Pop
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On his third full-length album, Swedish singer-songwriter Jens Lekman returns with a more simplistic approach, toning down the extremely colorful instrumentation that coated his last LP. Thankfully, the man’s charm and wit is all this album needs to stay afloat. WATCH THE REVIEW
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Dumb Fun by The Keepsies The Keepsies are a New York trio, and among the musicians involved is Jason Kelly of Fergus & Geronimo. If you’ve heard that duo’s work–especially their 2010 album “unlearn.”, the somewhat vintage rock aesthetic the Keepsies projects shouldn’t be too much
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Here We Go Magic drops visuals for the track “Hard To Be Close,” which comes from the band’s new LP on Secretly Canadian, A Different Ship. The concept seems kind of obvious, a trio of dudes getting stuck in an elevator, but the “story” of the video gets progressively
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Indie rock sweetheart Telekinesis takes it upon himself to cover the great PJ Harvey on this new version of “This Is Love,” which was originally conceived for 2000’s Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea. Oh, and did you hear PJ’s album last year? Boss!!!! /via/
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With Centipede Hz, experimental music outfit Animal Collective is following its poppiest album, 2009’s Merriweather Post Pavilion, with one of its most hectic.
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Life Gone Wrong by Landscapes Life Gone Wrong is the first album from melodic hardcore outfit Landscapes who hail from the UK. They are attempting to become another one of the few hardcore bands that is attempting to break away from the formula that seems to plague the genre. They
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New Orleans indie pop group Generationals, the duo comprised by Ted Joyner and Grant Widmer, has a new EP on the way titled Lucky Numbers. The band will be self-releasing it on October 2, following last year’s sophomore LP Actor-Castor. Above, you can stream the title track from the
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When the adjective optimistic is used to describe electronic pop music, the sounds of treacly, unimaginative boy-girl duos with musical knowledge so primitive they make Beat Happening look like Beethoven in comparison often come to mind. A highly welcome change of pace, Tulsa, Oklahoma’s Altar Eagle pen mature, subtle
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Attached to the grainy, 29-minute video embedded above, you’ll find an audio track that features the new Deerhoof album in its entirety. The title, Breakup Song, which, when I first heard of the title, I thought it was the band’s swan song or something. Thankfully, it’s not.
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“Only In My Dreams” is one of those rare moments in the Ariel Pink discography where his melodic pop genius completely transcends any sense of irony or humor in the music or lyrics. It’s simply a really great song, with an unrelentingly catchy hook, hummable backing harmonies, and a
