by snoadmin | Feb 24, 2014 | Archives-old
Making big strides with shoegaze influences. In their previous EP released back in 2012, Is/Is began scratching the surface of the genre we love and know as shoegaze. After spending almost an entire three years on tour, cooped up in a small, beaten-down minivan, the...
by snoadmin | Feb 24, 2014 | Archives-old
Support DC bands! DC band Cigarette has described themselves as a spiritual band, however they are better described as a spiritual movement. Cigarette creates a level of discreet music that speaks volumes, transcending what some consider minimal. Much like modern art,...
by snoadmin | Feb 24, 2014 | Archives-old
British new-wave heartbreak Your tearful pint of Ben and Jerry’s has nothing on this album. This synthpop Seattle band makes mourning as upbeat as anyone can possibly manage. Most of the album stays pretty dark and lamenting, using synth and depressing Robert...
by snoadmin | Feb 24, 2014 | Archives-old
Krill Forever Krill follows up their brilliant second album, Lucky Leaves, with perhaps the best-named EP in history: Steve Hears Pile in Malden and Bursts Into Tears. The EP is a concept album about two Bostonian chums, Steve and Mouth, who become characters in the...
by snoadmin | Feb 24, 2014 | Archives-old
Manhattan garage-pop Four NYC bartenders walk out of a job and start a band. I forget how the joke ends, but it definitely isn’t SKATERS. With all the classic elements of your standard rock band contrasting mellow vocal melodies, Manhattan sounds like a...
