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DeLuna Fest reviews – Day Two
BIG BOI: Every festival that lays on the indie music this thick, that has the stages crawling with sought after DJ’s after 10 pm, that caters to the people who like to bop and jump around has to give us something so we can also bump and grind. Thank you, De Luna Fest, for bringing us Big Boi. It seems that on Saturday you were either most excited about seeing Jane’s Addiction or Big Boi, if I may be so [...]
DeLuna Fest reviews – Day One
DINOSAUR FEATHERS: Dinosaur Feathers are a big surprise. As a dino-phile, I expect to certain things from fans, such as complete and accurate Jurassic Park references at their disposal, comparable tattoos, and a childlike reverence for the vast unknown. What I didn’t expect were heavy drums, screechy vocals, fabulous attitudes and insatiable energy. It may have been my first day, but Dinosaur Feathers could easily go home as my favorite festival stumble upon since Anathallo at Coachella 2008. What is [...]
Lights – Siberia review
That Canadian synth pop singer you may know as Lights, who was definitely your (my) guilty pleasure at one time or another is all grown up. After what seems like a long two-year gap between albums, Lights has reemerged from her poppy album “The Listening” with a new direction, and it’s surprisingly good. Take a lot of synths, a bit of indie pop, some new wave vibes and even some dubstep elements. If you cook it just right, you get [...]
Evangelista – In Animal Tongue review
Music nowadays has branched into hundreds of avenues. The broader brushes of “rock and roll”, urban”, and “country”, for example, are no longer specific enough – Hank Williams and Taylor Swift are very different artists but there’s no denying that they are quintessentially “country” in their own way. As a result, the term “personal taste” has never been more relevant than now. What some may laud as a tremendous personal triumph, others lambast for fooling the crowds into believing there [...]
Baths – Pop Music False B-Sides review
Pop Music False B-Sides is the second album by California based musician Will Wiesenfeld [aka Baths]. I have been reviewing musicians that specialize in this genre for quite some time now, and I have to say that this record is by far my favorite. There is a lot to take in here; gorgeous piano, clever layering, soothing falsetto, and a very light take on the glitch genre. You can really come to experience and appreciate the masterful creation behind this [...]
Regina – Soita Mulle review
Does music seem to be more enjoyable when the lyrics are sung in a language we don’t speak? If so, why do you think that is? Could it be because, as listeners, we can put our own spin on the lyrics based on the tone of the music and its delivery? Or maybe there’s more a lyrical complement for the music and production since no one’s specifically caught up in content and meaning; there’s a greater opportunity to listen to [...]
Aérea Negrot – Arabxilla review
Aerea Negrot, perhaps best known for her collaboration with New York DJ Andy Butler’s ever-experimental collective Hercules and Love Affair (with whom she sang as well as danced), has finally branched out into solo territory with the genre-bending Arabxilla, produced by Tobias Freund and released in September 2011 on BPitch Control. The reputable German electronic label (founded by one of the most respected names in Berlin’s famed electronic music community, DJ/producer Ellen Allien) seems the perfect fit for hard-to-place Negrot, [...]
Jens Lekman – An Argument with Myself EP review
When I sat down to write my review for Swedish indie rocker Jens Lekman’s newest EP, An Argument with Myself, I was all set to give it a negative opinion. The music was nice, sure, but what was up with Lekman’s lisped Morrissey-lite vocal delivery? And what about those semi-pretentious, overly poetic, rambling lyrics? But then I turned on the record again and something inside my brain just clicked. In truth, this 5-song EP is a diverse, eclectic, and personable [...]
Leeland – The Great Awakening album review
Leeland brings heart back to music with their new EP ‘The Great Awakening’. Marking their fourth album to date, the three-time Grammy nominated band infuse a sense of beauty and empowerment into their music (even if their EP is only three songs long). Following their 2009 album ‘Love is On the Move’, lead singer Leeland Mooring alongside brother Jack Mooring and for the first time, sister Shelly as well as drummer Mike Smith, create tracks with purpose. Now, for a [...]
Anthrax – Worship Music review
I’ve always thought about how Anthrax had their name long before the anthrax letter scares that followed 9/11. Before then, the general public didn’t really know what anthrax was – except metalheads. So now, they have this name affixed to them, which is affiliated with all those death letters. I imagine it may have been a PR nightmare. Nonetheless, they’re still releasing records, and “Worship Music” is a solid piece of work from the thrash/heavy metal band of New York. [...]
