by snoadmin | Feb 24, 2014 | Archives-old
Atmospheric desert blues straight out of Africa Tinariwen is a group of Tuareg musicians hailing from Mali, Libya and other African nations that perform a mix of traditional Tuareg music and Western guitar rock called “desert blues” featuring apparently...
by snoadmin | Feb 24, 2014 | Archives-old
Thanks go to the inimitable DJ Paz Monge (aka pazzybb) for nominating Interpol’s 2002 debut Turn On The Bright Lights as this week’s Rainy Day Album. In contrast to the pastoral neo-classicisms of last week’s pick, Grizzly Bear’s Yellow...
by snoadmin | Feb 23, 2014 | Archives-old
Raw emotion and guitars The first full-length album released by Baby Baby is pretty decent. There is a diverse range of songs, however some of them lacking climactic moments. The timber of the vocals is similar to those of Paul Banks of Interpol and Hamilton...
by snoadmin | Feb 23, 2014 | Archives-old
A hard rock/lo-fi curtain of sound that’s sloppy in all the right ways The only way to truly describe the sound of The Book-Burners is “slapped together,” not in the sense that it’s shoddily assembled, but in the sense that their influences are...
by snoadmin | Feb 23, 2014 | Archives-old
Not your dad’s Bossa Nova BossacucaNova is a Brazilian jazz trio known for combining bossa nova with electronic elements. Though the band explores new ways of making music, their sound remains firmly rooted in bossa nova and samba. BossacucaNova takes the...