Not that Bloc Party’s 2005 debut Silent Alarm was anything to top end-of-year lists, but its quick-paced rhythms fronted by singer/guitarist Kele Okereke’s thick Brit-lad accent was somewhat refreshing when set against the perpetual rounds of U2 followers.
But after muddling through this year’s follow-up A Weekend In The City – despite a number of applauding […]
Although the moniker of this Allentown, Penn., band will be better left unsaid (just check out the links below for a better idea of what I’m talking about), their major label debut Hope For Men is one that shouldn’t go unnoticed in this collection of 2007 releases. A mushy mess of garage rock, theatrical goth […]
When the U.K. punk scene was beginning to crawl out of the dank, armpit venues of the London underground and become an accepted phenomenon – streets now littered with ripped leather jackets and shaven heads – art school act Wire tottered between their early punk roots and a spreading east European electronic influence.
While their ‘77 […]
If excitement over the New Pornographers fourth LP Challengers set for release on August 21 and early touring weren’t enough, the band’s label Matador has announced a four disc “Executive Edition” for hardcore fans, which allows streaming of the entire album and three bonus tracks weeks before the rest of us conservative shelf shoppers.
The discs […]
If you don’t count 2005’s Return The Gift, a self-tribute album from U.K.’s Gang Of Four in which they re-recorded early material, the quintet has announced their first original release in 12 years. Not that much of their music – a total of eight albums thus far – has received the same critical response their […]
After spending a month in his Maine studio last January with producer Sam Kassirer, midwestern singer/songwriter Josh Ritter is set to release his fifth LP, The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter, on August 21 through Sony/Victor.
The tracklist is as follows:
1. To The Dogs or Whoever
2. Mind’s Eye
3. Right Moves
4. The Temptation of Adam
5. Open Doors
6. […]
For a breed of music whose main proponents have been the hackneyed glam of Carmen and topical genre-hopping of DC Talk – and what’s worse, it’s all based on the ludicrous idea that religion should possess an exclusive title on something so universal in the first place – outsiders Danielson/Danielson Famile have taken the narrow […]
If not for the “best new music” designation by webzine Pitchfork given to Atlanta, Ga. group Deerhunter, this band’s sophomore effort Cryptograms would have likely continued their lurch into obscurity. And while the website’s editors have an obvious predilection for the meandering ambience of overhyped groups like The Field and Panda Bear, Deerhunter caters to […]
Set for official release of their fourth LP In Our Bedroom After The War through Canadian lable Arts & Crafts on September 25, the charmed pop group Stars have decided to anticipate the dreaded internet leak and post the entire album for sale on the label’s website three months early. With illegal downloading being the […]
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah! received a great deal of attention for their 2005 self-titled debut for being one of the few truly indie success stories without ever being signed to any label. Most bands simply can’t hack the responsibility of setting up their own gigs – and know how to keep from being charged […]