Manitoba and 1 other as Caribou, have been a smorgasbord of electronics, 60's psychedelia and shoegaze. However, it's thi ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 12/17/2007 4:21 PM EST in Indie-Pop, Neo-Psychedelic, Top 10 Albums Of 2007 | Permalink
Top 10 Albums Of 2007: No.10, Devendra Banhart- Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon
Well, it's that time of year again when music blogs and music critics role out their top albums of 2007. Since we are a new blog, we thought we would stay humble and keep it simple. We have produced a collaborative and comprehensive "top 10 albu ...
Read MorePosted by Joe on 12/17/2007 12:56 PM EST in Folk, Neo-Psychedelic, Top 10 Albums Of 2007 | Permalink
11/26/2007
Everybody Loves Weekends: The Saturday People
Harmonies and melodies of Pet Sounds paired against the slacker jangle of Pavement? It's pop alright...and it's The Saturday People. The Saturday People come off as indie-rock amateurs– which they are. But to me, this is an admirable quali ...
Read MorePosted by Joe on 11/26/2007 9:56 AM EST in Indie-Pop, Neo-Psychedelic, Power-Pop | Permalink
11/16/2007
Finding a Friend in High Places
I'd argue that having friends in high places is always a benefit. But moreover, I want to be friends with High Places, a musical duo out of Brooklyn. Mary Pearson and Robert Barber have birthed a pleasing cross-breed of ambience and poppiness. ...
Read MorePosted by Robin on 11/16/2007 12:30 PM EST in Electronic, Neo-Psychedelic | Permalink
11/02/2007
New Music From NYC's Violens: "Violent Sensation Descending"
My buddy passed me this cool song from ex-members of Lansing-Dreiden. We both agreed it sounded a hell of a lot like The Lilys, but keep in mind, this is not a bad thing. The Lily's have a great, almost sunny, psychedelic pop sound and a knack f ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 11/02/2007 1:31 PM EST in Indie-Pop, YouTube, Neo-Psychedelic, Indie-Rock | Permalink
10/30/2007
A 666 For Everyone: Rollerskate Skinny's Shoulder Voices
For some reason or another, ex-straight edge dudes in my home town of Bensalem, PA looooved Rollerskate Skinny. After I heard them, I completely understood why. The Dublin-based band was able to fuse everything that was great about My Bloody Val ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 10/30/2007 1:18 PM EST in Shoegaze, Neo-Psychedelic, Indie-Rock | Permalink
10/29/2007
Exclusive Interview with NYC's A Place To Bury Strangers
This past week I had heard that "The Loudest Band in New York," aka A Place to Bury Strangers', would be playing a show in West Philly. After reading all the hype and hearing about their epic performance at CMJ, I decided to head over to the DIY ...
Read MorePosted by Robin on 10/29/2007 3:53 PM EST in Experimental, Rock, Shoegaze, Neo-Psychedelic, Interview | Permalink
10/15/2007
Japanese Guitar Hero: Michio Kurihara
Michio Kurihara is a Japanese guitarist who rose to fame in his native land with the Neo-Psychedelic band White Heaven. He went on to join the influential psych/folk group Ghost in 1994 and eventually caught the attention of Damon and Naomi. who ...
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