by snoadmin | Oct 9, 2014 | Archives-old
Slightly nerdy punk rock. Order Of Operation is certainly a punk album. Fuzzy powerchords, fast drums, yelling vocals, and minute-and-a-half songs. But something that is prevalent on every track that gives the songs a “nerdy” feel to them are the synths. Instead of...
by snoadmin | Oct 9, 2014 | Archives-old
Emotional existential history set to liquid guitars and groovy baselines. Though Sinkane has spent much of his musical career as as session musician with groups like Yeasayer, Caribou, and Born Ruffians, on his sophomore debut record, Mean Love, the man otherwise...
by snoadmin | Oct 9, 2014 | Archives-old
Sophomore success with silver lining. Riding on the success of their debut album An Awesome Wave, in 2012, alt-J has been pretty busy. During the past two years they produced a song for the film Silver Linings Playbook, earned numerous awards (British Mercury Prize,...
by snoadmin | Oct 9, 2014 | Archives-old
Self-deprecation at its coolest and most self-deprecating. “This is how losers feel/ I am a loser/ And you’re here to remind me” sings Jenn Ghetto (producing not at all ghetto music), originally a member of Carissa’s Weird, a Seattle-based band. She...
by snoadmin | Oct 9, 2014 | Archives-old
Lo-fi punk rock garage romance. Anticipate what you will of an album that opens with “I remember the first time I saw you/ I knew you’d be important” but ends with “you find something you like/ and then you move on with your life.” Coming out of North...
