If popularity in the music industry was actually based on the quality of music, San Francisco’s Or, The Whale would be infiltrating everyone’s iPod and conquering the FM radio waves. Unfortunately that’s not the way the industry works. The assembled by way of Craigslist seven piece, Americana ensemble builds on the promise of their debut […]
I’ve avoided all reviews of Interpol, Interpol’s fourth CD. I needed to listen alone and without another person’s preconceived notions, as Interpol has remained a favorite band of mine. Even if Interpol were a disaster, they’d remain a favorite, but I can say the CD is as sumptuous as their previous work (I thought Our […]
I said one time that the Purrs’ music loves you. And it does love you, it really does. It’s the kind of love that just makes you feel really good. The band’s 2010 release, Tearing Down Paisley Garden, marks ten years of the Purrs as a fantastic band, a quartet who have maintained their integral […]
Do you like country music? I don’t really care if you do or not, chances are assuredly high that you will like this country music. If you enjoy well bundled songs you’re going to enjoy Brent Amaker and the Rodeo’s third LP, Please Stand By. Does it essentially differ from the prior Rodeo CDs, Brent […]
Skit i Allt – Dungen Review by Mason Lowe Dungen jumped into American listeners’ consciousness with the speedball of sweet, melodic harmonies and tough psychedelia of 2004’s Ta Det Lugnt. That album’s single, “Panda,” with its stacked harmonies and everything-at-once arrangement has the magic ability to stimulate simultaneously dozens of musical pleasure centers. It’s a […]