lo-fi
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MP3 Royal Headache is an Australian rock outfit with a self-titled album made of the stuff that makes guitarists smash their six strings into into splinters–even if they’re playing to a generous estimate of 25 people in a smelly old basement. ON the track “Girl,” a single guitar
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Indie pop outfit Craft Spells writes another tune with its usual array of dreamy, lucid effects, and announces the release of a new EP, Gallery. The EP will be out via Captured Tracks on May 15th. Check a review of the band’s debut album, Idle Labor, here.
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Summery, fun, catchy, and lo-fi is a sound a lot of new acts shoot for, but few of them actually achieve it on the level of Vermont singer-songwriter Kyle Thomas. Whether you’re listening to some of his solo stuff under the name “King Tuff,” or some tracks from his
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ARAB SPRING by Literature Literature is a pop rock group whose sound has a lotta jangle and a little lo-fi. It’s a familiar angle, but the songwriting is too catchy for me to ignore, reminding me a lot of groups like Smith Westerns. While most tracks on this Literature
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SWiSHeR. by LiL JaBBA FACT turned me on to an interesting little footwork project: Lil JaBBA. It’s got the quick, speedy beats and relentless vocal samples usually found in footwork and juke music, but uses a bit of noise and a lo-fi recording style to add some grit to
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Headdancer by Trash Kids When you’re recording your own music, there are no rules. What you say goes. Why not break some rules? Why not search for something new, odd, strange? If the project / collective Trash Kids went into this Headdancer LP with any goal at all, it’s
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A band from my neck of the woods, Cheerleader, puts together a clapping and whistling indie pop gem on the track “Do What You Want.” The recording is a little lo-fi, but it keeps the song’s already bouncy attitude from becoming too much to handle. Check out other tracks
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the Narrow Musketeer by the narrow musketeer The Narrow Musketeer is a project that’s short on song lengths, but big on personality. It sounds like it was recorded in a bedroom, which is fine, but music of this style does tend to get a bad rap. The humble means
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Young Fathers’ debut tape, Tape One, is as pretty fun, freaky, and lo-fi mix of hip hop, African music, and reggae. Though the release is only 20 minutes long, these tracks make up for it with lots of personality and catchy hooks.
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TAPE ONE by Young Fathers For a group that states “nothing is original” in its first music video, Young Fathers certainly is, well, original. Of course I know the point the UK trio–uh, I think it’s a trio–is trying to make. Still, the blend of hip hop,
