by snoadmin | Mar 2, 2014 | Archives-old
Despite the band’s screwball titling, this closing track to their 2013 release Bad History Month reeks of existential, universal agony. The song opens with warm synthetic distortion and a meandering guitar, gradually transforming its single note melodies into...
by snoadmin | Mar 2, 2014 | Archives-old
Spotify is a great tool to discover music. Enter a musician’s name, search related artists, and within seconds you find yourself grooving to new beats. That was what happened when one fine day at work, when I was searching for something fresh with a good tempo...
by snoadmin | Feb 28, 2014 | Archives-old
Get crazy melancholy with the cheez whiz Much of the advance press for Beck’s first album in six years, Morning Phase, has compared the record to his 2002 masterpiece, Sea Change. Sure enough, as soon as the orchestral introduction “Cycle” segues into...
by snoadmin | Feb 28, 2014 | Archives-old
Making new age cool again Though proliferation of 80’s everything currently pervades a fair amount of music today, it’s not very often we see an artist openly embrace the styling’s of the often-mocked genre of new age, yet that is exactly what...
by snoadmin | Feb 28, 2014 | Archives-old
Boozy, twangy garage-rock Natural Child have always been loudly, lovingly, and very deliberately untamed, fully embracing their country-rocking, beer chugging, and fun loving tendencies. Though their latest effort, Dancin’ with Wolves, may be slightly better...
